Friday, May 9, 2008

We're home!!

We left the apartment that we were staying in at 12:00 p.m. and it took about an hour to get to the airport. We then had to wait 5 hours for our flight to leave. Poor Ashlyn was so tired and restless. She went right to sleep after we boarded. She slept for about an hour and woke up in a better mood. She stayed awake for about an hour and a half and then fell back to sleep for the rest of the trip ( about 11 hours total ). We got a bassinet for her, so we were able to sleep also. We landed in Houston at 9:00 p.m., went through immigrations pretty quickly, and set foot in our home at 1:30 a.m. ! Ashlyn spotted our cats as soon as we got in the house and had a great time chasing them through the house while laughing :). We missed the boys SO much while we were gone and couldn't wait until morning to see them, so we woke them up. They were happy to recieve all the little trinkets that we got them and they loved meeting Ashlyn. Nicholas can't get enough of her today. He has been pushing her in the baby swing outside, feeding her her lunch, reading books to her :). She loves him just as much. I'm trying to get her to take a nap right now and then we're meeting some of our neighbors at the pool ( we have a neighborhood pool ) this afternoon. I'll try and take some pictures of all the kiddos together today and post them later.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome home!!!! It must feel amazing to be back home safe and sound with your whole family.

Anonymous said...

welcome home!!!!ditto what Marlena says!!

Janine said...

Welcome home!! And how great Ashlyn slept so much of the flight!! It's so cute to hear about Nicholas...what a great big brother he is!! Can't wait to see pictures of all the kids together.

Unknown said...

Hi Tracy, I've been reading your posts but waiting to comment til you got home; I am over the moon, bursting at the seams happy for you and the new addition to your family. Ashlyn couldn't have dreamt a more wonderful family than you :) xoxo KellyandBrodie

Roxy said...

congratulations to Ashlyn, our new American citizen. She became one technically when the plane touched down. How good it is to be home. And if she could talk she would say what my daughter said: "Mama, eta jorosho!"

Anonymous said...

i bet you're soooooo glad to be DONE with all that craziness & back home and ready to move on with this new chapter in your life!!!

Alicia said...

Awwww, this all sounds so wonderful!!! I bet you are so happy to have your family complete!!! I can't wait to see more pictures!! I am just filled with so much happiness for your family!

Deb said...

So glad you've made it home safe. Sounds like she is fitting right into life at home. Congratz! Happy Mother's Day!