Back in America

We made it! The kids and I are back in the USA, and very glad to be! I had forgotten about all the choices in the grocery stores here, and I have already had a taste of my favorite items that I can't get abroad. The kids are doing great here, already getting into trouble at Mimi's house.

A recap of our journey

We left Melbourne on Wednesday the 18th, at 9:30 in the morning. Greg dropped us off at the airport, our two bags and two car seats got checked at baggage, and then the stroller got checked at the gate. I got on the airplane with two kids, Oliver in the backpack, a large carry-on, a purse, and then of course the kids little backpacks full of toys. The airplane was big, and we were on the second floor in the back. The flight attendant moved us to the very last row where we got an extra seat for Oliver, which was really nice. The kids did really well on the flight, Lily watched a lot of movies, and I kept Oliver pretty busy. Getting off in LA was pretty hard, we were the last ones off the plane (our level). Lily and Oliver were sound asleep when the plane landed, and Lily rallied pretty well to walk through passport control, and then helped with bags. The baggage claim in LA was the worst part of the whole deal, soo many people trying to get backs and get out at the same time. We finally made it, and we were so happy to see Debbie at the end of it all.

We spent a good few days at Debbies, and my friend Erin came up to spend time with us as well. We kept the kids (and me) up for the day, walked to the mall, and had some good mexican for dinner. The kids were more than ready for bed, and fell asleep soon after their heads hit the pillow. The kids woke up in the middle of the night, but they went back to sleep 45 min later. The next day was a bit better, we went to see a Noah's Ark exhibit which was pretty cool, and then we went down to Santa Monica to get some ice cream and hang out. All in it was a great few days.

We got on the airplane again on Friday morning to come to Minnesota, the first flight went pretty well, the kids both took little naps. We had a quick layover, which turned out to be a long layover, and then a quick 45 min flight to Minneapolis. Mum and Jordyn were waiting for us at baggage, We were the last ones off the plane again, so our bags were already there for us. We were finally here, and we are so happy to be here!

No jetlag anymore, and it was not as bad as I had anticipated. The same about the trip, it was hard, but it could have been a lot worse, and in fact went smoother than I thought it would go.