Sleepless and Happy in Jax

You've probably guessed by now, we're home safe and sound. The 30 hours of travel (flights and layovers) was fairly brutal, especially considering me and Bobby were up the entire night before leaving with Kayla who up to that point was doing pretty good at sleeping through the night. Thankfully, my parents helped entertain her during the flights so we could catch some sleep. None of us are quite ourselves yet, but the jetlag should wear off soon. Kayla has her little clock all out of whack and we're just working with it the best we can. When she gets enough sleep she's a delight...all giggles and smiles. When she's tired, she's very...um...let's say expressive.


The monitors are charged up and we're trying to get her used to being in the nursery. Sleeping on Mommy may be good for Kayla for a moment, but having an exhausted grouchy Mommy is not good for her in the long run.


Couple of things to note about carseats:

-Kayla's first carseat experience from the airport home was a screaming nightmare.

-Kayla's second carseat experience to Target and back...was another screaming nightmare (even with the carseat toy she and Bobby picked out while we were in Target.)

-Today I chickened out of driving up to Walgreens up the street because now I"m scared of the carseat.

-Tomorrow Kayla has her first doctor's appointment...I hope the doc has a magic carseat pill.

-Sorry we have to miss Turkey Day in the panhandle. Hopefully that magic pill will kick in by the next weekend. Kayla's anxious to meet her Great Grandma Lorena.


I haven't checked my e-mail in a few days, so don't think I'm ignoring you. Everything really does take twice as long with a baby---I'm still waiting for that super-mom-efficiency to kick in.


Here are a few pics for now. I'll work on getting everything on PhotoBucket as time allows.

Kayla Steps on US soil for the first time at Washington Dulles airport.

Finally arrived to Jax. airport. Home sweet home!

Kayla meets cousin Logan for a playdate.