We're back!

We arrived on island late Thursday, Sept 1st. We were all pretty weary from the travels and so happy to finally walk into our home and drop all 9 pieces of checked bags, 6 carry-ons, a stroller and a car seat! We know so many of you were praying for our travels, especially for Kayleigh. And we're happy to say that she did very well! We're so proud of her! She did have some moments of frustration b/c she wanted to get down and crawl. But we were seated in the bulkhead row, so we had lots of leg room, and this allowed Kayleigh to sit at our feet and play for a bit. We were actually the first row of seats in coach, and one time I had to grab her before she took off to first class! Though we were thankful for our seats, it was difficult to see just how amazing it would be to fly 1st class on that long 14 hours plane ride!

She did have some interesting moments. Several times she would fight sleep. As she would fall asleep she would thrash around in our arms, and once I saw her smack her cheeks like an adult might do to keep from falling asleep! And I think at hour 12 of 14, she was starting to get pretty delirious! She was standing on my lap, facing all the rows behind us, waving and hollering at all the people behind us! It was pretty hysterical.

Now we are all fighting jet lag. It's been much harder on Kayleigh than on us. Sunday, day 3 of being back, was probably the hardest for us all. Kayleigh was pretty content in the morning when we went to church, but afterwards she was very clingly and whiny. Nothing seemed to console her and you could tell all she wanted to do was sleep. After three significant naps during the day, we put her down at 7 pm. And then I think Lance and I were both asleep at 8:30! Hopefully today will be a better day!

Thank you all so much for your prayers! We felt them the whole way here!