or should I say, went home? to catch up on last 6 week, here's a recap. Our 5 hour flight to Seattle combined with Laura's crankiness, was making us consider driving home. Poor thing was in discomfort with her leg in a cast and ears that couldn't pressurize. It was a miserable flight. After spending the night at Andy and Keely's in Seattle, we drove to Kamloops. What was normally a 5.5 hour drive took nearly 8. We started to reconsider our reconsideration of driving home to Atlanta.
But the flight and drive were worth it as we all finally met Theo. He is beautiful. Here is a photo of Theo I stole from my brother's blog (which is updated more regualrly than ours - give them a few years). You can read his blog
here. You forget how small and precious babies are, until they poop and you need to change the diaper. Anyway, the girls enjoyed spending time with their new cousin. Laura was still in her cast and she crawled around saying "baby" while pointing to Theo. We also spent time with our cousins Sam and Alex Gurney, though they are a few years older than the girls. We also had fun with her friends Sue, Mike and their son Christopher (we went to New Brunswick with them 5 years ago for a vacation).
Our week at home was full of activities with Uncle Paul, Auntie Taya, Theo and Lola. We rode a train, went to the BC Wildlife Park, ate lots of food, and played together in the park. We want to thank everyone back home for an awesome visit and We are hoping everyone comes to our house for Christmas! Here are some
photos from our trip home.
Once we returned home (the flight was much better this time around), Laura got her cast
removed much to our relief.
Next we were off to Maine for 10 days with Grammy and Grampy. Surprisingly, we had lobster only once while we were there. Even more surprising, Claire loved the beach. Yes, it only took 4 trips to Maine, but Claire finally played in the sand and water. We built sand castles together and walked along the beach. Of course, for Laura, the sand and water were no big deal. The hardest part of the trip was the time the sun rose (around 4:30am), which is when the girls would get up - meaning one of us would get up too.
We also went to the carnival at
Old Orchard Beach , Claire rode on many of the rides, some even by herself. Poor Laura was only big enough to ride the carousel with one of us holding her. You can see more of our excellent adventure
here. We are toying with the idea of taking Claire back to visit Mickey in November since she enjoyed the carnival so much.
Well, that was our last six weeks. The girls are happy to have Luzma back, as she is them. School starts tomorrow for us. We keep you posted.
ps. do you remember where you were 34 years ago today when you found out? I do.
read 10 books to her everyday. I bet she knows about 100 words (between English and Spanish) Next to mastering potty training, the development stage Laura is at is probably my favorite thus far. Luzma is working on the potty training. And the stairs. She's figured them out (at least the up part) and insists on going up without any help.
