Home Sweet Home

We're home, and Nick is a US Citizen, WooHoo! We are so happy to be back in Richmond.

Before I forget, we have a few people to thank for helping us over the last 3 weeks. First off,
our nephew Sam stayed at our house, taking care of Abby and Chloe, the yard, plants, etc. We cannot thank Sam enough for taking 3 weeks out of his life to live out in the suburbs to help us out. Not to mention, when we got home the house was spotless. It was really great, Thanks Sam!

Thanks also to Jill and Carl for bringing us the delicious meatballs, Bill wants the recipe. Then our friends Arlett and Mike picked us up from the airport, stocked the fridge with baby food and adult food, and brought Nick a cute puppy and balloon for his homecoming. We are so lucky to have a great support network both here in Richmond and around the US, thanks all for your support to us through this journey.

The trip home went better than I thought it would. We were picked up at around 9am after scrambling to get everything packed and fit everything in our suitcases. At one point earlier in the week we thought we were going to have to buy another suitcase but in the end we didn't. The checkin at the airport was quite extensive. I think we went through 4 securities, I lost count. Anyway, we arrived at our gate around 11:30 for a 12:55 flight.

Unfortunately, our flight didn't start boarding until 2:15 or so. I'm not 1oo% sure because there was alot going on with trying to keep Nick occupied.

Nick fell asleep fairly early in the flight and slept for 2 hours. It was a good start for sure. After naptime it was dinner time. Nick had his first Chicken Nuggets, which he really seemed to enjoy and he also ate a big serving of Mashed Potatoes. After dinner Bill went walking with Nick for quite a while. After that things become somewhat blurry, between being tired and trying to entertain Nick, I couldn't tell you what went on. Nick did sleep for another 2 hours or so near the end of the flight. He also never really had what I would call a full on meltdown. We were both thankful for that. Nick slept for the entire flight to Richmond which was really good. Mike and Arlett met us in Richmond and I was really happy to see them!

We got home around 9:30 and after showing Nick around a bit, and introducing him to Abby, we put Nick to sleep. Thankfully he went down fairly easily. I went to bed immediately after Nick due to exhaustion.

Today we had a good day that was a mix of trying to get organized and helping Nick be comfortable in this new environment. One thing that definitely sticks out since we've been home is how good Abby has been with Nick. She has been so gentle with him. And, we're very happy because Nick isn't terrified of Abby. He just really wants to pet her. Its so cute. Tomorrow I'm going to try to get some pictures of the two of them together.

I was going to write more but I'm about to fall asleep. So I'll say goodnight and will try to post tomorrow.

Happy Thursday!