The journey home

i guess i should fill you in on the goings on since we left China. the first flight from Guangzhou to LA was a breeze. i really mean that. it was an overnight flight for us and Natalie slept almost the entire time. we didn't purchase a seat for her, she was just going to be in our laps. however, there were a few empty seats on the plane and the very nice young man sitting next to us agreed to move to another seat (like he really wanted to sit with a baby anyway). so, that left us with an empty seat between us for Natalie to sleep in. awesome.

the next flight from LA to Atlanta went OK. Natalie really wanted to be active at LAX and crawl around, but after we let her do that for a minute and saw the filth she had on her hands an socks, we just couldn't do it anymore. so, she was quite active on the flight. pretty well behaved, but doing the jungle gym routine again.

the shortest flight of the trip, ATL to Louisville was by far the worst. of course, it took forever to get off the ground in ATL. it was hot in the plane and Natalie was pretty upset. we were about halfway to Louisville when the pilot got on and told us that we had to turn around. some kind of malfunction that prohibited us from lading in Louisville because of storms in the area. thing is, there were no storms at that time. some BS excuse for some other kind of issue i think. we were not happy. they ended up cancelling the flight. i was livid and was certain i was going to be very inappropriate in my conversations with the Delta folks. however, when we got off the plane we were told that they had empty seats on a flight leaving just a few minutes later. Natalie didn't take well to the change in her itinerary though and cried the last 20 minutes of the flight. i am talking screams. not fun.

anyway, we made it to Louisville. there were many family members there to greet us. it was very nice. special thanks to Carla, her mom, and her aunt for coming all the way down from Maryland just for the occasion. also, i apologize to Dave and Robin, that Delta screwed us over and we had to miss you. thanks for coming out.

one final note. Natalie did great last night. she went to sleep about 4pm (remember, this is 4 am her time) and slept until about 6 am. so, she was really tired, and it looks like she might have really taken a big step in helping us with the transition. if she continues to do well sleep wise, then we may be able to get her out and meeting folks a bit sooner than we had thought.

fyi, i did not sleep well and have a very nice chest cold, if anyone cares.