We made it home!

After two long plane rides with a four hour layover and a two hour drive, we made it home! Christian was perfect on the 11 hour flight from Taipei to San Francisco - he slept almost the entire way.

At the Taipei airport there is this oasis called the Hello Kitty nursery. Christian loved the bright colors on the walls and there were couches, a crib, padded changing tables, hot water, diapers, and wipes. It was amazing and we spent the majority of our time before our first flight there, with only an occasional gawker to bother us.

I love Hello Kitty!

However, once we reached San Francisco he started to get crabby - and who could blame him? After our wonderful experience with the nursery in Taipei, we tried to find a nursery room at the San Francisco airport. We did find a locked door for a room called 'nursery' that looked promising. However, once we got the code to enter the room we found that the SF airport defined 'nursery' as a dirty glorified bathroom with one toilet stall, a sink, and a fold down baby changing table that was at my shoulder's height. What a letdown! Needless to say, we didn't spend much time in there.

By the time we boarded our flight, he was on the edge and pretty much went over it the entire four hour flight. He cried and screamed during the red eye flight when most people were trying to sleep. I even hid out in the bathroom for a short while to muffle the screams. However, Jeff did most of the holding and so was the one stuck with trying to quiet and soothe an overtired baby, with only marginal success.

The drive from Cincinnati to Columbus was also interesting. Christian cried a little bit in his car seat, but then fell asleep. And this is where all of you experienced parents out there will smile: we tried to feed him since he hadn't eaten well that day. Well, waking him up proved to be the final straw for Christian, who began to hysterically cry and scream almost the entire way home. It was horrible!

Our little (slightly blurry) ray of sunshine, enjoying the ride home

By the time we got to our house, we were all on edge and so sick of traveling. And then we saw this in our front yard:
Isn't that amazingly beautiful? Our neighbors put it up for us! I can't tell you what a welcome sight this was for us. I am so touched by their thoughtfulness.

Anyway, we've been home for two days now and feeling much better, mostly due to my parents who are helping us out so much. Christian is also feeling better, although he has a cold.

Meeting Grandpa

Reading with Daddy

Looking cute

Being entertained

Showing off my hair