So for anyone who reads this and doesn't yet know, we made the decision to move back to the United States shortly after Elijah was born. We didn't plan on returning so soon, but due to a family health issue in the states, we fast-tracked it back. It was also rather trying going through the normal things that happen with a newborn- all the doctor appointments, filing his birth certificate, adding him to insurance, etc- while being in a foreign country with a foreign language. Our friends of course were helpful when they could be, but getting things done with a tiny baby who eats every 2 hours all with no car in sweaty hot weather was just not fun. So in the end, we donated tons of our stuff to friends and sold the bigger things to the tenant who took our place. Then we took 3 flights from Manaus to Panama to Los Angeles to Phoenix with our sweet baby boy who barely made a peep the whole 18 hours! Who would complain when you're being held the entire time by Mamae or Papai?
Our happy little trooper
Soooo giddy when we got to baggage at LAX :)
We spent a month or so in Phoenix showing off our little babe to his new family, and Jay and I partook in the splendor of driving a car to Fry's Marketplace! For anyone who doesn't know, that is a massive grocery store with every single thing you could possibly need or want, from baby wipes and fresh sliced Muenster cheese to fresh flowers and Starbucks. I think Jay actually went almost every morning just because he could. Sometimes it really is the little things that make all the difference :)
Speaking of little things... our baby boy loved spending time with his family there--
Crazy Uncle Aaron- Shhh, don't show Daddy!
Sleepy boy at the track in Cali
So happy with his Mumsey :)
Love at first sight for Daphne
He also spent lots of time with his grandparents on Jay's side, too, but they took all the pics with their camera so no pics from me :(
The time went by too fast for me in AZ, but we managed to do a few fun things besides shush Elijah to sleep and walk him around all. the. time.
Daddy was a master shush-er and walker
daytrip to Flagstaff, AZ
I think he liked it!
Road-trip to visit friends in California!!!
Pit stop for a feeding and new diaper. Almost there!!
Everyone imitating Elijah's thumb-sucking
A new way to go to the beach for me-
no swimsuit, no tanning, no reading,
just sitting under a tent trying to keep sand
from blowing in the baby's face.
OK, so it wasn't all that bad!
While I was sad to see the time in AZ coming to an end, we were both excited to be starting a new chapter of our life in a new place. We shipped off more boxes, packed our bags yet again, said more goodbyes, and loaded up the baby in the middle of the night to get to the airport on time. Fortunately for us, after so many long flights over the past 2 years, this 2.5 hour flight to Portland, OR, just flew by!
To be continued.... (I promise!)
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