April 9th

It was so nice to wake up this morning and know that we were home......well, not quite home, but home anyway. We went upstairs and fixed a bottle. Sanna was starting to warm up to her gran and papa. She had met the dogs the night before and wasn't scared of them, just very curious. Her big brother tried to hold her today but she started crying, so we decided we wouldn't push that for awhile. We had a fun time visiting and sharing our photos (I will get some up on this site soon). Then Wade, Allison, Ben, Patrick and Jerry and Greta came to visit. Her first visitors! It went well, although again, she only wanted Jimmy or I to hold her. It was good to see everyone and while we wished that we could stay longer, we also were wanting to get home and get back into a routine. We left Jim and Micki's at about 1 and stopped by Aunt Daisy's before we left the island. It was good to visit with her too and we loved being able to share our little girl with family. Finally we got on the road. We were still a little jet-lagged and while we were disappointed to just miss a ferry, we had a nice little nap while waiting for the next one and that made all the difference for the trip home to Moses Lake. We stopped in North Bend for a bite to eat, then headed home. It was wonderful to drive up to the house and see that the Chandler's had left a welcome home Susanna banner on the porch hand rail. It was just getting dark, so we took in the big suitcases and got settled in for the night. It was then that we realized we had no bread or milk, so I got back in the car and went to get some. It probably could have waited until morning, but I had suddenly realized that I'd not had any milk the entire time I was gone and just was craving it. By the time we got a bite to eat, it was getting pretty late, then we realized that the time change was last weekend and it was even later than we thought, so we hurried off to bed. Just as we got to bed, Susanna got fussy and as we were dozing off, she threw up all over me. So we got to get up and have a bath, which made for an even later night. So far though, that has been the only evidence of jet lag that I've seen in her. She has done wonderfully well.

Catherine