We're HOME!!

After a remarkably uneventful trip home, the worst decision of which was deciding to take public transportation with too much luggage to avoid sitting in rush hour traffic home from the airport. It was 90-something degrees outside, a shock to our system from the 50s and 60s we'd had the last 2.5 weeks and hauling 2 backpacks, an overflow bag that contained my camera and Eddie's toys, 2 large suitcases, a stroller in a bag and a bag for a carseat that had been transformed into the overflow suitcase so we didn't exceed 50 pounds in the regular luggage. I shopped remarkably little on this trip, mostly buying postcards, save for a couple books for Ed.

While we had a good time, we were all happy to get home. I think nobody more than Eddie, who excitedly ran from toy to toy as if he was greeting long lost friends. After 2.5 weeks of bad bedtime/nighttime behaviors by both parents, Eddie is having a difficult time adjusting. Den put him to bed basically every night and changed most of his diapers and in general was lead parent on the trip, so if Den even left the room for a minute, Eddie would (and will) burst into tears and hysteria. There is nothing I can do to comfort him, he just wails with big tears streaming down his cheeks. Sobbing and inconsolable, I am dependant on Den's return. Talk about a turning of the tables from the first 6 months when I was the magic comforter.

Ed doesn't know this, but he gets me all day tomorrow, so it could be a long morning. Yikes! Sure wish I knew why he was so touchy--so unlike Ed. I hope to post pictures from the trip once we get them loaded onto this computer.