Like Father Like Daughter

I know he is being cautious, but I sometimes tease KB because he reads the saftey card on every single plane we fly on. I especially tease him on our in-country flights because we fly on the exact same plane every time - same flight crew and everything.

Well now that AB had her own seat, she decided it was time to follow in her daddy's footsteps. She took it upon herself to pull out the safety card and read it. She even got it right side up!

Here it looks as if she is checking to see if the "fasten your seatbelt light" is truly working, or she is watching the "in case of an emergency" video.

It took some debating and ultimately feigning ignorance of the language, but we eventually were able to bring AB's car seat on the plane. It came down to the fact that 1. our airport had never seen a car seat before; 2. they thought it was too big for the seat, and 3. they wanted me to collapse it - clearly they thought it was a stroller. It fit perfectly on all three of our flights, and AB sat in it at least 50% of the time. She finally became sleepy about 8 hours into our 10 hour flight and she was absolutely zonked for the San Francisco to Dallas flight.

We have been extremely busy since arriving back in the US. We are looking forward to this Monday because it will be our first day that absolutely nothing is scheduled for. Maybe we will go to a park, play and have a picnic or something.

We are staying in a house in LB's hometown. It is a comfortable place, and we are slowly settling in. We are using service that provides cars for overseas workers. We are driving a 2001 GMC Safari but it also looks exactly like a Chevy Astro van. Yep, we are driving a mini van, but it is free and seems to run well. LB is a bit mortified she is driving it, but everyone else thinks it is a good dose of humility. We are quite grateful for the van.

AB is adjusting wonderfully to life in the US. For the first 5 days here she woke up around 2:30 am each morning ready to play. That was rough, but she is flipped now. She cannot get enough of going "side" (translation - outside), Grumpy's chickens (LB's dad has chickens), seeing planes or helicopters fly, V8 Fusion, and the cat that visits us every morning outside our back door. The second day in the US we were driving in the evening and she pointed to the moon and said "moon." We were completely shocked she knew what it was because we very rarely, like once every 6 months, ever see the moon in our city because of the pollution. It was a great moment!

Anyways, I will try to update our blog more often now that we are getting settled in. If you are in B-town, give us a call!