Home!

Sorry, we got home late last night but I forgot to update the blog!

After 28 hours of travel, we made it safely and somewhat soundly to Edmonton. On the first flight, Bereket slept pretty well, Thomas and I about 1.5 hours, Dave less than that, and Faith, not at all. Trying to sleep on an airplane reminds me of trying to sleep in a hospital; it is noisy, bright and uncomfortable, and when you finally DO get to sleep, they wake you up for no good reason! On the first flight, we left Addis at 12:20. We did not need chicken and rice at 2 AM! And then muffins at 4:30! Argh!!! Lol

We got London around breakfast time, and so we ate before once again going to the family lounge. That place is so awesome. I seriously don't know we would have passed the time otherwise. We left only to eat lunch and when it was time to go to our gate. Faith and I napped for a couple hours in the quiet room before the next flight. 

On the second flight, the kids were allowed to watch movies, and they each watched a few. Bereket was hilarious watching "Hotel for Dogs". He kept trying to give me a running commentary. "Mommy, dogs uh-oh, police everybody, oh no!!!" Of course at a louder than usual volume because he had headphones on. I was cracking up at his enthusiasm. 

Eventually he and Thomas fell asleep. Faith, Dave and I did not. I started to wonder when Faith was going to come unglued. 

When we got to Edmonton, we had to go through Customs, like everybody, but then we had the added step of Immigration. This is where Faith fell apart. Or rather, she curled up in a ball on a chair and slept, and then melted down when we woke her to go. So for the first bit of our "Airport Party" she was sobbing into my belly. Eventually Grandma Grace took her over to the side and she woke up enough to have fun and visit with Chloe (her baby cousin) and a few select others. 

The Airport Party was so awesome! I hope someone took some pictures, as I didn't get any! So many friends and family members came out to welcome us home and meet Bereket. It was amazing and we felt very loved. Bereket was positively beaming! 

We went to McDonalds but due to my directional impairment we went to the one in Nisku without the play land, not the other one WITH the play land. I sure hope nobody was at the other one waiting for us! This was mostly family and our neighbors. It was fun to have just a little more time to visit before heading home. 

All three kids fell asleep on the drive home, and then the boys kind of for a second wind. We wanted them to shower before bed, so we did that quickly. Faith fell right asleep (and is the only one still sleeping this morning) but the boys took longer. It was their first night in the same bedroom, which I'm sure contributed! Eventually everyone fell asleep and now 4/5 of us are up and starting the process of getting life going again. Bereket is pretty wild, going from thing to thing, "Whatisit? Share? Everybody? Bereket yes?" He wants to do everything all at once. Lol. I'm sure it will take some time to settle down, which is totally normal. Exhausting, but normal. ;)

So! We are home, and real life will begin! I will keep the blog going at least for a little while, though likely not daily. Thanks so much for reading along!