Travel Epilogue

We've been home for 36 hours, after the ongest 40-hour travel ordeal of my life. Aaron slept a total of 3 hours in that time period and screamed his head off for the remainder. We were very popular on the plane. On the last leg of out trip, from Dallas to Philly, an anonymous "concerned passenger" sent me a note to tell me that the baby was uncomfortable and maybe I should try giving him a bottle so his ears would be more comfortable and maybe he would fall asleep. Really? Try calming the baby? We hadn't thought of that! We thought that screaming and crying were happy signs! We had pretty much tried everything. At one point on the Tokyo to Dallas portion (11 hrs), I started to cry from the same exhustion and frustration as the baby.

But we're home. My mom picked us up from the airport and brought us home to a gorgeous new baby room and a fridge full of food. Then she sent us to bed and was up most of the night with Aaron. He is sooooo jet lagged and overwhelmed. He has been up most of tonight as well. We let him scream for a while, but it feels so cruel. So it's 5 am and we are awake. I am blogging and he is eating a gross teething cookie that even Bouts isn't interested by. Aaron met Bouts tonight and seemed kind of scared, but I'm not worried. I am so glad to have my puppy home! Thank you Cheryl and Maggie for dogsitting.

Aaron is wonderful and totally worth everything we went through, but we are not hurrying to travel overseas with a baby again. We figure he'll want to find his roots when he is 15 and he can fly again then. Thank you to everyone who has been following our trip and progress and making comments. It really helped us get through this crazy time. I can't decide whether or not to continue with an Aaronblog or not. Any input from the peanut gallery?

love,
Beth, Mike, Aaron and Boutros Boutros Boutros