Can I just tell everyone, again, what a wonderful baby Thea is. She did fantastic on all 4 (yes--four) airplanes to our trip to Phoenix and back! We flew out for Thea's Great Grandmothers funeral which is crappy that Grandma Helen didn't get a chance to hold Thea. But, Chris and I are relieved that Thea now has another guardian Angel to watch over her. She has Teeny and Poppa Art on Kim's side and Grampie Quint and Grandpa Swimm on Chris's side looking after her every move.
Aren't funerals funny how they bring people together and it turn something sad into a joyful occassion with the family reunion, sharing of stories, meeting new people, etc?? I was very glad to have gone so Thea could meet so many new people. She gave each one a fabulous smile too.
We started our trip by Kim waking up at 3:00 in the morning. We left the house at 4:00 to catch the 5:00 bus in Portland. That took us down to the Boston Airport in time for our 9:15 flight. That four hour trip was fine, Thea was chatty with the lady next to her and slept on my lap. When we got off the plane we were greeted by my mom who rode the second plane from Denver to Phoenix. And everything after that is a blur. Thea went from person to person and was great with each one. She never napped alone and was always sleeping in someones arms. I even got out of several diaper chances (lucky for them they were only wet--she still saves the "blow outs" for me).
The doctor told me that with a short trip like ours, I should keep Thea on Maine time. So there I was, playing with Thea at 4:30 in the morning since that was 6:30 in the morning Maine time, which is when she usually wakes up. Thea's Aunt Jen slept in the hotel two nights so she was helpful too when it came time to play with Thea.
We were sad to leave our family and friends but glad to return back to Maine too. We'll have more to post too since Jen and Chris are coming for Thanksgiving and Brad and Kim are coming the week after that.
