Oct 9 - home sweet home!

Oct 9 Thurs 11:00 pm Winnipeg time (yay!) Hi everyone! Well we made it home safe and sound! Angelique did great on the planes, sleeping a bit on each flight. She was restless during the Frankfurt to Toronto leg but we walked (ok she ran) up and down the aisles and it helped pass some of the time. She and Paul both fell asleep in Toronto airport (on the floor), and she barely woke up being carried onto the plane. She was completely out again before takeoff and we even had to wake her when we landed in Wpg.

Even being sleepy and disoriented, she did great with the wonderful welcoming party who greeted us at the airport, complete with signs and toys for her - thank you to everyone, we were very touched! Angelique continues to amaze us with how well she takes in all the changes - she looked at everyone in the face and smiled - we're so proud of her!

At home, Angelique looked around at everything and was talking a mile a minute as soon as everyone left - she wasn't sure about Farley at first but got over it pretty quickly and now wants to pet him all the time, saying 'Masack?' (cat?). He's doing better with her than expected, letting her pat him and not running away. We got her to sleep in our bed just after midnight and she got a good few hours, waking us at 4:30.

The last few days have been wonderful and sooo full - A sleeps in her own bed already, but only for a few hours at a time (which means so do we) and her schedule is still upside down from the jetlag (she wants to nap at night and have a long sleep during the day), but we're working on it and know it will take some time to get her caught up.

We've had lovely visits with small groups of our family at a time, and she recognizes everyone from the photos we brought with us on the trip, it's so cute! We pull out the photo album and she points to each person's picture, says their name then looks at them in person as if saying 'oh it's you, I get it now!'

Well that's all for now - off to bed........ have a great weekend, we know we have lots to be thankful for as we celebrate Thanksgiving!

take care
N&P&A