Another quick update. I stayed up all night tonight talking & emailing with the travel agent, and got most of our plans worked out. We will be coming home at the very end of November, and then returning just before Christmas. Our court date is now scheduled for December 25th (that’s right, if all goes according to plan, we will legally become Aliya’s parents on Christmas day). The cost of the extra flights was astronomical, due to the holiday. Ouch. Let us never speak of it again.
Most of the group was up all night working on our individual travel arrangements, so we plan to spend the afternoon napping, and will then go out for a Thanksgiving dinner (of pickeled cabbage and stewed mutton, no doubt) tonight.
Aliya has been sick our last couple of visits, and we’ve had to work extra hard to get a laugh out of her (though today, for the first time, she consistently laughed at me doing a silly thing, which is the first time I’ve seen her amused by just watching someone, as opposed to being physically stimulated (Sal is the ultimate expert at the latter. The man was born to do “This little piggy went to market…”). And she’s consistently falling asleep in my arms after just 2-3 minutes of rocking and singing to her (it helps that she’s used to such a rigid nap schedule, no doubt). I am feeling deeply sad about leaving her, just as we seem to be slowly cracking through her reserved little shell. I know she’ll be fine, I’m the one who’s overly-eager to get her home and start our life with her. I guess I’ll just spend all of December and January obsessively creating her bedroom, and baby-proofing the house. Dog fur is nutritious for babies, right? (just kidding, Mom Mengine!!)
Hope everyone back home has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Please eat some tofurkey with us in mind. Love -t
Most of the group was up all night working on our individual travel arrangements, so we plan to spend the afternoon napping, and will then go out for a Thanksgiving dinner (of pickeled cabbage and stewed mutton, no doubt) tonight.
Aliya has been sick our last couple of visits, and we’ve had to work extra hard to get a laugh out of her (though today, for the first time, she consistently laughed at me doing a silly thing, which is the first time I’ve seen her amused by just watching someone, as opposed to being physically stimulated (Sal is the ultimate expert at the latter. The man was born to do “This little piggy went to market…”). And she’s consistently falling asleep in my arms after just 2-3 minutes of rocking and singing to her (it helps that she’s used to such a rigid nap schedule, no doubt). I am feeling deeply sad about leaving her, just as we seem to be slowly cracking through her reserved little shell. I know she’ll be fine, I’m the one who’s overly-eager to get her home and start our life with her. I guess I’ll just spend all of December and January obsessively creating her bedroom, and baby-proofing the house. Dog fur is nutritious for babies, right? (just kidding, Mom Mengine!!)
Hope everyone back home has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Please eat some tofurkey with us in mind. Love -t
2 comments:
Glad you were able to get a flight. We can't wait to see you! What fun it will be getting little Aliya's room ready. The latest word in the medical community is that the increased prevalence of allergies is due to the hyper-sterile conditions kids grow up in nowadays - especially when they are babies. So letting her immune system acclimate itself early to canine saliva and fur may be the best way to avoid problems later on! Love you bunches! Mom
I love you guys! happy Thanksgiving!
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