Tuesday, February 16, 2010

We made it!

Well, we finally made it to Seattle!  I won't go into all of the details, but our original Brisbane-L.A. flight was canceled, so we had to fly out of Sydney instead.  After a 6 hour layover in Sydney and another 6 hour layover in L.A., we finally got to Seattle 12 hours late, turning our 24 hour trip into a 36 hour trip.  But, Alexis was wonderful.  She barely fussed at all.  In fact, at the end of the Sydney-L.A. flight when we were putting her in the baby carrier, she was fussing a little and the flight attendant walked by and said "so she does make noise after all!".  We feel so blessed to have a generally happy and content baby.

The taxi ride to Townsville Airport.
 

Townsville to Sydney.
 

Sydney layover.
 

Alexis was already asleep when we boarded the L.A. flight.  It was a long day and not even half over!
 

Safe and snug in the bassinet on the Sydney-L.A. flight.
 

L.A. layover.
 

We made it! Taking the train between terminals at Seattle Airport.
 

3 comments:

  1. Yeah! Welcome back to the states! =) Can't wait to see you!!!

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  2. Whoo Hoo!! I am so glad you made it safe and sound, Yay for Alexis what a little trooper.....I can only hope for the same good fortune when I make the trek. We hope you enjoy your trip say hello to Seattle for us, we sure miss it! Buddy is doing great by the way!
    Talk to you soon.
    P.S. Was that one of the airline bassinets? Did Alexis have to have her own seat to be able use it?

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  3. You are a champion, I wanted to cry for you when I heard about your flight. Let's play soon, call me!

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