We Are Home...

For those of you who do not know!!!
We made it safe and sound, and surprisingly everything went really well. Tessa was the best girl in the world and the airline we flew was awesome. Tessa played and ate snacks on our first 2 hour flight. She had a blast looking out the window and never once cried.
Then when we got to Tokyo we had a 3 hour layover which was during her normal nap time so we weren't sure how it was going to be. But our airline was wonderful! Our plan was we would go to the lounge to drop off our luggage before we ventured out to let Tessa walk around and get some energy out. When we asked them if they would hold our luggage behind the counter they did even better. They gave us our own room where we could keep everything with plenty of space for us to relax and eat. The best part was that Tessa could wander all over and we even had our own TV. It was perfect! Tessa was able to spread her toys all over, climb everything, and scream without bothering others (that's probably why they gave it to us). It was the perfect space for her to get all of her energy out before our long, long flight. So needless to say, Tessa didn't sleep at all! So when it was time to get on our 11 hour flight home, Tessa was exhausted and slept through takeoff and woke up about 1 1/2 hours later. Perfect little nap:) Our seats were great and Tess had plenty of room on the ground to crawl around down by our feet. She had a little play area set up for her. The bummer was that she didn't sleep the rest of the flight until we were getting ready to land :) But she never threw a fit and only fussed a little here and there. Thank you!!! And the best part of the entire trip was that our airplane landed an hour early :) That never happens! We can't even tell you how excited we were to hear that news:)

Once we arrived it took us a few days to get back on track. Poor Tessa didn't know where she was. It took her awhile to adjust to her room, figure out where her toys were, and figure out who these new people were. But she has done it and her sleeping is back on track. We really only had 2 bad nights. Our first night home she slept all night long because she was exhausted, but the next two were a little rough. The first of the two she woke up around 2:30am starving and ready to play. She didn't go to bed until 6am. The next night she was up for a few hours too. But after that she has been sleeping. We actually have to wake her up in the mornings... ha ha! We are so lucky to have such a great sleeper :)

One thing is for sure, being at home is amazing!!! Seeing our family has been awesome and we can't wait to see all of our friends.

PS: I have so many more posts but through the crazy packing in Japan I left my camera cord in the apartment so I can't download my pics. I need the pics to do my other posts so I have to wait until the cord gets sent out to us. So keep checking back :)