The flight to America!!! (Week 1)

I decided that with two holidays planned this month I better get myself caught up! The biggest event would be our 3 week trip to the states!!! We spent the first and last weeks in Utah spending time with Jer's family, and a week in the middle, spent with mine in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The only bummer of the trip was that Jeremy and Daisy couldn't come. Other than that it exceeded my expectations! There's just something about being back in the good ol' USA! It was wonderful! Even though it took nearly 30 hours door to door and about 19 hours of air-time. Crew really did surprisingly well. Although it was hellishly long he didn't really cry or fuss. Unfortunately he didn't sleep either, but at least he wasn't screaming. Everyone kept saying how good a baby he is and how he is such a good flier. He was being quite the charmer waving to everyone and letting all the staff hold him. He was totally hamming it up. As they say, "What goes up must come down" by the time we made it to Seattle he crashed. I was so exhausted I didn't even know I had fallen asleep until I heard the pilot saying we were making our descent into Salt Lake City. Oh music to my ears! My arms were aching from holding Crew the entire time and I couldn't wait to use the facilites without lugging around an extra 20 lbs. :)  I sure love my little man and especially grateful he was such an angel!

Touching American soil for the first time!

(Sorta. . . this was taken in the SLC airport, Seattle was technically the first) 

Jer's mom was so sweet! When she picked us up at the airport she had a huge sign, balloons, flowers, and chocolates! Talk about a home-coming!!! It was awesome. We got a lot of stares and congratulations. (The sign said Welcome Home From Singapore) I wish I had a picture of that. We sure miss you! Thanks again for all you did for us while we were there! We LOVE you granny!!!

The first week was spent mostly recouping from the flight and a 15hour time difference. Crew and I would be awake from 9:30 pm- 3:30am and then asleep until 11:30 am. We weren't too much fun  and it made it pretty difficult to go out and do anything (Thanks Britt for coming to see us everyday!!!)  but we did manage to have lunch one day with Tah-Tah and the kids at Carl's Jr. It is a much more Ritzy experience in Singapore. Here it was just as ordinary as McDonalds. . . although it did have the perk of a play place. (Don't worry I've already been reprimanded for putting Crew in Chase's forward facing carseat. Between you and me, he may have been safer in this than in the borrowed one we were using.) 

I couldn't pass up on my first opportunity to take Crew into his first play place.

Classic! Not sure what to think about his first time down a slide.

I love my little angel! He sure looks cute in navy blue. Thanks JJ for letting Crew borrow your old winter clothes!