We're home! Ivy was an amazing traveler and slept all morning while we waited to board our plane in Detroit. We've been singing praises for our Ergo carrier (thanks, Yvonne & Miya for suggesting that we get one) and Ivy immediately fell asleep as soon as Kevin put her on his back and stayed asleep - as long as he kept walking with her. I'm sure that he walked several miles back and forth, back and forth, in Terminal A of the Wayne County airport yesterday morning.
You all know what we're thankful for, and what we'll be thankful for in the Thanksgivings to come, but this year we were thankful to gobble down a bowl of pasta and especially appreciate our neighbors, Rob and Cindy, who took care of our cats while we were away and who dropped off pumpkin pie and a 6-pack of Spotted Cow for us last night as we were transitioning from nap time to waking time. Ivy's nights and days are completely opposite of that in Madison, so we're gently acclimating her to the Central Standard time zone. And she is working really hard and is teaching us so much about what it means to be a nearly 9-month old teething, jet-lagged baby whose life has just completely changed. She is a sweet, gracious little girl and the three of us are enjoying being together very, very much.
Ivy enjoyed some traditional Thanksgiving food - she had squash for breakfast and loved it! She also loved video skyping with her Grandma & Grandpa B., Aunt Kersten & Uncle Jim and her two cousins while she ate her breakfast. She showed them many tricks.
