Back in PA, 1st 4th of July

July 05, 2006

We made it safely to the east coast last Friday morning after a long, tiring, very hard and draining flight(s). We had a very tough time, but luckily we got through it. :) All I have to say is remember those babies on the plane who would scream to to the of their lungs and those parents who tried their best to calm them down but had no luck? Well that was us, literally!

Miss Mia did not do well at all and seriously screameddddddddddddddd her brains out on each of the 3 legs we had to Phili. She did fine in the airports b/c she got to walk around which she loved. Once we got on the planes though, it was a different story. We weren't able to get Mia a seat b/c of the price and thought she'd be fine sitting on our laps....boy were we wrong! She screamed bloody murder most of the time flailing her arms and was really inconsolable. We kept passing her b/t the both of us thinking she'd calm down, but it only got worse. Josh and I had a very hard time this time around and we think it was mainly due to her top teeth coming in (b/c that's how she was for the two days before we left...not napping, cranky etc)....poor thing. Nothing really worked and we even gave her benedryl on the flight from Utah to GA which made her sleepy but not as quickly as we would have liked. Mia did finally sleep on the flight from Utah to GA for about 2 hours but woke up really cranky. Anywho, the flight from GA to PHL was prob the worse of them all and I felt pretty badly for the guy sitting next me and even gave him a warning that we have a very cranky baby which he was fine about. Mia was veryyyyyyyyyyy fidgety,fussy, you name it, she was it! We had no idea what to do except try to get her to sleep b/c she needed it badly! She finally feel asleep with her fingers in her mouth prob b/c she was too weak to scream and cry anymore and slept for about 2 hours on me (including getting off the plane with her in my arms and staying asleep until we got to baggage claim). She woke up happy and lasted for about 30 mins until we got her in the car seat, then all hell broke loose again. Once she found her fingers though, she was out like a light and slept another 1 1/2! The trip to the east coast took a pretty heavy toll on poor Mia...and us. :(

It's been great since we arrived last Friday and beautiful too! We got to take Mia in the inground pool here at the beach house in Dewey Beach, DE which she loves! Today, we took Mia to the beach for the 1st time and got some cute pics/videos of her in the sand and even eating it! Too cute! She was pretty apprehensive of the sand at first until she got to walk in it. I don't know if she really liked the sand just b/c of how it felt. She did well playing in it though. Mia also got to see the ocean for the first time and got to feel the water on her little feet which she really liked. We took her today b/c it was partly cloudy and the sand wasn't hot like it was the other days.

Other than that, Mia has been doing great adjusting to the new environment. She's been napping very well during the day (about 2 hours each time....better than at home!) and sleeps about 10 hours at night...the first night she slept 15 hours (after taking two 2 hour naps!) b/c she was so tired from flying. We're keeping her on Cali time which we did in April and it seems to work very well. Mia is loving it here and is getting a ton of attention from the grandparents which gives Josh and I a little break.

My parents came down this past weekend along with my sister (who left yesterday) and brother which was nice. We all got to hang out by the pool, go to the beach, layout, ride a sea doo, and even go out on a nice raft which was attached to the sea doo (that was a ton of fun!). My sister Linda and I rode the sea doo together and man was that a blast! She threw us both off the first time which was pretty cool, but she got scared b/c she didn't know where I went (I was right behind her). It was funny!

Our 4th of July was great (Mia's 1st!) and we all enjoyed the pool including Mia along with the beautiful 90 degree weather. Josh and Linda's man got to try test out their clam catching skills yesterday for the 4th but had no luck while the rest of us worked on our tans. I am pretty tan and my hair is def blonder than what it was. Gotta love vacationing at the beach!

As you can tell, we are having a great time and can't wait to celebrate Mia's 1st bday this weekend ( a week early) here at the beach then again on Sat the 15th at my sister's place. I'm sure Mia will have a blast and I'll def be taking a lot of pics and videos as usual to share with you all! I still can't believe she is turning the big O-N-E already? All I can say is that I have enjoyed every minute of every day with my little girl and can't wait to see her grow into this little lady she is becoming! :)