Checking in

Well, we made it back to the US of A. It was an extremely long travel day and night, and our plan of minimizing the pets time in crates was thrown out the window when we discovered our flight was delayed for 6 hours. But, we eventually showed up at Dulles at 2am with pets, luggage and sick Amelia in tow. Much to our suprise, Alexis and Dave were waiting for us (!!) with a sign and wonderful goody bag. They helped tremendously when I was with Cali and Amelia while Sean picked up the rental car. We are eternally grateful to them for this!

We checked into our new apartment, which has lots of nice amenities. It will be a good temporary home.

Amelia woke up last Thursday morning with pink eye in addition to her lingering cold. Poor thing looked like she'd been in a boxing ring with red, puffy, swollen eyes. Yesterday, she woke up with a high fever and it fluctuated all day. We brought her to an Urgent Care place when she had a temp of 104.6! This is our first experience with sick kid, and it was pretty scary. Turns out she now has a double ear infection on top of everything. We've decided that she likes to do everything on a grand scale (e.g., she can't just get one tooth at a time, she has to get 6!) We've started her on a course of antibiotics and are hoping they work their magic quickly.

Oh, we also bought a Toyota Prius, which is something we've been talking about for a while. It is cute and peppy and I'll enjoy driving it around town!

I guess I'm still adjusting to being back for good. It kind of seems like I'll move on from Spain quickly and that makes me sad.

Looking forward to seeing friends and family and house hunting next! Think healthy thoughts for my Mia!