Let's revisit car seats...

Let me tell you a little something about car seats. They've changed. A. Lot. For one thing, they are not even called car seats. They are now called child safety seats... And it takes at least a degree in engineering to install one. Thank goodness my husband is so technically minded. It only took him 1 1/2 hours to figure out how to install it. I was a great help to him - I held the flash light..... This thing is latched to my car in places I didn't even know existed. And let me tell you, this seat ain't going nowhere! In the good old' days, you threw the seat into the car, put the kid in, put the seatbelt over the both of them, and you were good to go!
All of this leads us to our next huge purchase - another child safety seat for Ray's car. Here we go again!




You know, these seats are going to have to go with the cars when we trade them in. You couldn't pay me enough to try to figure out how to uninstall them. They are now latched, hooked, and strapped to just about everything in the car. Aside from cutting all the straps, which would render them useless, they are there to stay.



O.K. Off my soapbox. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming!
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All dressed up and nowhere to go...

We actually got everyone up and ready for church -a miracle in itself! Ray went out to warm up the car and discovered that my car wouldn't start. No problem, we'll just take Ray's car. Big surprise - his car wouldn't start either! What are the odds That BOTH of our cars would be dead at the same time? After a visit from our new best friend, Max, we were good to go.






Ray headed out to purchase a new battery, and I took Betsy and Emmie out for a ride, just to make sure that it would start again. Betsy did well for her first ride in her newly installed carseat.

Betsy really seems to be doing well. She plays on the floor right next to me and seems happy. The big girls just dote on her. MeiMei is loving being a big sister!



She is just so stinking' cute! You just want to eat her up!


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12 loads of laundry later...

And 6 empty suitcases! Only two more suitcases left. I'm exhausted! Unfortunately, so is everyone else. Jet lag is horrible! Ray says that he gives himself a day for every hour difference. So that means, let's see... Multiply by 12, carry the 7, find the reciprocal.... I think that it means that we'll be tired for a while.

We are trying to get to church tomorrow, so we realized that we have to install the carseat. I think they make it confusing on purpose!





I don't think Betsy is very happy about the carseat...


Now we just have to get up tomorrow. I hope we can do it! So far the earliest we've been able to get up has been around 11.



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We start back to school on Monday....

And I am so not ready!  I'm very glad that several years ago I was part of a Pre-School Bag Activity Swap through my homeschool group.  These are activities that toddlers can do that you store in a zip-lock baggie.  Hopefully, I'll be able to find some that Betsy can do while I work with the older girls. 

Here is an interesting look at homeschooling:


You know what they say: "He who dies with the most books wins....."

We are home!

And does it ever feel good! Andrew and Stephanie were here to welcome us. Thankfully, they shopped for us so our fridge is well stocked and we have lots of fresh cut up veggies to snack on.


Betsy is getting used to her new home. She is also getting used to eating real food. All this child has had is formula mixed with rice cereal. Since she's already 17 months old tomorrow, she needs to get some better nutrition. There she is eating peas. She loved them, just like her grandpa!

I actually made dinner tonight, in spite of jet lag something fierce. And I'm finishing up my third load of laundry. When that is done, I'm crashing! Hopefully, we can all get some sleep tonight. Last night it was party in our bed! We had Betsy and MeiMei awake for several hours...



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Cathay Pacific Club

My wonderful husband got us into the Cathay Pacific Club to wait for our plane. Much better than where we originally had to wait for the last two hours.








We are happy..... Only 3 more hours to go until we get on our plane and then it's all downhill from there.


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At the airport in Shanghai

We only have 6 more hours to wait here for our flight, but who's counting......









Are we having fun yet?

Only 20 more hours until we land in the good old' USA. Betsy Anne did pretty well on the first leg of our journey. For some reason, we were all over the plane, and I ended up with MeiMei and Betsy. Luckily, the guy who had to sit with us was very kind and didn't seem to mind very much that he was being constantly whacked in the head by a fussy infant!

Cannot wait to set foot in our house!


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