Life on the 'farm'

OK, so I'm finally getting a chance to get some pictures up here from our trip to America.

Although Grandma and Grandpa aren't actively farming anymore and the only animals they have are a couple of cats (who had kittens while we were there), Keanu still had a great time enjoying the great outdoors of their Minnesota farm. In these pictures you'll see how much the corn grew in 3 weeks and how Keanu helped with some of the chores. Several times a day he decided he had to feed the cats and water the flowers. One day Del Monte was harvesting the neighbor's peas, so we got a small bucket of fresh peas off the truck and Keanu helped wash all of the peas. (It only took an hour!) He also helped with the dandelion population by disseminating the seeds for future generations.

Finding his way out of the corn field - he was scared! (July 3)

Playing football by the corn field. (July 21)

Feeding the kitties

Baby kitties

Watering the flowers

Washing peas

Picking dandelions

We're back...!

Alright, so we've had a busy and delightful time in MN, but it was time to stop playing and return to regular life. Again, Keanu was a great flier and slept alot. The flights weren't overbooked this time so he actually got his own seat for as long as he would sit alone! THe big excitement came at landing of the first flight. Remember how I complained of "evening sickness" earlier? Well, I've concluded that it's really caused by heat and fatigue. You know how often planes get hot and stuffy during landing because someone decides to turn off the AC? Well, that's what happened here, and of course it was bumpy (which I still don't understand - how can air be bumpy?). Anyway, add these flight conditions to a pregnant mom with the hot toddler snuggled on her lap and what do you get - you guessed it - a reappearance of breakfast! Yeah, I kind of made a mess, but the 3 grandmotherly women sitting nearby us were all sympathetic and the preteen girls across the aisle occupied Keanu while I cleaned up a mess. Ahhh, the joys of pregnancy - and you get to read all about it!!

Speaking of pregnancy, we missed our week 16 appointment since we were in America and made it up this morning with a long visit to the clinic. Are you ready for the big news?? Every time my mom mentioned Keanu's little sibling, she referred to his sister. Is she right?? Hmmm... I think I'll just let you ponder that thought for a moment.

Jet Lag

FYI, we've arrived. It was a long trip of 20-some hours, but we're enjoying hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. I was worried about what a busy toddler without his own seat would do on a packed to capacity flight, but he was fantastic! He was excited to see the big airplanes at the airport and the droan of the engines lulled him to sleep at take-off during each of our three flights.

Then we arrived in MN... We took a little time to get to know the new surroundings before going to be the first night at a reasonable 10:30, but then my little king slept until 3 the next afternoon with only a couple sips from his cup overnight! I guess he was tired. That started our fight against jet lag. In the evenings since then, we've gone to bed at 12, 12, 2, 1, and tonight it was just after 11, so I guess you could call that progress. I'm hoping that after spending next weekend with Early Bird, he might decide to go to bed earlier?!