We're home!

The travel was a little brutal but we made it and we are settling in at home. Alyson is, as expected, a little off in the sleep department. We got home last night around 10PM and she got to bed around 11:30 then was up at 5:30. No suprise when she had a major meltdown around 9AM so back to bed she went :-) We'll get back on track in another day or two I'm sure. It is so nice to be home and have clean running water, our own washer and dryer, our own beds...etc. etc.
It was so awesome to introduce Alyson to the house and her very own room and toys. She had no trouble going to sleep in her new room by herself. We talked to her from our bedroom for a bit so she'd know we were still in the house. We were prepared to have her sleep with us or for one of us to sleep in her room but she was fine on her own. Hopefully we're on the path to a good routine for all :-)
Once Andrew was in bed and Alyson was sleeping in her crib I just stood in the hallway in awe of the fact that we had 2 children in our home. We've been through so much to get to this point, it was overwhelming to stand there in the hall and be able to see both my sleeping children and know that we've made it. It's done, our family is complete and we get to start really living now.

I really feel for all the families that are still waiting for their blessings to come. One day soon you too will be able to stand outside your baby's room and realize that every moment of stress from the last 2 years (or maybe 10 years) was worth it.