Ahhhh . . . where to begin?

We are all back to sleeping through the night again and I think I finally have some energy to start some posts about our trip to the Philippines. We had an absolutely wonderful trip and I certainly found myself head over heels in love with this country, and our family there, by the time we left. I had been there once before, but it was a different feel this time. Hard to describe, but I felt like a visitor before and now it actually feels like home.

Our flight over went very well, all things considered. We were able to get a bassinet for Emie to sleep in and Nathan did really well with sleeping in his seat. He was also very adherent to the seatbelt sign as he pretty much thinks that pilots and train conductors are the coolest people in the world right now. Our total travel time was around 25 hours. When the family picked us up at the airport, we were all just thrilled to see each other in person. About 10 of them came to Manila. On the way to the house in Tarlac City (the house where Gus grew up), we stopped at Jollibee for lunch or dinner or some meal (our stomachs were fully confused by that point!). Jollibee is a Filipino fast food chain that serves fried chicken, spaghetti, burgers and of course, rice with each meal choice!

Seeing Lolo was certainly the highlight. He is crazy in love with our kids and they love seeing him. He is doing so great physically and was really able to spend a lot of time out and about with us.

Um . . . yeah, I guess I looked like I just came from 25 hours of travel.

My niece Bing is often who we talk with on Skype and Nathan couldn't believe she was real. They decided to sit at their own little table. Nathan was so excited because he was holding his first Coca-cola.

Nathan loves Lolo! Don't you love the guys with guns in the background? I didn't even notice them when we were there!

Well, there is plenty more to come, but at least I've started!