Marhaba

Marhaba and hello all the way from Bahrain!!!! 

We are finally here! We had a looooong couple of days, but here we are! When we boarded and found our seats we were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves in the economy plus section... not first class, by any means, but slightly more roomy and not back by the toilets, so, definitely a win!

We settled in and watched some movies (or played games) and after dinner we told Stella it was time to sleep and lo and behold, the kid who never sleeps climbed into my lap and slept for 4 hours!!! She and I stretched out over our two seats and I leaned against Christopher and she piled on top of me and we both slept pretty well. Poor Christopher barely dozed, but he drank lots of coffee to offset his lack of sleep. 

We arrived in Frankfurt, Germany around 730 am local time and wandered around the airport for a bit. We had some breakfast and then found a quiet spot to rest some more. Stella played tablet curled up around my legs while her daddy and I dozed on and off for a couple of hours.


She stayed awake the whole layover until the last ten minutes and she passed out! She fell asleep on the shuttle to the airplane and I had to carry her up the stairs to get in the plane. She stayed asleep for me to buckle her up and for take off! She slept for almost three hours-- a total god send on a 6.5 hour flight! 

She woke up for dinner and stayed awake the rest of the time.  Christopher was seated on the other end of the plane so it was just us girls but she was great! She colored and watched cartoons and was SO good-- especially to have been traveling for so long. 

I was dozing and she woke me up to see the sunset. It was GORGEOUS!!! I have no clue where we were flying over, but it was so pretty. The sky was amazing! 

And this is our first glimpse of our new home! We landed a little before 10pm and coming in to a city at night is always one of my favorite ways to arrive. There's just something so magical about city lights greeting you as you descend and arrive somewhere.


We got off the plane and through customs fairly quickly! We were all pretty tired and cranky, but we made it through. 

All our luggage showed up (yay!) and we headed out and met up with our sponsor. He drove us to our hotel and we got all checked in and settled in for the night. We all showered off two days worth of travel grime and muck and crawled into bed and promptly passed out.