THE BIG FLIGHT DAY!

Wow! what a crazy day June 9th was.  It was Amika's 5 month birthday and she got to spend the whole day on airplanes:) Luckily she LOVED it.  We had been sleeping over at the Johnson's house, and they took us to the airport at 5am.  It was really sad saying goodbye and leaving Japan.  We really loved it! Our flight didn't take off till 8:45, so we had a fun time hanging out in the waiting room.  Amika fed and slept and played, and Taelin had fun running around with some other kids.  Taelin was really excited to ride on a bus to our plane.  He thought it was the coolest thing.  We flew from Kadena's base to Iwakuni, and had a 3 hour lay over, where there was NOTHING to do.  The kids played and played though, which was GREAT, so they would fall asleep on the next flight.:)  Taelin and Daddy played hide and seek, and Amika and I played on the floor.  Amika learned a new trick while we were waiting there as well.  She learned how to roll over from her stomach to her back:) what a big girl! We then loaded onto the plane again and we flew to Yukota.  Both of the kids fell asleep in about 10 min and slept the whole time.  When we got to Yukota we had another 3 hour layover, where we got some food and we able to have the kids release A LOT of energy before our BIG plane ride.  We finally got on our flight and were headed to Seattle.  Taelin wasn't even awake when the plane took off.  Taelin slept THE WHOLE WAY TO SEATTLE, which was so awesome! And Amika slept, and then would feed, and then sleep again.  We felt to lucky that our kids did so great.  Dalin and I both got some sleep on the plane.  Dalin slept on the floor under mine and Amika's seats, becasue he was letting Taelin have both of the seats. (the flight attendant told him that he couldn't do that though).  haha When we got to Seattle we had a 2 hour lay over which was PERFECT, because we had to go through customs and then get all of our luggage.  We arrived at the gate 10 min before we were on ANOTHER airplane.  This one was the worse for me.  I was ready to just be done.  And we didn't get any food on this flight and the seats weren't as comfy.  We had flown on a military flight all the way to Seattle and it was so nice and the food was AWESOME! Taelin was awake for a lot of the flight, and then when he did fall asleep he woke up to pee pants:( so that wasn't very fun.  BUT WE WERE FINALLY IN SAN DIEGO AND WERE DONE WITH AIRPLANES:) Taelin was sad that he didn't get to go another airplane, he LOVES going up high in the sky! We got our luggage and loaded it up into the van.  (a guy from Dalin's new command had come to pick us up).  He dropped us off at North County Ford where WE BOUGHT MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT:) a White 2009 Ford Edge.  It drives so nice! I LOVE IT!! We got an extended warranty on it as well, and we only paid $15700 (including registering the car).  We finally checked into our hotel, but didn't get to bed until 1130pm...WHAT A LONG LONG DAY (well, 2 days) haha