A terrific trip!

We arrived in England on Christmas Eve, and I am still amazed at how well our travel went.

I'm not even talking about how well it went relative to the amount of snow and havoc at Heathrow, or the icy, snowy roads connecting Somerset to London, in the days before our arrival.

I'm talking about how very well behaved our two little girls were on the long flight and long drive home to Martock.

Violet never made one cry. She played in our laps, nursed, ate food, and slept soundly. When it was time to try to put her to bed, I just swaddled her, gave her the pacifier and strapped her into the bassinet. She went to sleep soon after, and stayed asleep until the cabin lights came on shortly before we landed. Wow. What a difference between this flight and our flights with Cora for her first Christmas.

Cora also was excellent. She was pleasant and excited about going to visit Nan and Pop. She watched TV for several hours and then kind of dozed for a couple of hours. That allowed Stace and me to at least close our eyes for a while. We both felt better upon arrival than we normally do.

It was great to see Sue, Gord, Dean, Jenny and Euan again - Euan the 1-year-old! He and Violet had fun playing together when we got back to Martock.

Our first night, both girls went to sleep easily between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Violet woke up around 2 because of the jet lag, and wasn't sleepy. Cora also woke up around 3. Violet went back to sleep around 5, but Cora just couldn't stay quiet in her bed for any longer, so we went downstairs for an early breakfast.

You can't blame the girls for their bodies' confusion with the time difference. Hopefully tonight will go better.
Our Christmas Day has been beautiful - bright sun shining brightly off loads of snow. We had a roast beef dinner with Stacey's Nan. We'll do Christmas big style on Sunday, when we hopefully will all be a bit better rested.

Merry Christmas, everyone!