Ed, Kaden and I have started our first leg of summer travel this past month as we flew from Okinawa to Spokane, WA to visit my mom and brothers. It was really sad for me to leave, because I knew I wasn't going to be back to Okinawa, and it's been my home for four years.
We left May 8th from Kadena and flew for about 9 hours to Seattle. Kaden did really well on this flight, but only slept for about an hour at a time and only did that sporatically for 24 hours. By the time we got to Seattle and were getting ready to fly to Spokane, Kaden was having a hard time. The poor thing hadn't really slept in 24 hours!! He had a bit of a meltdown on that flight, but it only lasted a few minutes...but we were definately THAT family with the crying baby on the airplane.
The first few days, Kaden took some time to adjust to a completely flip-flopped schedule, and because it stays light so long here, we adjusted his bedtime to stay up later. It's nice to be able to have some more time to hang out with family in the evenings this way!
At first, Ed was here for a training and we were able to stay in the TLFs (temporary living facility) on base. It was a nice place with a kitchen and a park and the library close by, so when Ed was at work, Kaden and I had plenty to do. After that week was over, however, we couldn't stay on base anymore and we ended up staying at this disgusting motel, but it was really so bad it was funny. We went to Bed Bath and Beyond to buy sheets and stripped the bed, because there was no way I was sleeping on the sheets that they had on there. I don't think they had ever been washed! There was a pink leopard print dust ruffle! I was going to take a picture of it, but didn't. :) The room was so bad that we didn't want to stay there during the day, and just ran a bunch of errands all day. Poor Kaden was so tired of being in his carseat. The weather has been gorgeous, but it caused all of the snow in the mountains to melt, and the river overflowed. We went down to the park and saw the falls, which was crazy, they were rushing so hard. Ed and I even left Kaden with uncle Phillip one night and went to a football game. Another night, grandmom watched him and we went to a really nice dinner.
After two nice weeks of vacation, Ed had to leave Spokane to pack us up in Okinawa, and Kaden and I moved into Phillip and Ashleigh's house. It's a super cute little house across the street from a park, where we go play every day. It's also close to everything, and we go on walks everyday and go window shopping in the cute stores around here. Kaden and I are having a great Memorial Day weekend hanging out with Phillip and Ashleigh!
Ed called this morning and he made it home safe and sound. We will now be apart for a month, but it's okay, because it will make packing and moving way easier on Ed without the baby to worry about. It's sad to be away from him, but it is good time spent with my family before we move to California in July.
I'll try to keep up with the blog better, now that I'll have lots of downtime this month. I'm staying with Phillip for a few weeks, and then I'll stay with my mom for a few weeks too, out in the country. Kaden and I fly out of here July 3rd to meet Ed at our new home!! It is a very exciting time :)
