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Our Trip Home

It's soooo good to be home. We had a really great time in Taiwan. Zoe did very well taking to us and bonding to both of us. The biggest issue we had with her was the crib. Also, she freaked out over the baby carrier. I think my arms are bulking up because she wants to be held all the time. Our trip home started late Thursday night. We arranged a driver from our hotel to take us to the airport which was about 45 minutes away. I was very relieved to see we had a different driver than who picked us up on Sunday night. He was a smoker and he car smelled awful. His driving skills were not too smooth, alot of pushing on the gas and letting up. Herky jerky. We arrived to Taipei International Airport and everything went smoothly. The airport even provides carts for your carry-ons which was very handy. After take off, the flight attendent brought us the baby bassinet to hang from the wall. Zoe laid down and the little boy next to us was very active. She didn't last too long in the bassinet. It turned out we held her the entire LONG 12 hours. The flight to Taipei was very smooth, but the flight back to LA was very bumpy. We landed in LA and went straight to immigration. Total different story than Dallas Airport's immigration in 2005 which took only a few minutes. It took us over 30+ minutes to have them process Zoe's paperwork. Then we had to collect our checked bags and stand in another line to leave. Our hotel was located a mile away and we looked out front for the hotel shuttle. What a nightmare!! Poor Zoe was scared to death with all the traffic going by. We finally found our shuttle and arrived at our hotel around 11:30pm. Michael and I were exhausted and just wanted to lay down. Zoe on the other hand, did not. We played with her and fed her, but she started to have these uncontrollable meltdowns. I felt so bad for the people staying in the rooms next to us. Around 2:30am still no sleep and we thought it might be best to go back the airport. Her crying fits would not stop and we think she was just so overwhelmed about everything. We called our airline and were able to get an earlier flight out. We took the famous shuttle back to the airport and stood in more lines, security and finally to our gate. Zoe was doing fine with us walking around. We arrived in Denver on time and then on to Des Moines. A few meltdowns on the way. Michael and I still had not slept and we were running an fumes. On the last flight home, Michael knew the gal sitting across from us, she used to work with Michael. She helped us soothe Zoe from one of her meltdowns. It was like she was meant to be there at that time. We were so thankful. I truely believe that babies can sense when you're tense.

Zoe has been getting more relaxed each day. She is now sleeping in her crib...Yay!! She still craves a lot attention and does not like to be put down. She has a few things that makes her cry...changing her diaper, having a poopy diaper, changing her clothes, placing the seatbelt straps over her head. Her adjustment will just take time.

Zoe is so lovable and loves to cuddle. I didn't have this with Tony when he was a baby, so this has been wonderful! She is such a sweetheart and we have fallen in love with her!!!