Everone settled in and Maggie was asleep in my arms before the plane took off-arond 9:30pm. We were able to get her comfortable in the seat next to us-Thank you Lord for letting us have an extra seat-and she slept for several hours before waking up. Annabelle was having a BLAST with Italo watching Movers on the IPod and having a great time eatting fruit snacks and whatever else she was given. A few hous into the flight, I switched seats with Italo so I could get Annabelle to sleep and then the parents were left to sleep....we did not obey as well as our kids. I think I may have taken cat naps here and there but for the most part we were awake.
Maggie woke up about 2:30 or so AM and did not want to go back to sleep. She was super upset and started crying. After only a few moments of rocking and a bottle of milk she finally went back to sleep. Annabelle woke up after about 5 hrs of sleeping and was in a pretty good mood. Around that time, the milk that I gave Maggie made another appearance on my shirt and Maggie's blanket but Maggie seemed to feel better after it was no longer a part of her!
After we landed we began the LONG journey of getting through customs...
I did not make matters easier by bringing yogurt into their Country! I had brought all kinds of snacks for the plane ride and then they feed us dinner and breakfast so we did not really break into the reserves. My kids really like yogurt and my friends had turned me onto Gerber Yogurt that does not have to be refridgerated. Well, I had a little 4 pack of yogurt that was never opened but we had to go through all kinds of extra things to get into the country because of it.
When we FINALLY made it out customs we saw a very excited Nonno and Nonna and got into their new Ford Explorer that held all of us AND the luggage! Quite a feat!
Unfortantly on the way out of the airport, Annabelle lost her VERY 1st and FAVORITE little snuggly blanket. She has had it since before she was born and was the first thing she really attached to.
It was very "loved" and she asked for that particular blanket quite often. We tried to go back but we could not find it on the ground anywhere so someone must have picked it up. I am more sad about it than she is at this point but she did ask for it at nap time that afternoon. We told her we lost it and she DID NOT throw a complete fit. So amazing for her. Luckily we still have her second favorite with us so she had a blanket to cuddle with during her nap.
After arriving, we had some breakfast and let the girls play a little bit around Nonno and Nonna's house while the boys went wondering around the city. The day before we left for our trip we found out that our niece, Alessandra had been admitted to the hospital for an enlarged liver. When we arrived, they still did not know what the problem was and were doing diagnstics to try to get to the bottom of it. So-the boys went to the hospital to see their little sister and got a little distracted by events there :) She is super cute so I can understand being distracted. Please pray for her and her mommy-they hare really having a hard time and both being quite the troppers while they try to get to the bottom of things. 
While the guys were visting and buying computers I took a nap with Annabelle and Maggie. I slept about 2 hours and they both slept 5 1/2 hrs! They were much happier when they woke up and still went right to sleep at bedtime! Sleepy girls. Maggie is doing better after a nap a bath and 2 doses of antibotics so we hope tomorrow will be even better! Looking foward to a good day because we get to celebrate Nonno's 60th Birthday!
We LOVE YOU DAD!!!
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