frequent fliers.

David, as it turns out, is a very good traveler. He did really well on all five flights we were on last week.

We are in the US now and it's wonderful and crazy and exciting and exhausting and sad, because we only have two weeks.

Here are some snapshots from Kenya and Oregon and Canada and over the Atlantic Ocean.

After a few pretty rough nights due to travel, jet lag, change of schedule, change in weather, etc, David started sleeping through the night this week! Last night I slept for 7.5 hours in a row, which I haven't done in at least a year. I feel like I can do anything now, including dishes.

My sister had a baby in May, and it's been wonderful to pretend to be sister wives together. My nephew is as adorable as I expected him to be, and we have big plans to smuggle him back to Africa in our suitcase.

David smiles now, which is amazing, and I spend most of my time trying to make him smile, and trying to catch it on camera, or talking about how great it is when he smiles.

Next week we go to Ottawa to spend two weeks with Abram's family, and then we head back to Kenya and Tanzania just after Christmas. 

It's pretty hard to find time to update my blog these days, even with a fast internet connection! So don't expect anything until the new year... a very cozy and merry Christmas to you and yours, dear friends.