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the rimmers have arrived...

we made it!! the flight was great. sloane slept wpg to TO and slept/hung out all the way to london. no crying! we got a few compliments on what a good baby she is. the flight atttendent gave her a sticker for her baby book. i, however, did not sleep so well....couple hours maybe. i'm not a fan of the 777 first class set up....no sympathy, i know, but for those of you that know what i'm talking about know that it's not great for travelling with a family. i was able to fully recline and sleep with sloane next to me, but it was pretty crammed. there was a bit of exitement on our flight...a man was taken off our plane when we landed by 6 armed police officers. i asked around about what happened, but no one knew. strange.

we are now in lymm, just outside manchester staying we julian's cousins jo & mark. beautiful house. i am just now able to see outside, as it was dark when we arrived yesterday. we are surrounded by a trees and greenery. it's fall, so some of the trees are bare, but there is still a lot of green mixed with fall colors. there is even a creek running through the backyard. we'll head into town later today down the path that winds along the creek.

i think we got an alright sleep. sloane was up at 1 am, wide awake, ready to start the day. finally she went back to sleep after 3 am and slept til 10 am. not bad. hopefully i'll sleep even better tonight! sloane and i were wondering around the house in the middle of the night and came across casper, the cat. her and casper were eyeing one another up. sloane grabbed her head and i think was trying to put his ears in her mouth....she probably thought they were crinkly like her toys ears. anyways, i got sloane's hands away from casper and no one was hurt.

julian is up now, so i think i'll get ready to head out! first stop: liverpool.

pre-trip anxieties

one more week til i go to europe! i can't say that i'm excited but once i'm there i'll love it. i am definately a home body and the thought of travelling always makes me anxious in goods ways and bad. i am a horrible over-packer, and with taking sloane, it is bound to be so much worse. in past attempts to pack less, i have shorted myself necessary items such as pants and been forced to make a trip to the mall to buy a few pairs.

the thought of being jet-legged with a teething, 6-month old baby has me concerned, but if i think about it, i am able to function surprising well on little sleep. the 8 hour flight i am less concerned about, as i am very used to holding sloane for most of the day....the restrictions of the airplane shouldn't cause any problems, i hope. and of course, the first class seats make EVERYTHING easier. i can probably even change a diaper in my foot space if i'm discreet.

if there's one thing i am excited about, it's escaping winnipeg weather for 2 weeks! man is it cold here, and winter has not yet officially begun. i'll take a grey, rainy day in england over this anyday. i'm not sure what the weather is like in germany, but its gotta be better than this. sloane cries when i bundle her all up and take her outside, and i tell her that she was unfortunately born in winnipeg and she is going to have to learn to accept winter. not that i have anything against winnipeg, but it must be very confusing for babies to be exposed to these frigid temperatures. i am constantly loving and protecting her, then to thrust her outside on a chilly day must seem so cruel.

well, it took me til the age of 29 to make it to europe, and sloane is heading there at the age of 6 months! her first passport stamps...i hope she has a good time.