“Well, we’ve made it here to Mexico. Our flight was fine, AJ particularly enjoyed the take off and landing. As soon as the nose left the ground, he fell asleep!! Unfortunately, he only slept through the first 40 minutes or so of the 3 hour flight, but we all survived. He didn’t have any issues adjusting his ears, (didn’t need to suck on anything and no crying) so living at 5000 feet and going up and down at least once a week does have some advantages. One other good thing was that the plane was only about half full, so we were able to get a (free) seat for AJ and he was able to wiggle across all three seats for the bulk of the flight.

Here in Mexico, even I have noticed some differences from last time we were here and the city was NOT shut down for the flu. Maybe half the people in the airport were wearing some sort of dust/surgical mask and over the PA, mixed in with the normal “”don’t leave your luggage alone”” message, was a message about washing your hands more often because of the flu. We also passed through a thermal scanner to make sure that we didn’t have a fever. (All of us were a nice reasuring shade of blue.) Outside of the airport, Traffic was much lighter than I remember. By this I mean that traffic was at normal Bakersfield/Provo/San Bernardino type levels instead of the bumper to bumper, clench your seatbelt, close your eyes, and pray type madness that usually goes on in the main city streets. It was also interesting to see big orange stickers “”closed by order of the law”” sealing up many resturaunt doors. We did stop for a pizza, and there were long long lines at all the fast food drive-ins. (And big signs in front the fast food places “”the drive in is open!””)

We have also survived our first disaster. Yesterday morning we realized, about an hour away from home, that no one remembered to grab Bunny, AJ’s sleeping companion. As all you parents know leaving the sleeping companion at home, when sleeping in a new place is just not a good thing!! So, last night it was 50 long minutes of crying before AJ exhausted himself and went to sleep. However, thankfully, once asleep, he did sleep through the night and he woke up happy this morning. Maybe only 45 minutes of crying tonight? We can dream.

This morning he is happily being spoiled by almost everyone in the house. (Everyone but his Momma.) He is enjoying exploring his new digs and having everyone cater to his every wish.

Well wishes to all, and we’ll get some pictures up soon. –Denise
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