Heading back home...

We found out that we are headed home to the States earlier than we thought! Aidan and I will be headed back on June 10th and JR will follow us at the end of June! Awesome. I am so excited! We have had an amazing time here in Scotland and have really enjoyed ourselves, but I am anxious to get back to the States! Mostly I am anxious to be able to spend the summer with my family. Our home is rented out to a lovely couple from here in Scotland, so we are going to be crashing with my Mom and Dad! Hope they don't get sick of us! The plan will be for Aidan and I to stay through the end of August (we have a rental home in Knoxville set up for Aug. 20th, we are going to rent this home while we are house hunting) JR will head back to TN sooner, but hopefully not until early to mid August. Still to be determined!

Do you realize that I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half? :) We have absolutely no time without Aidan and we had a wonderful girl that used to look after Aidan for us for an occasional dinner, but she has had a baby boy and is busy enough! So, I am looking forward to having unlimited babysitting! LOL! No, really I just miss my family and my friends and really look forward to spend the summer lounging and swimming next to my parent's pool, boating with my sister, camping and just hanging out! My sister Aimee is a teacher so she is off during summer so it will be nice to have her around!

We booked our tickets home and this is the only part that gives me a bit of hesitation. It is such a long day for us. All in all, from getting up, getting our first flight from Wick to Aberdeen, then from Aberdeen to London and then from London to Seattle (and usually Seattle to Pasco, but mom and dad have volunteered to pick us up in Seattle and drive us home...it makes things so much easier for me!) by the time we get home it is a 27 hour day. Hard on anyone right? Very hard on a 19month old...and even harder for mommy! It is a nightmare trip and just getting worse the bigger Aidan gets. He does not want to sit still for one second. The flight from London to Seattle is about 9 hours and it is tough. I so envy those who sip their wine (British Air is the BEST airline!) watch a couple of movies, play a few interactive games, relax and take a nap.

I on the other hand...well, let's just say I spend most of my time trying to keep Aidan in his seat. Ugh. But, it is my last trip (the last one I took home by myself resulted in a near break down (by me) around the 24 hour mark in Seattle...tears and all!) So we get home and then jet lag sets in. On your own jet lag can suck, but you can crash when you get to your destination. With Aidan...not so much. Luckily my mom will help out, but I feel guilty about her being up with us in the middle of her night!

Can't wait though. :)