Down Under

Greetings from down under! I don't have the ability to post pictures at the moment, but those will come soon! Maybe some videos too.

We made it safe and sound to Australia and all of us are loving life at the moment. I am more relaxed than I have been in ages, Finn is loving the beach and swimming in the water and Nick is getting some good shots and enjoying his relaxed and happy family. The plane trip here was an incredible, intense 40 hour journey wherein Finn was a wreak and tantrum-toddler every minute we were in the airports (4 of them) and an angel on the planes (21 hours of flying). Luckily, right before our longest leg from LA to Sydney, Finn befriended a lovely woman from Equador (by befriended, i mean that he ran up to her and hugged her legs and then opened his arms upwards to be picked up by her). She was on her way to australia to meet her one year old grandson for the first time and was thrilled for some 'practice' with Finn. It was the first time he was calm in LA and I eagerly told Grandma Equador that she is welcome to keep him for the entire flight if she wants. She laughed and said she would love to sit with Finn! Funnily enough, she and her husband were actually sitting right next to us on the plane, and Finn sat on their laps almost the whole time he was awake and it couldn't have been an easier trip.

We have been staying at our friend's beach house 45 minutes south from Adelaide with my parents and brothers. Our days have ben filled with long walks on the beach, swimming and napping. Nick, Finn and I spent a day exploring the Adelaide hills and visited an animal reserve (Finn patted a koala, played with a baby kangaroo and fed some of the weirdest looking ducks and waterfowl I have ever seen).

Unfortunately, Finn has come down with a pretty bad cold in the past couple of days and we had tickets to visit Carlos and Sophie in Sydney. Sadly, we made the decision that Finn is not up for travel, so I am staying in Adelaide and Nick just left for a few days in Sydney.

Merry Christmas to all!