Home

We are home! It was a wonderful trip, but it's good to be back. It was an early morning on Monday, earlier than we all thought as Blanden didn't sleep well that night. Fortunately he slept almost the entire flight and took a couple of good naps that afternoon. He was very happy to see his dad and his pups. We made it to music class that evening, although he didn't participate -- just sat on our laps quietly and tiredly. And he has slept soundly for eleven hours the past two nights.

Belle isn't supposed to be on the couch, but when I looked up and saw the two of them sitting there I had to take a photo.

Although she doesn't look super excited about posing for a picture, Ella adores Blanden. She took it upon herself to become his guardian the moment he came home from the hospital (long before he could feed her to win over her affections!). She kept kissing him on Monday.

It took Belle a little longer to warm up to Blanden -- she was rather indifferent about him the whole first year, so long as she was still the "baby" too -- but she's been bringing him all of her toys since we got home. And she has become extremely tolerant of him climbing all over her and giving her full-body hugs. This is home, sweet home, with our family all back together.