Back in the States (by Bob)

Well, it's been a hectic and happy set of days since our last blog post, including the trip home from Korea and the first few days of settling in with Boden.

Monday night, all three of us slept in the same bed at the SWS guest house since Bo had never been in a crib. He definitely did not want to fall asleep but Colleen was great in finally bouncing and swaying him into slumber. When we woke up at 5 am to get ready to go, Bo kept on sleeping for another 30 minutes or so with us moving around him to pack and clean up.





We caught our bus and plane without any problems, even fitting in time for some much needed coffee. The plane left right on time and (after some negotiating with an older Korean man and a flight attendant) we were able to get a whole row of seats to ourselves. The 14 hours went a LOT better than we had originally anticipated. Bo took several 2 hour naps and really didn't have any full-on meltdowns. He was a little fussy towards the end, but all-in-all it was relatively painless compared to some stories we've heard.

After landing, we spent 30 to 45 minutes in customs, including a weird inquiry into whether or not I had ever lived in Canada (??!?) and we were out the door -- officially back in the US. Mom, Katie and Kevin met us at the airport with big fanfare and drove us back to Maryland. It's a good thing they were there because I could never have driven after that flight!!


Since arriving home, we've been enjoying getting to know our little man and trying to get back on a reasonable sleep schedule. Suprisingly enough, we all did pretty well the first night, only having to get up for feedings/diaper changes about 4 times (he was getting fed twice a night in Korea). Last night, it was only 3 times, so we are getting better already. 

We are loving the experience of Bo! He is warm and smiley and loves to play and take baths. We are certainly tired and have burned a lot of calories bouncing him up and down when he's fussy, but it doesn't really feel like work since we finally have our son here. We're not really getting anything else done other than caring for him. In fact, we still haven't even unpacked yet -- amazing since there are 2 of us and only 1 Bo.

I expect this will be our last posting to this blog given that we intended for it to only be an account of our trip to pick up Boden. Thank you all for following and commenting/emailing -- As we mentioned in a previous posting, it has felt like a collective experience that helped us feel well loved and less isolated while over in Korea. We will always remember this as something that made the trip even more special for us. Thanks again and we look forward to having you all meet our little man, Boden Luke Mitchell!