I'm So Glad We Are Home!

I haven't fallen off of the face of the earth...although I feel like that may be a fun way to escape some days!

The life of Luke and Kari for the past month has included the following:

• 1 Move
• 1 three week trip for Luke to Mississippi to help find the 1000 missing barges in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina (he was scheduled to go there anyway :)) right after the move...
• Another increase in workload for Kari
• 1 trip for Kari to Texas to visit family in Houston and McAllen right about the time hurricane Rita was expected to hit there!
• 1 cold/sinus infection for Kari

Houston was a madhouse. I've never seen so many people in an airport in my life on my flight to McAllen (hometown). The ticket agents somehow managed to lose my bag before I even checked it - it was full of baby gifts from the shower the night before...somehow the bag got back to McAllen the next morning...?

Then when I flew through Houston on my way back to Minneapolis, there was not a soul to be found in the airport -only those on my flight and a couple of other flights outbound...no restaurants or bookstores were open...couldn't even buy a soda!!! The airlines were out of beverages except for water and people were complaining that they didn't get peanuts. I heard one flight attendant say, "Well honey, some people don't have a home, we don't have peanuts. Count your blessings." Well said. After all of the chaos, the hurricane didn't hit Houston at all!!! Answer to prayer.


But, we are all back, finally living in our new home together for the first time...it's good to be home. And, we have a ton of new baby stuff!!! I am overwhelmed at the generosity of my friends and family...I had to pack an extra suitcase to check and will be receiving a couple of rather large plastic tubs full of stuff from home! This baby is already spoiled. :)