30 Some Hours To Go

Tomorrow evening we leave India. It's hard to believe that we're here and we're ready to leave. Not that I'm not ready to come home, but it just seems unbelievable that this part of our journey is near the end. The airplane becomes the next big journey for our precious little Ian. I know God has heard our prayers and that He will help Ian during this long, long flight (and his mommy and daddy).

Today has been great. He had a pretty good night. We went to bed around 9:30 and he woke up around 12:45. He was fussy and cried for about 15 minutes and then he went back to sleep. He woke up around 5:00am and was ready to get up. So, we got up, played, had a bottle, played some more and got ready to head downstairs to breakfast. This was the first time we have taken him to the restaurant in this hotel. He actually did well. He likes to squeal in big places. I think he hears the echo and it's fun for him. He ate some yogurt and some porridge. His little tummy was full, full, full when we finished. After breakfast, we walked out by the pool and took some cute pictures. He was just so distracted by all of the sites, it was hard to get him to actually look at the camera. Then we walked around the lobby for a while and a really nice lady took a great picture of the 3 of us. When we got back to the room, we played, changed a really wet diaper and played some more. Then around noon he crashed. I was able to get the sweetest picture of him asleep on Charlie's arm. Charlie was asleep too.

Charlie went back to the Embassy a little while ago and picked up Ian's Visa. We're all ready to head home now. I just have to be sure that nothing happens to this packet before we get back to the US.

Tonight we're going to attempt dinner in the restaurant. There are lots of great restaurants in this hotel. Some probably would not appreciate a little baby. But, we'll probably go to the same one that we had breakfast in this morning. It seems fairly family friendly.

India is amazing. I've been trying to make notes on things that we've seen and experienced. Maybe some day I can put all of those thoughts down on paper.

This hotel has been great. We were able to arrange for a late check out (6:00pm). That will get us to the airport around 6:45pm or so. It's quite a while before our flight, but I think we'll be OK. From what I understand, there's quite a line that we have to go through during check in and immigration / customs. I would think we'll start boarding around 11:00pm. So, when you guys at home are getting ready for lunch, just say a quick prayer for us.

I'll try to post one more time before we leave tomorrow. This has been a great way for us to let everyone know what's going on half way around the world and for us to feel connected to home.

See you all very soon.