Day 24 with Lance

Quote of the Day:
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. --Abraham Lincoln

I really like that quote. If you let it sink in, it can really make you evaluate what and how things bother you (if they do ;O)) and how small things really are. I think I needed that because honestly I was a little moody today. No real reason, though. Well that is until I tried to get plane tickets...please don't freak out. I have already done that and it didn't change anything. We are working on the situation as we speak. So, I guess you want to know what I am talking about. We originally bought round trip tickets to Ukraine with the intentions on changing the return date to match our needs. This is why we used a travel agent to make sure we bought the right kind of tickets in order to assure this accomodation. I called the airlines today to change our return flight from the 23rd to the 25th. The seats for tickets at our rate were full beyond June 10th. There is no option of upgrading either. So our options look are though we can fly on the 23rd (which will not allow enough time for all the paperwork) or buy new tickets. So far, the tickets I have found are $3,000+ per person. Ha, that's funny. I have written the travel agent hoping he will have some options and Susan, my sister, is looking into standby flights for us. I have to say that standby does not sound too good with a child who will be in shock, new parents, and a lot of heavy luggage. I'm sorry, I really did not mean to vent, but it is the big thing of the day today. The good news is that we have all our appointments lined up in Kiev to make sure we are finished on the 24th. Isn't that ironic? :o)

Lance had a really good day today. I did feel pretty bad for JM, though. He was in charge of nap time while I worked on the flights. Lance used every tactic he could to remain awake. An hour later I came back and JM was worn out. I rocked Lance a maximum of 10 min. and he was out. Honestly, he probably wore himself out during the hour, but it still was frustrating for our new dad here. It was once again a gorgeous day, too. We did a lot of walking. Oh, we were able to take Lance to get his passport photo today. He was such a good little boy and sat still in the chair all by himself. I can't wait to see his big brown eyes in that picture.

Today was our 6th day of our workout routine. We changed it up and ran stairs and did exercises indoors this morning. John Michael convinced me to take mother's day off yesterday...I can't say he had to twist my arm very hard.

Tidbits:
-Ashley, it was very nice to hear from you. We definitely want to take you up on the dinner, too. I promise we are not avoiding it. :o)
-Cheryl, I will have to keep TAPS in mind. I will let you know about the sign-up form a little further down the road.
-I am glad that you all enjoyed the giggles. He is one happy little fellow. His giggle brightens our days for sure.

I think that is enough ramblings for one evening. Sorry about that. We continue to think of each and every one of you.
Love,
John Michael and Karen