The Arrival and First 3 Days!
They are FINALLY here! (lots of cheering and celebrating)
They arrived at 5:55 A.M. (yes - A.M.!) on Friday morning and simply hit the ground running ..... for the most part. I got there at about 5:30 and they made it through Customs and came through at about 6:45. I actually can't remember when I've been so happy to see anybody .....ever! Karen and I quickly made eye contact because the kids came running full tilt and I wanted her to know I saw her first. Eddie and Heather just dropped their bags in the middle of the walkway and ... well, what do you say, it was just great.
We went over and sat down for a bite to eat and to chat because we couldn't check into the hotel until 11 a.m. It was great hearing about Eddie's baseball season and Heather telling me all about .... anything that came to her mind. We shot over to the hotel and the guy let us check in early at 9:30. For the rest of the day (which I can tell you now ended at 3:00 p.m.) we hung out at South Bank and went into Brisbane's CBD (central business district). We could've been hanging out in the North Pole for all I cared - I was just happy to be "where I belonged". As we were on the way to the beach at South Bank, I heard Heather say "Hi Sidney", which I promptly replied with "shhhh, that's not someone you know." Then the mother of Sidney says, "no way - is that - Hi Heather!" So now I'm thinking, how in the hell does this Australian know my daughter. They apparently met on the plane on the way from L.A. and just happened to run into each other here at South Bank on the same day! Now THAT is cause for the "it's a small world" comment we tend to make so often.
E4 (Little Eddie) blogging now - When I was at south bank, I was eating and there was a bird that had a long black beak and white feathers - called an Ibis - that he flew in and landed with one foot on the table and one foot on my arm and it ATE THREE PIECES OF MY CHICKEN!!! I was half-crying because I was scared and half-laughing because it was funny! Heather seemed scared too.
E3 (Big Eddie) back again - Anyway, all 4 of us are jammed in a small office right now - so, blog must end! I'll just finish up by saying that having them here has made it seem like "all is right with the world". They are literally hanging on my hands - bye for now.
They arrived at 5:55 A.M. (yes - A.M.!) on Friday morning and simply hit the ground running ..... for the most part. I got there at about 5:30 and they made it through Customs and came through at about 6:45. I actually can't remember when I've been so happy to see anybody .....ever! Karen and I quickly made eye contact because the kids came running full tilt and I wanted her to know I saw her first. Eddie and Heather just dropped their bags in the middle of the walkway and ... well, what do you say, it was just great.
We went over and sat down for a bite to eat and to chat because we couldn't check into the hotel until 11 a.m. It was great hearing about Eddie's baseball season and Heather telling me all about .... anything that came to her mind. We shot over to the hotel and the guy let us check in early at 9:30. For the rest of the day (which I can tell you now ended at 3:00 p.m.) we hung out at South Bank and went into Brisbane's CBD (central business district). We could've been hanging out in the North Pole for all I cared - I was just happy to be "where I belonged". As we were on the way to the beach at South Bank, I heard Heather say "Hi Sidney", which I promptly replied with "shhhh, that's not someone you know." Then the mother of Sidney says, "no way - is that - Hi Heather!" So now I'm thinking, how in the hell does this Australian know my daughter. They apparently met on the plane on the way from L.A. and just happened to run into each other here at South Bank on the same day! Now THAT is cause for the "it's a small world" comment we tend to make so often.
E4 (Little Eddie) blogging now - When I was at south bank, I was eating and there was a bird that had a long black beak and white feathers - called an Ibis - that he flew in and landed with one foot on the table and one foot on my arm and it ATE THREE PIECES OF MY CHICKEN!!! I was half-crying because I was scared and half-laughing because it was funny! Heather seemed scared too.
E3 (Big Eddie) back again - Anyway, all 4 of us are jammed in a small office right now - so, blog must end! I'll just finish up by saying that having them here has made it seem like "all is right with the world". They are literally hanging on my hands - bye for now.
posted by Ed | 2:33 PM
3 Comments:
Beautiful!
I am so glad to hear that Karen and kids made it out there safely and the four of you are all back together again. It literally brings tears to my eyes for the joy you must have all felt after the arrival.
I also enjoyed hearing Eddie's comments and can't wait to hear more both through the blog and straight from his mouth in a couple months. That would've really freaked me out too Eddie and I told Andrew and he couldn't stop laughing. You better be careful out there nephew and keep an eye on your sister for me. BAWK BAWK!!!
Have fun and takes lots of pictures for us. I couldn't see the new ones as all I got was an empty box with a red square. Maybe the format is not the same as the older pictures you had on here. Hope to here more from you soon! G'Day Mates.
Glad everyone made the trip ok. Must be nice for all of you to be in one place again. Update when you can, but I'm sure you'll be busy for quite a while. :)
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