Australia Vacation -- Lift Off

Well, we departed the lovely island of Guam on Thursday for the "big island" of Australia. Courtney managed to overcome all of her pack rat genes and fit all of her stuff in half of a suitcase, and the girls took up another suitcase. Unfortunately, the plane took off at 6:30 p.m., which is right at the girls' bedtimes. No problem for Olivia -- we just plugged in a DVD movie and she was in a trance until 10:30. Then, she dozed for about 30 minutes until we landed. Katelee, on the other hand, was a bit more of a handful. She was quite fussy about bedtime, and then she became so tired, nothing would satisfy her. All the dreaded passengers with kids that scream? That was us! Although, Courtney was generally able to get Katelee to settle down after a couple minutes. And then, once we landed and she saw the border patrol dog, she was happy again! Once we landed, we grabbed a taxi and got to our place about 1:00 a.m. It took a little settling in, and then we all crashed. But, we didn't have a crib for Katelee, so she slept in the queen bed with Mark, and Courtney kept Olivia company in the room with the two twin beds. All slept well until 7:30 the next morning. Day 1 done.