Tomorrow marks 2 weeks since we arrived in Las Vegas and Monday is 2 weeks since we met Aviannah. Sure feels longer then that! Actually, I don't ever know how we got along without her :) One of my biggest worries coming down here was that we'd all be super homesick and not enjoy ourselves. That is turning out to not be the case! Of course we're excited to get home, but we are finding that we are absolutely loving our time down here. It very much feels like a holiday, but the best kind, the kind where we can settle in and do our own thing with no strict agenda. It's wonderful. It's also a gorgeous city. It's neat because it's literally in the middle of a flat desert, yet it is entirely surrounded by mountains. Every direction you go, there are mountains in the distance. And palm trees. Lots of palm trees.
I just wanted to give you a glimpse into what a typical day looks like for us here. We've fallen into quite a nice routine. I'm glad, especially for Cassidy's sake. She needs routine, but don't we all? Here's a day in the life of the Letkemans!
7:00-7:30: Cassidy wakes up. Her and John head downstairs for breakfast. I go back to sleep :)
8:30ish: They come back upstairs. I get up and John leaves for the hospital to be there for Avi's 9:00 feeding. He spends the morning there and comes back after her 12:00 feeding.
8:30-12: Cassidy and I get dressed and ready for the day. We go downstairs and I eat breakfast and she eats a 2nd breakfast :) We play outside, or watch TV, or if it's not to hot we go for a walk.
12:00: Cassidy and I have lunch. John gets back around 12:30ish and eats his lunch.
1:00: Cassidy goes down for a nap. John and I either nap or just hang out together
2:30: I leave for the hospital to be there for Avi's 3:00 feeding. I stay until after her 6:00 feeding. She usually sleeps all afternoon so I bring a book and enjoy the snuggles :)
6:30ish: I get back and eat supper. After supper we try to go out and do something fun (and free). Yesterday we drove down the Strip, tonight we found a new park.
8:15: Head back to our room and get Cassidy ready for bed.
8:30: Cassidy is in bed and John and I go out to the family room. We either read or watch a movie together, just enjoying each other's company and some downtime :)
Not all of our days look like this, sometimes we have meetings with the lawyer or our adoption agency, but usually it is something along these lines. I must say though, I am counting down the days till Wednesday- the day that Aviannah gets to come home with us! It sure has been nice to ease into parenting her slowly though. We take care of her during the day, and yet at night we can leave her and know she'll be cared for by someone else. Seeing as we each spend 3 hours a day with her, we have both gotten to bond with her and learn about her in a special way. John is doing amazing, for having no experience with a newborn whatsoever. I think Aviannah must be trying to break him in, because she's pooped 4 times for him now and 0 for me! Not that I'm keeping score ;) I'm getting to know my way around the NICU pretty good. One of the nurses today told me I'm so efficient that they should just hire me! A nice compliment, but I think I'll stick to teaching piano :)
I am really hoping we can be home in time for Father's Day. We have to stick around a few days after Aviannah's release for a follow up appointment and we're also waiting on our travel order from the US government. But hopefully, 2 weeks from now we'll be home! I can't wait!
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