I think i have conquered my bizarre short lived fear (that panic stricken, white knuckled feeling when turbulence hits) of flying.. although i have always LOVED taking off & landing no matter how bouncy it is then or curvy... it mainly makes me tense when, out of the blue, the overhead compartments start to rattle like they might drop; gives me the feeling of what else might drop.. you get my drift. Thinking about this and how irrational the fear is; its all about not being in control yourself... and then thinking how great it is to be a kid on the plain completely clueless to it all.
This thought brought me to this act: I decided to count Zara's stamps in her passport, whopping 18! Then i wondered how many actual flights including domestic she is taken, starting from her very first flight from Kansas City at 5 days old i tried going back over the 3 short years of trips and have hit about 30 flights, but not sure if i have counted them all, so i figure that is close enough...it really hit home , when we received her Premier Status Card from United and a credit card offer to boot! Yippee! Dinner's on Z everyone!
I hope she never develops a fear of traveling, or at least conquers it fast! The cutest part of this trip was that in Denver at our Layover, she saluted a soldier in fatigues getting off the plane before us! She was saluting in his general direction and to get his attention she shouted at him "SALUT, Salut!!" The passengers around made a collective "awww" sounds.. and he really laughed!
At any rate, this most recent trip to new territory was just phenomenal. She worked on her tennis game while watching my friend Jeanette play in the USTA tourney in Tuscon. Jan in Florida says we can officially sign her up for Bolleteri tennis camp now- but the hidden agenda would be to go see her i am sure!! no twisting my arm on that one!!
My old DC roomie, Jeanette, selflessly, actually let us stay in her hotel room she had booked for the tournament so we meet there! We went to the famous Desert Museum and spent a lot of time marveling the scenery every where; even sitting on the patio for lunches together.
After 5 days we did the drive to Phoenix to see My Great Aunt Evey and my family there. Just spectacular. Holly and her parents and Gramma Evey were so welcoming again to us, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and even went to the Wild life Zoo there.. many pictures are about to be posted, brace yourself!
I found some old posts from my previous Blog and wanted to share them here as they were created after the printing:
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Flashback looking at our old posts On July 22nd 2007
Looking back now, over the past 2.5 years
with our daughter and 4 or 5 visits with the Chrissy and Te since Zara's
arrival, we still marvel at how it all happened.
I am still
amazed when i recount to friends who ask me, "how did you and Matt meet
Chrissy"? I hear myself saying, "Oh, well i worked with a young woman
who came to me one day to tell me about Chrissy and that was our
referral! Her best friend was Chrissy, just shy of 12 weeks pregnant,
and she wanted to speak to me. I just called her up that evening not
expecting anything at all but maybe to help someone with who was
stressed and needed some answers to questions!" I think back and almost
laugh at how relaxed I was chatting with Chrissy the first time, not
really ever thinking she would actually decide upon an adoption plan,
nor decide to choose us!
But i still can't believe that was
how it happened. I think of all the strange connections and how it all
came to be, from as small as our first call to an adoption attorney's
office on a Sunday and he picked up the phone and immediately booked us
an appointment, to walking through a KMart with Chrissy (then at 39
weeks pregnant) jointly choosing a "going home" outfit for our daughter
from the hospital. When i look back on our posts from July and Aug
2007, I still cant believe we were there in the hospital sleeping in the
next room to Chrissy and down the hall from the nursery where Zara was.
Sitting in the small town court room gaining custody was a memory I
wish was stronger.
We took no pictures of those 2 hours that
morning after she was born and I was in a daze blindly being led around
the courthouse by our adoption attorney and finally taking our oaths.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Zara and all the birthday this New Year 2011
Zara
went to so many birthdays...and Daddy had his too, Grandma and Grandpa
Zarr both just had their too, well in fact Grandma Zarr's is today!
Audrey had her birthday at the Kensington Firehouse and that was
fabulous, and William from School had his at Playseum, Lucy had her 2
year party at the Wilson Pool!
