Leaving the Bahamas- Arriving in Seattle

We’re back in Seattle!

We traveled all day yesterday and walked in our house around 11pm.

Flying in first class with Dahlia was trying at times, since we didn’t have a seat for her. She bounced between me and B, but stayed on my lap, on the spacious arm rest between our seats and finally, finally dropped to the floor and let the white noise of the plane lull her to sleep.

D watching Dora the Explora on her pink DVD player

I was in a rush the morning we left on our vacation and returned home to find a fluffy mold growing out of a sauce pan in the sink.

This morning D woke up at the crack of 7am and snuggled with us for an hour before indicating loudly that she was ready for breakfast. Our fridge was empty, so I had to make do with instant oatmeal and then we hit the grocery store and got some coffee.

It’s certainly fall here in Seattle. The sky is grey, it’s raining and my yard needs attention. I like being home, even though I could have spent another couple weeks in the Bahamas. We didn’t get to do or see much in Nassau because we were still on baby time. Between nap time and bedtime, we pretty much stayed on Paradise Island. When D is bigger, we’ll go back and get a little more adventurous.

Ok, so it’s fall. I had a delicious Pumpkin Spiced Latte this morning. Now I’m drinking tea and hating Williams-Sonoma because every fall I tell myself I’m not hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas and then I open the WS catalog, see all the pretty food and the recipes and sure enough, we’re inviting people over. It’s not that I don’t like hosting, because hosting is my favorite part. I don’t like that my house isn’t put together. We still have white walls, sparse furniture, the lighting is frustrating, dog pee stains on the carpet… who wants to eat in a dog pee stained carpet room?! That’s so gross!!! Ugh!

But what’s the alternative? We had the carpets professionally cleaned twice and the dog stains persist. Should we have a new floor put in so we can host a 4 hour dinner party? I say YES!

It’s back to work now for me; time to let my Conciergerie clients know that I love them.

Next trip, Houston in mid October to visit Auntie Em!