bye bye

Well, Paulina and I put Papaw and Hayden on the plane home this morning... :-( Rough morning for Mommy, rough night for everyone. Our last night in Poland was spent in the ER - everything turned out ok, but Hayden did a coffee table dive at Jack's apt (we went over last night to eat pizza and let Hayden tell his new friend, Jack, good-bye). He cut his browbone, just below eyebrow... it was only about an inch long, but bled a lot and was pretty wide so we decided to take him in just in case. Since they were flying first thing today, didn't want to take any chances. The Children's Hospital was phenomenal, we were in and out in less than 30 minutes and the whole thing cost $25USD. Amazing. They didn't do stitches and opted for the steristrips (sp?) instead - he got a giant bunch of gauze taped on top of that and he has actually left it alone as of 5:30am this morning. According to the doc, the strips won't come off and we can remove in 7 days... he clearly doesn't know Hayden. The family from Floriday was so kind and kept Paulina for us while we took Hayden in. When we returned to their apartment, they too were amazed at the speed... and Paulina and their daughter were in the tub splashing together :-) Very happy babies last night, all things considered.

We have the Visa photos and doc appt this morning, Tracy arrives tomorrow, Polish passport appt Friday, train to Gdansk on the Baltic Coast Saturday - Monday, then final Visa interview on the 10th... and provided everything goes as planned, home on the 13th!!! Woo Hoo!!! I wish I'd thought to bring a little American flag for Paulina to hold as she enters the US and becomes a citizen... kind of silly, I know, but great photo op :-)

Happy to hear Houston dodged another bullet (thus far) with Gustav. Hoping everyone is doing well and getting back to school easily!