Summer Vacation - Visiting Friends in Indiana

We started off well! Joshua thoroughly enjoyed the boat ride over to the airport (our first time trying it). He bounced himself up & down on Jonathan's lap while babbling excitedly practically the whole ride :-) He did fine on the long flight from Osaka to San Francisco, however, he just decided not to sleep, in spite of it being essentially an overnight flight :-(

When we were getting ready to board the next long flight (5 hours) to Boston, we knew it was going to be tough. Joshua - and we - were feeling close to "melting down." We eagerly volunteered to be bumped by the airline (and put up for the night in a hotel) to fly the next day. Yes, the meltdown came (for Joshua), and he barely slept again, but at least he had some fun bouncing around the hotel crib with some pillows.

In all, it may have helped with his jetlag. After the first 48 hours with little sleep, Joshua did pretty well once we got to the Boston area. He'd crash for about 5 hours in the late afternoon, but then wake for dinner and go back to bed at night for a good 6 hours or so.
Here he is in the airport heading to Indy. He loves wheels and was thrilled to check out a Mustang - just his size and right at our boarding gate!
Joshua's favorite pastime during the trip...checking out these cool door-stops! (Way cooler than anything we have in Kobe.)
Joshua enjoyed lots of hugs and playtime with great friends in the Indy-area...
and lots of swimming too :-)
I'm so blessed! Thanks for welcoming us!!