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Going back home has always been a bittersweet moment. It is nice to be back in your own home and reality, and it is good to see all the people you have left behind: in one word to get back to your normal life. On the other hand, it is always sad to say goodbye to family and friends, especially knowing that it will be  many months at best before you can see them again.

Since Keegan arrived, however, the bitter part has been push to a whole new level.The whole first week was a nightmare…in fact, I can’t even define it as that, because having a nightmare implies getting sleep and we really did not get much of that at all. Jet lag, hit Keegan really hard: we are talking about multiple night wakings, not going back to sleep without us in the bed, and final wake ups at 3.30am. So here we are , taking turns trying to find the energy to play with him at 3.30 am. Brutal! I guess we had a head start on Halloween and were sporting our ZOMBIE costumes all week.

should I say more?

Fortunately, I had a week off, so I could get some stuff done (never enough) and I am very  proud to say I only napped the first day. Keegan adjusted much better to his daytime routine: he was excited to see all his friends at daycare, and we got to see pretty much all his best buddies the first week. We went to the park with MacKenzie and out at dinner with Jada. The next week, it was zoo time with Hannah.

He also got to do his favorite things: playing at the park and going to the beach. We are still getting some nice, warm days, so despite the fact that fall is in full swing, and that there was a strong wind blowing, Keegan did not think twice about jumping in the water and getting all wet. He had seen videos of his cousins swimming and diving in Italy, so he could not wait to get into the water himself.

Cold? Not me!

Keegan misses his grandparents a lot, and he remembers well all the fun games they played together. So, to help us all keep connected we started again our Skype calls. Keegan is now really interacting with the screen, and respond to his grandparents as if they were face to face. It is really nice to see.

sending a kiss back to Grandpa and Grandma

So here we are, entering the third week since we got back,and he is kept on learning tons of new words. We stopped keeping track, because it would really be impossible to remember them all, but I guess by now he knows probably 100/150 words. And he even know some words in both languages. One word we could not help but keep track of is…his first 4-letter word. Not the passable one (shit)…oh no…my kid went for the f-bomb! Of course it is our fault, but one morning he overheard me saying it (guilty, but I am not the only one) and sure enough he started repeating it, over and over again, laughing, and really enunciating the CK sound. Mind you, this is the kid that had trouble using the C sound or pronouncing his name: but in this case, he puts emphasis on the CK. That’s my son! He repeated it a few times, but we tried to ignore it completely. We are just hoping he will not say it at daycare.

And of course, we are still struggling with sleep issues. I promise this is the last time we talk about it: I get bored myself.  It is not jet lag anymore,  but he still wakes up really early, does not want to get back to sleep, needs assurance…once again we will try to “sleep train” him but we don’t have much hope at this point since he knows how to get out of his crib and room. We get to the conclusion that he is a “difficult to adapt toddler”, as listed in the What To Expect – Toddler years book. I know what you are thinking: stop reading books…but honestly, books are the only thing that gives me hope and make me feel we are not the only ones who are going through this. He will eventually sleep…in his teenage years. Then is PAYBACK TIME!!!! (-;