New teef and long plane rides

Ryanne has cut two new teeth in the past week. One was on the flight from San Francisco to Tokyo and the other was the first night we were in Nagasaki. Luckily, it seems to have made very little difference in her personality on those flights.

Tokyo...yeah, I said Tokyo. We're here, in Isahaya, now. It's nice. It's very different and I certainly feel like the village idiot most days, but Ryanne is quite the star. The Japanese seem to just adore her - cute, American baby...hmm...imagine that?!

Ryanne did beautifully on the flights here. The flight to Tokyo she spent a lot of time running up and down the aisles. Since IBM sprung for business class for us, this wasn't as difficult as it might sound. The rest she watched some Disney channel and slept.

The first night in Tokyo, she was very cranky, but we ended up making her stay up until 7ish. She woke for the day at 2am. We were quite awake, too, so we didn't struggle with her.

The next day was our flight to Nagasaki...it was delayed by the typhoons. Ryanne wearied of the airport after a few hours and then fell asleep on the plane. We gave up on dinner and crashed as soon as we hit the hotel. She woke up at 3am and we wrestled her back down until closer to 6.

The next day, we got to the apartment and looked around. Ryanne and I went to the department store down the street and got lunch while Chrys got the lease signed, etc. More adoring baby fans were there to greet us. She ended up going down after a quick dinner at the hotel restaurant and, after the 3am wrestling match, was alseep until 6 or 7, I think.

Mercifully, last night, we had dinner with some American friends here in Isahaya and then crashed at our place around 8p. Ryanne woke at 6am and we just let her get up. I think the sleeping transition is almost complete!

I will post more details on our adventure in a new journal...the link when I get time. I want to try to keep this one pretty Ryanne specific.

P.S. Watch for a post before this one very soon. I have quite a bit drafted, but haven't had a chance to finish it out...