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[erniebufflo]

I am HOOOOOOMMMMEEEE!!!!!

Despite a still sick Claire and an oft-cranky Etta, the flight went well. I let hubs pick his baby poison, so he took Claire and I had Etta. The man next to me was super nice, said he had 3 boys, and said, "Even if she doesn't do OK, I'm OK." Luckily she napped the whole time! In fact, there were 5 babies on our plane, and despite jet stream related turbulence and the fact that it was boiling hot on the plane, they all did well. I did get smug at the ticket counter when I heard a woman traveling with her husband and one infant talk about how hard traveling with the baby is. Try man to man defense with two babies, bish!

I cannot wait to sleep in my own bed tonight.

The other big news is, hubby is taking the job here in Little Rock. It was the best offer for his career, and they are really enthusiastic to have him on faculty and committed to helping him continue studying ultrasound diagnostics. He's beating me to the professor job title as he will be at a teaching hospital and an official Assistant Professor. I personally can't wait until he's only doing 3 9-hour shifts per week plus admin and research! And we are actually going to look at a potential house this afternoon!

So, it's a good day!

[Deleted]

Sounds like a post full of good news! Does it feel good knowing you arent moving??! I mean, youmay buy and move into a house, but not move across the land!

[TrudyCampbell]

Wahhh! :-( :-( I'm hysterically crying. Okay, not really, but I was hoping just a little teeny bit that you guys would end up in the big apple.

I think it's wonderful that you'll be staying in Little Rock! And a house sounds so exciting!! It must be such a relief to have it all figured out.

[erniebufflo]

Jan 9, 2013 16:24:42 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

Wahhh! I'm hysterically crying. Okay, not really, but I was hoping just a little teeny bit that you guys would end up in the big apple.

I think it's wonderful that you'll be staying in Little Rock! And a house sounds so exciting!! It must be such a relief to have it all figured out.

It was hard to pass up NY! I would have loved to hang!

[Deleted]

Sounds like a good deal! Congrats to you guys and good luck on the house hunt!

[charlielove]

Glad the plane ride went well. And yay for Little Rock! When does he actually "start"? I'm excited for you that he'll be home more. And a house! Great news all around.

[unclejesse]

Really happy for you guys! Hope the house hunt goes well. And sending lots of healthy happy baby dust to you!

[cat19]

Welcome back and congratulations! Sounds like you are about to have a really good situation for your family!

[thedahliharpa]

Congrats! I'm so happy for all of you that he will have better hours.

And btw, I was missing you and in light of D's constipation was like "When is Ernie and her voice of reason getting home??".

[Deleted]

Welcome home and congrats on all the great news!

[Beener]

Congrats on all accounts lady!

[claralou]

Welcome home!! (both hereon the board, and in your actual home- we missed you!!). I'm obv super sad that you won't be living in Denver, but am so happy for you that it's finally resolved and you can focus on your next step there:) Congrats on getting all of that finalized!

This just means we need to REALLY make it work to have a GTG next time you're out here visiting family!

[bean47]

You must feel relieved to have settled on a location/job. Hope Claire feels better soon!

[ruby412]

That's wonderful! So glad to hear that you guys made your decision and can get settled. And so glad the flight went well. I'm already stressed out about our flight in March for vacation!

[erniebufflo]

Jan 9, 2013 17:55:47 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

That's wonderful! So glad to hear that you guys made your decision and can get settled. And so glad the flight went well. I'm already stressed out about our flight in March for vacation!

Try to schedule the flight during a normal nap time. We boarded at like 9:30 am, gave them bottles on takeoff, then they went right to sleep.

[silverjm]

What a weight off to have the decision made and to know where you get to settle with the girls. Glad to have you back.

[Deleted]

Yay for all the good news! Sorry for cranky babies tho, that's never fun. Glad they did well on the plane though.

[musiclover]

Yay, glad you are home. So exciting for you to now know where you'll be...such a new adventure!!!

[rjamz]

Jan 9, 2013 16:25:24 GMT -5 erniebufflo said:

Jan 9, 2013 16:24:42 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

Wahhh! I'm hysterically crying. Okay, not really, but I was hoping just a little teeny bit that you guys would end up in the big apple.

I think it's wonderful that you'll be staying in Little Rock! And a house sounds so exciting!! It must be such a relief to have it all figured out.

It was hard to pass up NY! I would have loved to hang!

But hooray for deciding! That's so great!

[Regina Philange]

There's no place like home!

[hass2001]

Glad your trip and flight went well! Congrats to your husband, that sounds very exciting

[Deleted]

I'm glad y'all survived the trip!!

[raynes]

Welcome back! Good luck with your house hunt, that's very exciting.

[spaghetticat]

Aww, that was nice of the guy on the plane. Glad you are home! Happy house hunting!

[browneyedhunni85]

Yay, glad the girls did well on the flight. Congrats to your hubby!

[devotchka]

that's so cool, congrats!!!

also, glad you survived the baby travel fiasco. i am nervous to fly w/ m to minnesota in feb but i guess i better shut up about it hehe. good job!

[dojo]

Congratulations! So exciting!

[kdrake8]

Congratulations and so glad to hear the flight went well too! I am totally guilty of thinking its hard to travel with one baby, and I can't imagine two. You rock!