Flying to Japan

Finally, I get a chance to sit down and start this blog. It's been a crazy week full of different things and sleepless nights! Our flight from Dulles to Narita Airport in Tokyo went better than I could have ever imagined. Both Kaylee & Abby were very good and thanks to some new toys and games they stayed entertained, thus preventing the other passengers from jumping out of the plane. Actually, Kaylee & Abby slept on and off for about half of the trip. We did give them some pediatrician-recommended Benadryl, but it didn't work exactly like we had hoped. Apparently, Kaylee is in that 5% of children who sometimes process Benadryl like sugar. We gave it to her in hopes that she would sleep most of the 14 hours, but of course she became wired soon after the lights were turned down and everyone else was attempting to sleep. This lasted for a really long two hours, and during this time she couldn't keep still and didn't want to sleep...so I guess it could have been a lot worse. Eventually she did drift off to dreamland and slept the last 4 hours of the flight. After landing in Narita, we had about a two hour drive to Yokosuka, and it was very different to sit in a car with the driver on the right side of the car. During our drive to Yokosuka we passed the Disney Castle just outside of Tokyo, and Kaylee made it quite clear that she wanted to go there. After getting to the base, we checked in to our room at the Navy Lodge, had some dinner, and attempted to go to bed...or so we thought! We slept for a few hours and then both Kaylee and Abby were wide awake at 0100...(I'll let you convert that to civilian time). Unfortunately, this continued for a few nights, as it took Kaylee about three nights to adjust to the 13-hour time difference and it took Abby about a week! So needless to say Ryan and I are still catching up on our sleep, but we did have a little energy to explore the base this past weekend.