We made it to Croatia!

Emma and I made it to Croatia safely. I wanted to write a little about the flight and give report of Praise to the Lord for how wonderful that was. We left home at around 2pm on Thursday and chris drove us to the airport. We were kind of bummed because we knew emma did not get a bassinet seat on the flight and i was to hold her in my lap the whole flight. For those of you who are not sure how long the flight is we go for 9 hours to Germany and then another 1 ½ to Croatia. People often told me to just make sure that i have something for her to drink or chew on while the plane takes off and for landing. So i was prepared for the worst and with my previous travel experience i knew od screaming babies during those times. I was nervous and prayed earnestly that Emma will be ok with all this.

Our first Divine surprise came when we sat on the full flight and realized that there are 2 additional free seats right by us (we were sitting in the middle where there are 4 seats). For those who have experience with international travel you must know that those flights are ALWAYS full. This was amazing. Emma was able to sleep, i had soem extra room for all the stuff i had and my pump and mom had her own seat to enjoy as well. Emma did amazing on the both flights. She did not cry at all during our travel, was eating with no problem, sleeping when she neded...We really had no problem at all. God really blessed us with so much more then i ever thought (i hope that the same will be true when i am coming back all by myself).
Having my mom there also was very helpful as she was able to play with emma if i needed to go to the bathroom, or pump for her to eat, or just simply do anything.

We have been in Croatia now since Friday (3 days) and thinsg are getting better with Emma adjusting to the time change. The first afternoon/night was rough as she was very confused about whet is hapening, in a totally new enviroment, with new faces. She cried for a full hour (which she never does) from how tired she was and confused. Mom and i cried with her. It was a sad sad sight. She went to sleep at 2.30am (which was her regular sleeping time in Atlanta 8.30pm). She did not wake up once after she slept and i woke her up that next morning at 10am so she can slowly start adjusting to the time. She does real good during the day and then at night she starts getting a little fussy. The 2nd night she was in bed at 12 so i realized she is slowly moving towards the european time. I had to wake her up at 7,30 in the morning so she can start getting even more adjuted (she usually wakes up at 6.30 in Atlanta).
The 3rd night she was sleeping already at 11pm (with a 30 minute crying introduction (mom and i did not cry this time)-have no clue why as the previous night she did not cry) and woke up at 7.30 in the morning. So even with this we see how God is adjusting her to the new time.

We have not had an overwhelming amount of visitors yet. People have been calling us but have waited to storm in for emma to adjust better. We had about one a day. It is fun to see how excited people are to meet emma in person. She has been checking them all out, sometimes smiling and then a minute later crying and back...But she is doing good with new visitors. This morning my mom's friends came and she was laughing so hard for them-they did not know they were so funny
With all that again i find it amazing how emma has never cried for my dad or mateja. She has accepted them and always loves to be held by them and talk to them from the moment she saw them at the airport. It is like she knows they are related.
She and Mia are just looking at each other, but it seems like they are still confused as to who the other peson is. It is interesting to watch.

I think this si long enough and hopefully gives you all a picture of the last few days. We had our laughs and our cries but all together it has been enjoyable. I miss chris a lot and have decided never to do this type of without him. I need his calmness to balance my passion.
I hope i find some more time again to write about our croatian adventures.