Koby Can See!!

Before I update the adventure of traveling across country with Koby here is the best update we have had in a long time...

Koby is starting to track with his eyes! I am sitting in an airport as I type this and I am just balling as I write. I've so hoped that I could say that his vision would "come in". He will be five months old tomorrow and we have been impatiently waiting for him to acknowledge us with his eyes. And he is finally starting to do so. Hip hip hooray. The 'lights' in his brain are getting brighter each day and they finally got bright enough for his eyes to acknowledge the world around him. Such a relief. We take joy in such mighty yet menial tasks such as noticing his surroundings.

TRAVEL TIME

One challenge we have discovered is that Koby hates sitting in a car seat for more than five minutes. Sharalee, for the past 10 or so years, has consistently spent a good chunk of the summer with her family back in Utah. She always drives and the cost of buying enough airline tickets for our mini van-full family would have been a small fortune. Plus she needs to have a car while visiting everyone.

So we came up with the plan of Sharalee driving with her sister Emily(who is our very own Sanity Saver) and the five oldest to Utah on Thursday. And the following day (yesterday I would fly with Koby). We would all arrive at the same time.






The plan has had some detours already. I spent four hours in the Nashville airport last night, waiting for bad weather to pass. Eventually it became clear I would be stuck overnight with Koby in Chicago. I love Chicago and have close friends there from my missionary days, but I didn't want to try to get around town with a little baby that needs a lot of extra love.

So I called my dad and he picked me back up. I'm half way to Utah now just waiting to board the next plane. He doesn't like airplanes(another new discovery). But it's better than 26 hours if driving. So far I've had nice helpers sitting next to me. I've never ever been nervous to fly but this has been the most stressful experience.

I am grateful I can take time with Koby. And it will be worth the effort. We have so many loved ones in Utah and we just couldn't wait to see them any longer. We have missed family so much and can't wait to have Koby meet them.

















He didn't care much for the cramped space while being fed.