So yes, we made it to Sydney! That hop skip and jump ended up being a lot longer than I originally thought... We left Newport News at 7am on December 25th and arrived in Sydney at 4:30pm (VA time) the following day. 33 hours of traveling... The funny thing is we never got to live any part of December 26th. Totally missed Boxing Day. Totally missed the Caps kicking some major Devil booty (hope you had a blast Sonny!!!) Toadilly... We arrived at 8:30am December 27th. However, we do get to January 9ths. Hopefully that's a sweet day!

The longest stretch we had was a 12 hour plane ride from San Francisco to Auckland. Super cool thing though... We had our own seats which turned into our own beds and each came with our own TVs! Look at how shocked Gavin looks lol!

When I sat down our flight attendant asked if I wanted a glass of champagne. I soooooooooo felt like Adam Sandler in Wedding Singer lol! When we boarded the plane it was 10pm VA time and I had the bright idea that if I stayed up as late as I could, it would help me get used to the time-change when we reached Sydney. That plan kinda back-fired but I'll explain later. Look how happy my feet look :)

By watching The Full Monty (love that movie!) and Big (Tom Hanks is such a cutie in that one!) I managed to stay up until almost 3am. Unfortunately, I was woken up at 8am by "Hot towel?" Again, Wedding Singer lol! Gavin continued to sleep...

A delicious breakfast kept me stay awake through to Auckland and then pure excitement kept me going until we got to Sydney. Here's a pic of my delicious breakfast. Just say "I love crepes."

When we got off the flight they gave us what yes was leftover Christmas candy but still very yummy! The wrapper said: a superly dooperly smileciously deliciously planetful bag of Christmas FUN! I like Sydney already!

Oh my bag did make it by the way!

We didn't plan anything the first day because we didn't know how we'd be feeling. Instead we just walked a bit and took a few pictures...

Mackey and I both took pictures of Gavin and then I turned and took one right in Mackey's face :) Hey what are sisters for?

Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House! Looking forward to climbing that bridge...

Anyhooo, remember when I talked about my plan backfiring? When we got back from the gym it was about 5pm Sydney time and there was no way I could last any longer. I konked out and woke up at 6am this morning. I'm going to have to work on that so I can make it until midnight on New Years!

Natalie and Adele, I thought you'd like to know that Max (that's what I've decided to name him) has also made it to Sydney ;)

Next up, it's the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb and then exploring the aquarium! The forecast calls for rain but that won't dampen our spirits!

Smiles all around :)