England - here we are!

We have made it!  20 or so hours on a plane, and we have touched down in the Mother Country.  Dennis and Thelma (jeff's parents) saw us off at the airport, and after a rushed check-in, through customs, a phone call from Thelma while we were getting our belongings in customs (not a really good time), and a quick walk to gate 12 in the international departures (after being rushed on by the crew), we left Melbourne at 12.55am Christmas morning on flight MH128 (Malaysia airlines).  I slept through take-off and got a decent sleep until we touched down in KL at 6.15am Christmas morning.  Chloe only got about an hour as she was too excited and watched movie after movie after movie.
A freshen up in KL, chilling for 5 hrs, we got back on Malaysia airlines (MH0004) to London, Heathrow.  Great service by the crew, only 88 passengers on this flight, so we were able to stretch out a lot more instead of being squashed.  Again, and so typical of Chloe - she fell asleep probably 2hrs before we were to touchdown at Heathrow - we had to wake her up and was a little crabby!   I only cried as we touchdowned at Heathrow because this has been in the planning for so many years that it was finally here.
Santa came to Chloe on the plane and she was just so excited.  Her face just lit up like there's no tomorrow and was over the moon that Santa had left a present with the crew and that it was an iPod touch with all games and music installed!  Customs no problem at Heathrow - I imagined doing the whole interview with them trying to prove we had enough funds, accommodation etc, but he was very nice and never queried anything.  Overnight at the Ramada Heathrow with breakfast included and we stuffed ourselves silly!!  
I should say that we had Christmas with the family before we left and that was great.  Menace - we didn't have a whole row to ourselves.  The seating was 3 on the left, 4 in the middle, 3 on the right and we were in the middle and stuck sitting next to someone on the end, but it was ok.    A bit of sightseeing to do over the next week or so before we head to Bristol.  Hope everyone back in Aus (sounds very weird to say that!) had a great christmas day, happy boxing day and hope to talk to some of you soon.
J, L & C.  xxx
PS - Thelma & Dennis, Troy & May - I really miss Jet so I hope he is going ok. big cuddles to him. xx