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Friday, September 22, 2006

Home Sweet Home

We made it!

Last night was the first night that the children slept at night! Jet lag with Littles is a big drag. They are adjusting really well and we are reaching a place of peace and happiness which is much better than fatigue and anxiety.

We tossed out the "don't visit us" rule as we spent so much time bonding in Russia we are not worried about it now. If you do want to visit, we have a few requests:

  1. Please arrive empty-handed; we want the children to experience people, not things. This doesn't mean you can't bring a casserole -- just leave it in the car and we'll sneak out to fetch it.
  2. Don't feed or offer sweets.
Mom and Dad have blessed us with a couple of visits and we got brave and took the children to my sister's for Mom's birthday party last night. They behaved very nicely and it was so fun to watch Aunt Christy and Uncle Grape (formerly known as Greg) play with them. They remembered Uncle Tim from the ride home and greeted him with hugs.

Oops -- gotta go . . .

edited to add that we were greeted at the airport by Jamie's folks and picked up by my brother Tim. Here are the first photos of the children with their new relatives.





































First lessons with Aunt Christy

6 comments:

Shelby said...

How wonderful!

Melissa said...

I am so glad your family has made it back to the states. I followed your journey closely for the past month. Thank you for posting ups and downs each day.

Anonymous said...

So happy that you are home and settling in. How did the kids react to your other "children" (ie goats, rabbits, dogs, etc). Know that you all remain in our prayers!

Anonymous said...

So glad to hear ya'll are settling in well. Best wishes & look forward to the pics:)

Anonymous said...

Feeling your pain, my girl didn't sleep at night for a few weeks. We adjusted to the new time at different intervals.

So happy you are home!! Following your journey has been such fun.
serena

Suz said...

So glad you're home and to finally hear from you! Now I'm dying to know what happened that you had to say "oops, gotta go!"