Whew!

On Saturday night we arrived back into Zionsville with two sleeping little girls. Oh. My. Word. Were we glad to be home!!! We were (and still are) utterly exhausted, and would have been so even if we hadn't picked up two little kids in the process.

The plane trip home was nothing short of excruciating! We had set our expectations low, but apparently not quite low enough. The best part of the trip was coming in to Indy early and getting our baggage immediately so that we were out of the airport about an hour earlier than we'd anticipated.

Adelle (Addy) and Elizabeth (Lizzy...in person she doesn't seem like an Elizabeth) are doing well in their adjustment to their new life. The transition to Indiana time from Moscow time (+8 hours) is difficult (we were up at 2 am for good the first morning), but we are getting there. We had less crying on Sunday than on Saturday, and less today than on Sunday.

Rina is thrilled to be a big sister, though she found out within 2 hours of her arrival back home that it isn't all a big party. Sometimes she wants to send them back, particularly Lizzy who is big enough to get into her stuff and has come to us fully committed to being a 2 year-old.

We were in Kirov with an Irish couple and two German couples who were all adopting. We had camera problems while we were there, so they all took lots of photos for us. We'll post some when we get a chance.

Thanks again to everyone who helped us over the last few weeks by taking care of Rina (number one big need we had), taking care of the cat and dog, watching the house, getting us prepared meals and fresh food, mowing the lawn, etc and etc. I'm sure I've overlooked some major thanks that need to be made. My brain just shut down. I could feel it!

We'll post more later!