We're HOME

Whew! We made it home.

And I'll have to say that the dreaded, "Flight from Hell" went surprising very well. For most of Tuesday, I had a pit in my stomach thinking about what a rough day Wednesday was going to be. But much to my delight, Zac was awesome yesterday. At the beginning of the day, I was mostly only thinking about the 12 hour flight from Moscow to Atlanta - but the reality is that the day was SOOOOOO much longer than that. Before we even started flying, we had 3 hours in the Moscow airport waiting in line after line after line. Zac did great the whole time. He played and laughed and never once ran away from us. (One of my biggest fears)

Then we boarded the planed and he immediated slept for almost 2 hours. For the next 5 or 6 hours, he was awake - but was definately in a good mood. He played, watched TV and walked up and down the aisles many times. We also went the bathroom about 5 times, but I didn't mind. It was something to do. Therefore, he was active - but certainly he was not being bad or out of control. Believe it or not, he ended up sleeping the last 4 hours of the flight.

We ended up with about a 2 1/2 hour layover which was more than enough time to get through immigrations, customs, and baggage. It was during this time that we had our one and only Zac attack of the day. In truth, it may have been to our advantage because it was right when we were going through a security check. He was screaming so much that they basically just let us through without checking anything. Katie and I later laughed at how much you can get away with when you've got a crying child.

The second flight went great. Again, he mostly slept the entire 2 hour flight.

Therefore, I'd give our little guy an A- for the day. Only 1 breakdown is pretty awesome for ANY 2 year old.

When we landed, we were greeted by the large majority of our family. (and a few friends) It was so awesome to see everyone and especially Hallie and Jake. Man, I missed them so much. It chokes me up again just thinking about how wonderful our homecoming was.

We went against what all the books said and let Zac go around and give everyone hugs. He was so sweet the whole time. Additionally, we could tell that he really liked Hallie and Jake. While in Russia we had been showing him pictures and talking about them the whole time - and I really think he understood who they were.

We came home and all the kids started playing. What a joy it is for a parent to see their kids playing together. I think Zac was a bit overloaded, but nonetheless, still very happy.

It's good to be home. So now it's 2:00 in the morning and everyone is asleep but me. Hmmm...