Paka Paka Kazakhstan!

We are home! The trip was great, Keira recognized me as soon as they brought her and proceeded to be her usual happy easy going self for the few days we were there. We had no problems with the medical or embassy. There were a few glitches with our flights home, but they were eventually straightened out after much nail biting and fighting back tears. For those in process, if you are flying home KLM, be sure you have a paper ticket for your infant. Everyone in our group with e tickets had problems and they cannot issue paper tickets at the airport

The flights home were long, but Keira was great. She did not sleep at all on the first flight, but she got 6 hours in on the second and slept from takeoff to landing on the third. We were SO grateful we were able to upgrade to business class with points, it gave her plenty of room to play on the floor and to stretch out when she slept.

When we got home she was pretty overwhelmed by the greeting at the airport, and probably a little grumpy because we had to wake her up at landing. At home we discovered she was not crazy about the dog. She has quickly warmed up to her brothers and decided they are very funny. She loved running free in the yard yesterday.

Last night she slept in her own bed from 6:45 until about 3 a.m., then got in bed with us and slept until almost 7. That's pretty much the routine the boys had at this age too. So far at home she has decided she likes biscuits, waffles, bacon and southern style green beans. We'll have her saying ya'll soon!

Life is awesome with our family of 6, we are blessed!*