Adalynn at the airport in DC drinking a smoothie
(brr...it was cold)Thank you for being patient with us as have waited a few days to get connected to the internet. I won't blame it on the fact that we have a MAC and not a PC...:) Haha! No, seriously though, we are so thankful to be connected with the internet and with YOU! We hope you enjoy the flow of pictures below that show snippets of our journey so far.
What have we been doing? Wow...there is a lot...all good though! We arrived about an hour late on Sunday morning (to us it was 3-4am) at 11am Russia time. All our bags arrived (Praise the Lord!). We had quite a time getting them on 2 carts plus Adalynn, but we managed. Just picture Philip trying to push to big carts with 3 bags on each plus carrying a backpack...me, pushing Adalynn in her stroller with a bag on the stroller, on my back, and pulling one. We made it through customs though! It was about a 3 1/2 hour drive back to Vladimir from the airport. We stopped at McDonalds (!) on the way. It was a LONG 3 1/2 hours. My legs were so antsy I could hardly stand it! Poor Adalynn threw up about 10 minutes into our drive...I think it was all the flying and food she had eaten. Poor thing. She ended up sleeping and doing GREAT for the rest of the trip.
Here are a few things we have been doing:
-orientation with our field directors each day for about 2 hours.
-trying to sleep off our jet lag---Praise the Lord, Adalynn slept through the night 2 nights in a row! Finally getting back to normal!
-went to the mall and bought Adalynn a sled, changing pad, and highchair!
-learned how to go grocery shopping
-had our first meeting with our TEAM! --they are a great team!
-made it on public transportation alone (Philip, Adalynn, and me)
-slipping on the ice/snow
-made dinner 2 times already!
Thanks for your prayers!
Blessings,
What have we been doing? Wow...there is a lot...all good though! We arrived about an hour late on Sunday morning (to us it was 3-4am) at 11am Russia time. All our bags arrived (Praise the Lord!). We had quite a time getting them on 2 carts plus Adalynn, but we managed. Just picture Philip trying to push to big carts with 3 bags on each plus carrying a backpack...me, pushing Adalynn in her stroller with a bag on the stroller, on my back, and pulling one. We made it through customs though! It was about a 3 1/2 hour drive back to Vladimir from the airport. We stopped at McDonalds (!) on the way. It was a LONG 3 1/2 hours. My legs were so antsy I could hardly stand it! Poor Adalynn threw up about 10 minutes into our drive...I think it was all the flying and food she had eaten. Poor thing. She ended up sleeping and doing GREAT for the rest of the trip.
Here are a few things we have been doing:
-orientation with our field directors each day for about 2 hours.
-trying to sleep off our jet lag---Praise the Lord, Adalynn slept through the night 2 nights in a row! Finally getting back to normal!
-went to the mall and bought Adalynn a sled, changing pad, and highchair!
-learned how to go grocery shopping
-had our first meeting with our TEAM! --they are a great team!
-made it on public transportation alone (Philip, Adalynn, and me)
-slipping on the ice/snow
-made dinner 2 times already!
Thanks for your prayers!
Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn
Adalynn and her new sled
New highchair!
Adalynn's crib
kitchen
Bathroom
Living room
icicles!
The playground you can see from our kitchen window
