Sunday, August 14, 2005
Here's the deal...
I have decided that the best way for me to tell folks about our trip, is to just post the emails that I sent home while we were in Kazakhstan. So, please bare with me as I pull them together and start to post them on this site. I will post them with the same date that I sent them originally, so scroll down and look for the post's titled "Greetings from Kazakhstan (date)". I hope that anyone who stumbles upon them walks away understanding how WONDERFUL this experience was for our little family. We are forever grateful to the Lord for His precious gift, our son.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Greetings from Home August 11, 2005
Hello one last time, but this time from Home Sweet Home!
The three T’s made it home safely on July 30. Ivan was wonderful on the flights and slept a great deal on each leg and during the 7-hour layover in Frankfurt. What a blessing!
We missed our connection in DC, due to having to go through Customs, but thankfully we made the next flight out and we were only a couple of hours behind our original schedule. The Grandparents, Aunt Catherine, Uncle Mike, Cousin Wilson and Cousin Caroline greeted us at the airport. It was wonderful to see our families again after 30 days away from home.
We have been home for almost two weeks now, and we are all learning a lot! Ivan and Sherman are experiencing peaceful co-existence by basically ignoring each other, unless there is food involved. Ivan has learned that if he does not want to eat his vegetables then he can pitch them over the side of the highchair and Sherman will devour the evidence. If Mom and Dad have their backs turned then this trick works really well.
Ivan is really flourishing and we could not be happier with the son that the Lord has blessed us with. He is a typical 16-month-old, which is to say that he is keeping us on our toes. We love every minute of it.
We thank you all again for the prayers and love that you have so graciously shared with us.
Blessings to you all,
Charlotte, Joe, Ivan and Sherman
The three T’s made it home safely on July 30. Ivan was wonderful on the flights and slept a great deal on each leg and during the 7-hour layover in Frankfurt. What a blessing!
We missed our connection in DC, due to having to go through Customs, but thankfully we made the next flight out and we were only a couple of hours behind our original schedule. The Grandparents, Aunt Catherine, Uncle Mike, Cousin Wilson and Cousin Caroline greeted us at the airport. It was wonderful to see our families again after 30 days away from home.
We have been home for almost two weeks now, and we are all learning a lot! Ivan and Sherman are experiencing peaceful co-existence by basically ignoring each other, unless there is food involved. Ivan has learned that if he does not want to eat his vegetables then he can pitch them over the side of the highchair and Sherman will devour the evidence. If Mom and Dad have their backs turned then this trick works really well.
Ivan is really flourishing and we could not be happier with the son that the Lord has blessed us with. He is a typical 16-month-old, which is to say that he is keeping us on our toes. We love every minute of it.
We thank you all again for the prayers and love that you have so graciously shared with us.
Blessings to you all,
Charlotte, Joe, Ivan and Sherman
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