Safe in Kaz!

So here we are!!!

Wow, one might think that 30 hours of travel would literally drag on for an eternity, yet we made it through without incident. I'll admit that the last flight really sucked; my sleeping pills had worn off and my butt was in protest of being forced to sit, AGAIN, for another 6 hours. But we made it!

Going through customs was much easier than we thought, so that was great. Our translator and driver were right outside the glass as promised with our names on a sign. Our translator is a sweet girl named....um... well, it WAS two o'clock in the morning and it's a very russian name! I will make sure to figure it out today. Anyways, she was a total sweetheart and was anxious to learn about what people are like in the U.S. We were happy to oblige as we were driven through Almaty. She said we were the "happiest" people she had met so far; I said it was just because we were so excited to be here! AND we didn't lose any bags, either!

So, the truly great news is that we have our meeting with the sisters THIS MORNING! And then we leave for Koksheteau this afternoon! It sounds like we don't have to take the "Yak" plane, and will be flying to Astana and driving from there. There's a decent chance we might get to meet our son this evening, as Shchuchinsk is on the way to Koksheteau by car (my apologies, I'm sure I'm still spelling all of this wrong...). We are hoping this is true and have a little bag of toys and snacks all packed up for easy access! We are SO excited! And, even if we don't get to meet him today, we will tomorrow and tonight we'll get to UNPACK (we can't find anything in this mess, lemme tell ya!).

Ok, we're going to head down to the lobby of the hotel in search of breakfast. More on the other side of parenthood!

Love,
Jen and Brian