We are home..........

 
 
 
We arrived home exhausted, but safe and sound. We were able to fly home Oct 5th a day earlier than expected. We surprised Christopher and arrived at Grandma's house to find him doing his homework. Can I say how proud We are of him. When he heard Chris's voice as we came thru the door he came to us like a shot. Here are the first photos of Christopher upon our arrival. Pictures are worth a thousand words.
We travelled direct to JFK meaning we left Almaty at 1:50pm. The flight path was as follows:
Almaty to Astana 50 min layover (stay on plane)
Astana to Frankfurt (4 hour lay over)
Frankfurt to JFK
Total about 17 hours on plane with Leah on our laps. Talk about bonding.....
She did well for most of the trip. Ocassional outbursts of crying and good for her I wanted to do the same. Being an adult I refrained. Sleep was minimal for us and Leah took 2 long naps. We were very glad to touch down at 12:30pm to a bright sun shinning day. Customs was a breeze and the agents there we so nice in welcoming Leah to her home. They told her she was an Island Girl now.
Mary my wondeful friend came and picked us up. I could see she was so happy to finally meet Leah. Our car was at Mary's house, so when we arrived there we left right away as we really wanted to get back to Christopher. Mary understood and we were so greatful, friends like her dont come along often she is a keeper. With a kiss good bye and a bottle of water we were off.
Leah went right to Christopher when we got in the door and gave him a big kiss. It was as if they were never apart. After about and hour we went home. Lasagna was waiting as my mother (Nanny) knew we would be hungry and tired. Thank God for MOM'S