We love being home!!

We have been home for a little over two weeks and are so happy to be here! Julia did AMAZING on the near 10 hour flight home. While she only slept 3 hours, it actually turned out to be a blessing!! She adjust to the time change in one day. It took Kenton and I a full week to adjust (we were super jealous).

We were lucky enough to have a Dreamliner that functioned without incident from Warsaw to Chicago. My father-in-law and nephew picked us up from the airport. We were surprised that our 10 year old nephew wanted to come to the airport as it was July 4. He skipped the fireworks just to come see his new cousin. My sister's new twins ended up coming home the same day we did. They had been in NICU for 3 months. They were born at 24 weeks. we are very thankful for modern medicine and the staff kept the little fighters going. This is my sisters 2nd set of twins, that means she has 4 children under the age of 26 months.. YIKES. Because her husband is a police officer, he works nights. My mom has very graciously been helping her. That meant they couldnt be at the airport. Then my other sister broke her ankle playing soccer with her daughter. My dad had to help her with her little ones.... It went from being a big group welcoming to the two. However, it was probably for the best. Customs was beyond ridiculous. I am still annoyed with them. The embassy told us to get in the US passport  line. We did that and get up there and she tells us we have to go to the green card line. Waited in the green card line and they told us we had to go to the VISA line. At this point Im so mad! It has been 24hrs without sleep and we have on cranky two year old on our hands! We wait in the visa line and she says oh hold on you need to go in the back.. Thank you, that is what we told the other two people.... So we go in the back room wait 25 minutes, they stamp her paperwork and ta-da she is a citizen.

We stayed the night at K's parents the first night. Then we ran around to see the majority of Julia's great-grandparents. We are EXTREMELY fortunate to have all but 1 of our grandparents. My mom's father passed a way before I was born.   Then on Saturday we attended one of the best showers! My Aunts and Grandma did such and awesome job! I love the attention to detail!

We have been in our house for exactly two weeks. Julia has slept in her own room and through the whole night. She takes her naps on schedule and has done a fabulous job adjusting. This is not the same child we picked up from the orphanage. She babbles soooooooo much, laughs all the time and is learning tons of new things. This week she started "uh-oh" and "oh-no". It is HILARIOUS! She also loves to swim!

Today we attended the Pulaski days parade and she loved it. Our friend Gosia (who is from Kilece and it was her brother we stayed with for part of the trip) was able to meet her for the first time. Her cousin, Agata (who met Julia in Poland) is visiting! Julia recognized her and even pointed to her before I realized she was there. It was fun to see her interact with them!