Home Sweet Home

We arrived home safe and sound in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday.  It felt really great to be home!  We managed to sleep for a few hours before heading down to Sarnia to pick up Meg.  She stayed with my brother for the first week and with Dave's sister for the second week.  We missed her so much and couldn't wait to see her!

In typical Shep fashion, the baby's room is complete.  Although we have several weeks before we return to bring Tyler home with us, Shep thought we had better put the crib up. 

Here are a few more pictures of our adoption journey:

 The first three pictures are from the orphanage - one is of the guarded entrance, one is of some children wearing diapers, sandals, and sunhats, and the other is of three walkers that the children used but are banned here at home.

The next three pictures are of Tyler - one is of him on our first day, one is taken midweek, and the last one was taken on our last day with him.

The remaining pictures were taken in Moscow - the first one is a snapshot of Arbat Street, and the remaining three were taken at Red Square (Gum shopping mall - all high end stores, Saint Basil's Cathedral and the onion domes, and the wall surrounding the Kremlin).

At this point we sit and wait for the phone call telling us our court date has been set.  We'll be sure to let you know when we get to return!

Thank you for all of your well wishes and messages along the way.