Back From Russia

hey, just wanted to let everyone know that we're officially back. Actually, we were back yesterday afternoon. We flew out of Moscow Dec. 31, spent New Year's Eve in the Netherlands (sigh, we were in bed by like 9--disappointing!), and got home yesterday afternoon. We're really jetlagged! We found ourselves in bed by 8 last night (that was me, everyone else crashed at least an hour earlier) and having a breakfast of Cream of Wheat (the only food in the house b/c we got home yesterday only to discover that all the grocery stores were closed--hello Leonardo's pizza) at around 4:30 am. I'll definitely do details about my trip later, but right now I'm concentrating on alternately not letting myself fall asleep and playing w/ my new little brother Alexey, who is an absolute dall and you'll all adore.

God Bless and a Happy New Year everyone, Katie