We are here

Greetings from Russia. We left Dulles airport successfully on Tuesday 6/16. When we checked in at the ticket desk, Dennis showed his military ID and we were upgraded to economy plus (more legroom) - the benefits of being in the military!!! Then when we got to our gate, they asked if we would be in an exit row (since we spoke English) and most people on the flight were Russian speakers - so we had even more legroom - MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST FLIGHT!!! We were about 30 minutes late leaving (just sitting on the runway), but our flight was peaceful (NO TURBULENCE) and we were even able to sleep. We arrived to Moscow and couldn't get off of the plane until the Health Department came on and took everyone's temperature to make sure we were healthy enough to deplane. There were 2 ladies who walked down the aisle and took our temperature in our ear with this laser type thing. Once the whole plane was seen, they told the pilot we were good to go. The line to get through passport control was MUCH longer than last time, but again we had no issues. Our luggage arrived safely and we found German and off to the Moscow traffic :) It only took us 1 1/2 hours to get home this time. The weather here is about 65 and rainy - but everything is so GREEN!!! I guess you would figure that with the amount of precipitation (snow and rain) they get all year. We came back to German and Marina's apartment, had lunch and took a nap!! It is now 8pm Moscow time and it is German's daugther's birthday, so they are having some people over for dinner. Our plan is to leave for Kaluga early tomorrow morning to go and see "lil man". We will spend the night in Kaluga and return to Moscow Friday evening. We thank everyone for their prayers for safe travels and it is nice to be back in Russia, seeing our future child. We love you all and check back tomorrow for updates on "lil man" :)