What A Whirlwind!

We left Tokyo around 4:30 Monday afternoon. We had no problems getting to the airport, there was even a playroom for Brady to hang out in while we waited for our flight. Brady was very well behaved on the very long flight! He made friends with the flight attendents and slept for about the last 3 hours. We arrived in Dulles on Monday afternoon. That felt crazy! I knew we had just been flying for 12 hours and to step off the plane on the same day we left was wild! We made it to Jacksonville and had to wait a little while for Greg's friend to pick us up. I'm not going to talk any more about that! Finally, HOME SWEET HOME!!! There truely is no place like it. After being cooped up in a 500 sq. ft. hotel room our big ol' house felt like a true treat. Brady continued to say "Wow!" as he walked around the house and discovered all of his long lost toys! I think it was like Christmas all over for him. Greg went back to work on Tuesday. His boss is... well, I probably shouldn't talk any more about that either! We have just spent our time unpacking and adjusting to the time change. Poor Brady had a rough first couple of days, but has gotten much better. He still wakes up around 2 or 3 in the morning for a couple of hours, but we go to bed around 7:30 or 8 every night, so it hasn't been too bad. I have met our new neighbor and she has kids around Brady's age, so we have played with them a couple times this week. Brady starts school on Tuesday and I'm excited that he will have more time with people his age. One final note, while we were gone an armadillo moved in to our yard! That's right, I said an armadillo. For everyone around here it doesn't seem like that's a big deal. It's totally normal for armadillo's to roam about. Not for me! Our exterminator said he had a trap and could catch it for us. I'm sure that will happen after Greg leaves for Iraq and Anna and an armadillo is not a good combination! The poor exterminator will have to visit our house, once again, to get rid of it!