Cool art by Leroy!

Here is a photo montage by the very talented Leroy Pacheco of our little Pasha in Santa Fe!

Life in Santa Fe

We have been home for two weeks and are doing great. We have recovered from the jet lag and are more rested. Pasha still sleeps 11-12 hours per night and eats like a horse! Here are some photos of Pasha with his sister, Maya, his grandma, Kackie, in his high chair that was used by his grandmother, mother, aunt and uncle...and on his first stroller walk with new friends, Theo Graeser and Maia Katz (and their moms!)

More pictures of Pasha at home

Here are photos of our "little dude" with his new shades, on his first hike in the mountains with his parents and his Aunt Susannah (thank you for the wonderful visit!), and getting busted after unrolling the entire roll of toilet paper and trying to put it all in the toilet!

We are home!!!!

We made it home safe and sound. It was a long 32 hours of travel, but we did it! Pasha did great. We made all our flights and everything was on time. It was a 6.5 hour flight from Almaty to Frankfurt , a 7 hour layover in Frankfurt (with a toddler and no stroller), a 10 hour flight from Frankfurt to Denver, an hour in customs in Denver (Pasha became a US citizen at 3:37 pm on May 15th when our plane landed in Denver- we celebrated by getting off the plane!), an hour flight to Albuquerque and an hour drive from Albuquerque to Santa Fe. We got home about 8:30pm last night! On our last flight from Denver to Santa Fe, all of us being extremely tired, we were trying to keep Pasha entertained so he wouldn't have a meltdown and ruin the flight for everyone. He did really well but was so tired that he literally fell asleep sitting up in my lap. He didn't cry- just all of a sudden stuck his fingers in his mouth and in five seconds was completely asleep- sitting up! Thank you so much to Maya, Jamie, Melisa and Kelly, for the wonderful clean home, good food, flowers and transportation that greeted us at home. Its WONDERFUL to be home. Love, Jenny, Grove and Pavel

Parting shot of Pasha- love that smile!

We leave our hotel tomorrow at midnight to begin our long journey home....27 hours later, if things go as planned, we will arrive in Albuquerque. Wish us good travel karma. Its a long trip home but we are ready. Best wishes and love to all!

Pasha on mother's day with his mama (and his papa)

Mother's Day in Kazakhstan

Here we all are at Panilov Park- a gorgeous, forested park in the middle of Almaty honoring WWII veterans. The church is russian orthodox and is made completely out of wood, and supposedly with no nails. It was a gorgeous day here and we all really enjoyed the walk!