Finally! An update!

We now have internet access so we are able to give you all an update from Germany!

We arrived in Germany Thursday, Feb. 26th. Nathan did great on the plane ride. He slept for the first 5 hours of the trip which was great because we got some sleep too! When he woke up he did really well playing with his toys and flirting with the flight attendants. They loved him! He didn't cry as much as we thought he would which was great. He is such a trooper! Stephanie actually did really well on the flight too. No freak outs. The flight went very smoothly.

When we arrived we tried to find our ride to the hotel. When we finally found him he looked at our 7 pieces of luggage, car seat, and stroller and started to laugh. Apperently no one told the shuttle service we were MOVING to Germany. He had to call another car and even then we barely got everything to fit. Sean sat with a stroller in his lap in the backseat!

We arrived at our hotel which turned out to not really be a hotel. Well not a hotel we are used to. There was no lobby, no main building to find someone to let us in, just buildings and a resturant. Someone eventually came outside, not speaking any English of course, and let us in. Our "hotel room" is one big room with a sink, table and chairs, and a bed. Oh and yes it is connected to the back of the resturant so our room constantly smells like fried meat and potatoes. We were told that our hotel room was like a furnished apartment. Which it is but without: a stove, internet, washer and dryer, and everything else that would make it "furnished." It does however have a microwave, which is interesting because they have no microwavable foods here. Hmmm.

The lady who cleans our room is very very nice and tries to speak English but her English is just about as good as our German. We have decided we are going to teach each other. She has 5 children, 4 girls and 1 boy, who adore Nathan. They come knock on the door just to look and smile at him. It is fun but awkward because we can't really have a conversation. Nathan loves it though. That little man loves any kind of attention.

We settled in and came to the realization that we would have to put Nathan to sleep in a pack-n-play next to our bed. Nathan has not slept in our room since he was 3 months so we knew this was going to be difficult. When he sees us, he thinks it is time to play. So we had that to deal with ALONG with the jet lag and time difference. We are 6 hours ahead of Indy time. Nathan slept for about 2 hours, woke up and wanted to play for another 2 hours, slept for 2 hours, woke up ready to play, and then finally slept for about 5 hours. It was an interesting night but we were expecting it so it wasn't too bad. Everyone knows that once you have kids, no matter how old they are, you don't get much sleep anyway. He did not sleep throught the night until Sunday night which was great for Sean because he started work the next day.

Life for Nathan and Stephanie is very different while Sean is at work. They typically go the market everyday to buy bread or baby food. Bascially they do it just to get out. They have gone to the playground in our neighborhood a couple of times but the weather hasn't been great and it is too big for Nate. Nathan and Stephanie did go on there first adventure together last Wed. They rode the train to the city center to pick up Stephanie's cell phone. It was interesting to say the least but they accomplished their mission.

Well this is a super long post and Nate is waking up from his nap so I will write more in shorter posts throughout the week. We love you all very much and can't wait until you visit us in Germany!!