Well. it has been a crazy few days! We landed in Germany on the 2nd of January in the early a.m. and were met by Paul's sponsor, Col. Nwafor. After having us drop off our luggage at the hotel that we will call home for the next couple of months, he gave us a very thorough tour of the various bases in the area. Amazingly, the kids actually did really well and we did not have any meltdowns. We got back to the hotel around 3 p.m and completely crashed for a few hours. We are still trying to adjust to the time change, but are definitely doing a lot better about sleeping and staying asleep than we were earlier in the week. I just hope that this jet lag passes soon for all of our sakes!

We have been busy in processing to the base, so we haven't had much of a chance to see Stuttgart. There are 4 different bases within close range of each other here, and each of them have different services that they offer. For example, one has the library, one has a medical clinic, etc.... The good thing is that there is an excellent bus system between the bases that makes it easy to get around. A very good thing since our car will not be here until the end of the month. Andrew is already eager to learn the base bus system on his own so he can go run errands for me (or so he says). He is a sweet boy, but I am sure I am going to have to remind him of this in a few months.

We are all doing well and defintely looking forward to our new adventures!