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Hi there,

We arrived back home on May 11th. It is good to be home, but we are so happy we had a chance to see our family and friends for 2 whole months! And my dad’s 70th birthday party was really good, too! We are so glad we could be part of it!

Amy started to miss America about 4 weeks after we arrived to Hungary, but as we were packing our suitcases and were getting ready to leave, she wanted to stay. She said she didn’t want to leave her new friends. : (

On the plane back home she told me she thinks it’s time for church. : ) She missed her friends at church really bad throughout our trip. And since we are home she mentioned several times that she misses her “Hungarian friends,” but she is so glad to be home and she wants to hug America, she just doesn’t know how to. : )

Did I mention that Haley started crawling over a month ago (at 7 months), has only two teeth (still), can walk holding on to something (like furniture), and today (she just turned 9 month today) she started to let go off things and can stand unsupported for a second or two? It is so much fun watching her explore and learn new things. Since she sleeps with Amy in a different room, she normally sleeps 11 hours each night. Sometimes she wakes up once and nurses for 5 minutes and goes back to sleep, but most nights she just sleeps through the night. In case you think it is not a big deal, let me tell you it is! : ) She woke up every hour before (yes, you heard that right, every hour…), but one night I tried to put her in her crib in Amy’s room (which is Amy and Haley’s room now 🙂 ), and she slept 8 hours straight. So I never looked back and it’s been working for many weeks now.

We are excited to see our church family tomorrow and were happy to see some of them already on Wednesday. By the way, since it is such beautiful weather, the kids and I are planning on walking as much as we can this summer (as well). We walked over 7 miles on Wednesday (and by we I mean me pushing the kids in their double stroller : ) ). I love walking and am so happy I get to now!

God bless!