First days in Ukraine

OK so I am doing just what I hate when other APs do it!! Get in country and STOP blogging! :(( I am so non techy and had fits getting everything set up private and sending invites and of course the first time I had it all done we had to leave and when we got back everything was...gone. But think were good to go now. If you know of someone that is still wanting an invite have them email me for an invitation.

Let's see how far back I can remember here :) Mom and Mom-n-law took us to Bham airport and we had a very non eventful flight over here, getting all our luggage and not missing any flights or any of that extra excitement sort of stuff:) One funny I'm just remembering is when we were in Zurich Pey played a long time with a group of kids in one of those kids cornerz play yards and all of a sudden he came running over and whispered  some gibberish and said he was talking English! :) Was fun to watch all the children all talking their own language and still getting along just fine!
Got to Kiev and made it through customs fine and the officer VOLUNTARILY smiled first!!! I loved Ukraine already:) We have found the people as a whole here to be way more friendly and open than in Russia! For example the  lady at the front desk here at the apartment smiled the first time we walked in the door and will wave at Pey, while the security people at our apartments in Russia took a very diligent effort at smiling and greeting them every time we went bye and if we were lucky the last day or two would get a half smile and feeble nod out of them! So walked through the last set of doors and there stood Vitalia holding the Nichols sign :) I recognized him from pics a friend had sent who was just here (thanks Kristin:) He is a nice looking, 33 year old man, and knows very good English! I hope we get as lucky with our driver in region as we did here! We packed all our luggage in Vitalia's little suv and headed out on our Ukraine adventure!:) I remember this from last time...everything you do is such an adventure and so packed with emotions!!! (fertile ground for a migraine:( I'm happy to say that as of this morning we are all feeling normal and good! No migraine, no "mommy my tummy hurts, it just feels so funny inside" ) We stopped and exchanged some $ and also stopped at a big supermarket for some groceries. We didn't stock up to heavy because we didn't no how long we would be in Kiev, so just got snacky stuff and some things for breakfasts. BTW it is WAY more fun to go grocery shopping here where you can get a buggy of food for under $20! Come U.S. catch on be like UA, get your prices down were people WANT to buy food! :) Actually can't imagine how many obese people we would see waddling around if they had to pay half price for their food!
Vitalia told us we would like our apartment, and that we do! Brand new and very nice! It's 6 complexes of 31 floors each. It looks like our complex is the only one open yet, the others are still under construction. We don't dare hope for one this nice in region, but hey it doesn't take a big king bed and touch screen cooktop and tile shower to get a lovely child so we won't complain:) This country bumpkin doesn't mind the luxury while she has it thought either ;-) Got settled in a bit and had to keep very occupied to resist the urge to crawl in bed and SLEEP! :) We went down to the playground for awhile and then in the eve we went exploring down the streets. Pey has been a trooper with all of our walking for which we are VERY thankful!!! We made it till 7:30 before we succumbed to dreamland! :) Shall I tell which hours I gazed out at the beautiful Ukrainian night or the hours I looked at the back of my eyelids, not sure which one got the most hours? :-/ Jet lag is such a cruel creature!!