We made it to the ATL airport at 9:15 for the 9:42 arrival to find out the flight had been delayed to 11:15! The group finally arrived, and we cheered for them as they exited the elevator and headed towards us. We had a quiet place to meet up on the 2nd floor of the rotunda, so we were able to have the area to ourselves. Armands is very quiet. I think he was very nervous, but already this morning he seems a little more settled down. He speaks no English, but I think he learned yes and no and okay on the way home. The boys watched old Superman cartoons in the van, and Joshua said he smiled at the fight scenes! Mom had Luke and the littles and called while we were waiting at the airport to say that Thomas was crying with an ear ache. My wonderful father in law went to our house and found ear drops and motrin and took it to Mom's house. Mom said Thomas finally went to bed around midnight. We didn't make it home until 1:30. Armands had five layers of shirts/sweatshirts and a jacket. His jeans are way too big and he had on big boots. He pulled a gift bag out of his backpack, and in it were candy bars for each of the five kids, plus a big box of chocolates for us. He also had a Christmas card and a packet of Latvian postcards. He was so nervous that his hands were shaking, but he seems like a very sweet, shy boy. He seems to read Latvian through google translate okay. He doesn't seem to want to type on the computer, so he hasn't said much back to us. Hopefully, he will pick up words soon and actually speak to us!
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