Jordan here.

WE'RE HOME!!!! After traveling all day (I realize it is only six hours from Dallas to Amarillo, but we managed to make an entire day of it! ), we got home about 5:30pm. As we got close to our exit off of I-40, Eli started to say, "We're in Anarillo! I am bery excited! We are almost to our house!" He could hardly contain himself...Brad and I felt the same way! We've been gone before, but it seems especially nice to be home after this whole "mess." In some ways, I think we feel like we'll finally get back some normalacy in our lives and start putting all this behind us. Of course, after being gone almost a month, we have a lot of unpacking to do. It is amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in that short amount of time! Oh well, there is a certain contentedness to putting your own house back in order that helps you feel at peace with the world. My mom helped us drive home so she'll be able to help tonight and tomorrow with the unpacking.

I want to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you who helped clean my house and get it together (we left it kind of a mess) and brought some food and folded laundry and checked our mail and wrote us all those precious notes. Brad and I spent the first 30 minutes at home just walking around reading those cards. They are very dear to us. It made our homecoming extremely special.

As for how I am feeling, I am tired after being in the car all day! I have felt better yesterday and today than I have the last few weeks (your body just "knows" when there are things there that do not belong) and I slept great last night. Of course, I can't do all that I want to do and that is frustrating, but Brad keeps reminding me that I will only get stronger and stronger. I am ready to be able to play more than just board games with Eli and to actually be the first one to wake up when Phoebe cries at night (so far, Brad has been the one to do that and I only realize she's been awake when he comes back to bed). Time will help...I keep reminding myself of that.

Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers. I know that we are being covered in prayer and I cannot express to you how comforting that is!