woo hoo!!!!!!!!

We got word this morning from my other sister, Alina, that Amanda was safely in the air. Right now she is almost in the states - she's pretty much at the border between Canada and New York, it looks like (the flight status map is really small). She lands in Newark, NJ at 11:40am (10:40 our time), where she has about 5 hours layover time (but that's kind of good, as she isn't really an experienced traveler, and she can make it through customs with lots of time to spare). Then the plane to our city leaves there at 6:05 pm (5:05 our time), and lands here at 9:05. On my iPod I even added clocks for Germany and New York, so I can easily keep track of the time changes. I also created a "by-the-hour" chart, so I can cross off each hour until she's here. Right now there are about 11 hours until she lands here, 40 minutes until she lands in Newark.

She been to the US once before in 2006, with Alina, to visit my grandma (unfortunately we weren't able to see them, as that was when we lived in St. Louis) but this is her first time visiting us.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!