We were picked up in the morning today to go to the baby house. We were able to be in the big room again today. Caleb still had his little cold and seemed tired this morning. The translator said that he would have just eaten about an hour before, and it would be his nap time when we left. Sure enough, a few minutes before we left, he fell asleep in my arms. Today we brought out some of the musical instruments from the closet in the room. He enjoyed playing the piano! (You'll see in the photos!) I think we may have a Schroeder from Peanuts on our hands! He liked hitting the bell on the ground, which was really loud! We put that one away pretty quickly! He did the "Ashley cough" a few times. He would really cough, and then he would grin and fake cough a couple of times. We also have a picture of this. We were also lucky enough to get two photos with all three of us in it today--WOW!After we visited the baby house, our translator took us to develop our bonding photos to present to the court. While we waited for them to be developed, she took us across the street to a Turkish bakery and a small grocery store. We tried some things from the bakery. We both got a pastry with potato inside. They were okay but would have been better warm. The small grocery store was nice and closer to our hotel than the Gros. We bought a few items. They had some children's books in Russian that I had to buy. They had a version of Cinderella. They had one that teaches the Russian alphabet and another with the Russian names for shapes. Finally, I bought one that our translator says has the words of the song that children sing around the Christmas tree. We walked back to the hotel and hung out there until dinner. We ate at the hotel and watched a DVD.
On Sunday we will prepare our photos (glue them onto white sheets of paper) and go over our answers to possible questions we might be asked on Monday. We are also supposed to meet up with another couple who just arrived Sunday night for dinner. We will be going to the baby house at 10am Monday and Guardianship at 4pm. We are told that the Guardianship should only last about 10-15 minutes and is nothing to stress over. Of course, we're still a little nervous! We'll let you know how it goes!
Our little musician
Caleb "coughing"
3 comments:
It seems he has the same color eyes as Brad. I don't know if that is just the film or what. The family pictures are beautiful. They really show how much a family you guys are. Comfortable with each other and the love just shows through in all your faces. Take Care and love to all. We are still praying for an early court date. You would think anyone looking at the pictures would say OK let's do this tomorrow. Always in our prayers. Love Ginny and Gary
The two pictures of all three of you that we got today are just precious. Those definitely need to be made into portraits. I just found out if I click on the picture that it enlarges to the size of the screen. I wondered how Ginny had seen those two teeth. Thought she was superman!! Well, you are learning all about parenting with the teething and now the congestion and you look like you are handling it like pros. I also thought (again like Ginny said) that Calebs eyes look the same color as Brad's. You all look so happy and comfortable. I just can't wait until you ALL get back to S.A. so I can't imagine how much you are wanting to get home and get all settled. Two days off from school last week (3 counting MLK) was wonderful--don't know if I'll be able to do a full week ever again. You and the court date are in my prayers. Wish I was in charge and I would have you on your way home tomorrow but I don't think they would listen to me. Take care. See you soon!! Lanoma
I've been thinking about you so much. I hope that everything will run smoothly and quickly. Caleb looks so happy with the two of you. You make a beautiful family together. You're in my prayers. Love, Trisha
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