First things first....the name has been decided!!! That's all we have to say on that subject until she's home - haha!!
Val picked us up this morning at 8:30 and on our way to the orphanage we picked Olga up. We arrived around 9:15 and once they brought her to us, we were able to spend over 2 hours together! It was another great visit. She definitely seems to be getting more comfortable with us and just wanted to be held most of the time. She loves playing with the toys/books we brought with us from home (the same toys we brought with us for Andrew to play with) and also continues to love chewing on them as well - we know that will be ongoing for quite some time as she is just starting to get her teeth. It was quite apparent that we were there during her morning nap time (not sure her caregiver was all too happy about that but she agreed to the long visit). She often gave us huge yawns and even almost fell asleep a couple of times. We were happy with all of the extra snuggle time :) She did some more crawling for us and even took some more (heavily assisted) steps. As much as we are looking foward to returning home (to our "baby" there) we are not looking forward to saying goodbye to our baby here for the next couple of months :(
Once we left the orphanage, Val & Olga took us to another restaurant for lunch. They told us it is a commonly visited place by tourists to get some "authentic" food. They specialize in what could best be compared to a type of calzone/stromboli but with odd fillings. John ordered one with meat filling (when he asked what kind of meat it is, the response was "I don't know but its really good" - awesome!) with a garlic sauce and Laurie ordered one filled with a potato/sour cream mixture. Although they sound strange and possibly not appetizing, we were both pleasantly surprised and enjoyed our meal.
After lunch, they took us to a historical museum. We spent about an hour and 1/2 looking at various pieces of Perm's history while learning more about the city and Russia itself. Val joked that a very early version of a telephone was the "iPhone 1" - yes, they have iPhones in Russia and he has one :)
After leaving the museum, Val and Olga told us that they would return later today to meet with us and have us sign necessary paperwork to be notarized stating yes, we officially want to adopt the child we have met this week.
When we returned to our hotel, Val said we might run into the other woman from our agency, Elizabeth, as he would now be taking her to see her little girl. We did in fact meet her and she was very friendly. She said that she would love to sit down and talk to us later so we exchanged room numbers to possibly get in touch later.
Val picked us up this morning at 8:30 and on our way to the orphanage we picked Olga up. We arrived around 9:15 and once they brought her to us, we were able to spend over 2 hours together! It was another great visit. She definitely seems to be getting more comfortable with us and just wanted to be held most of the time. She loves playing with the toys/books we brought with us from home (the same toys we brought with us for Andrew to play with) and also continues to love chewing on them as well - we know that will be ongoing for quite some time as she is just starting to get her teeth. It was quite apparent that we were there during her morning nap time (not sure her caregiver was all too happy about that but she agreed to the long visit). She often gave us huge yawns and even almost fell asleep a couple of times. We were happy with all of the extra snuggle time :) She did some more crawling for us and even took some more (heavily assisted) steps. As much as we are looking foward to returning home (to our "baby" there) we are not looking forward to saying goodbye to our baby here for the next couple of months :(
Once we left the orphanage, Val & Olga took us to another restaurant for lunch. They told us it is a commonly visited place by tourists to get some "authentic" food. They specialize in what could best be compared to a type of calzone/stromboli but with odd fillings. John ordered one with meat filling (when he asked what kind of meat it is, the response was "I don't know but its really good" - awesome!) with a garlic sauce and Laurie ordered one filled with a potato/sour cream mixture. Although they sound strange and possibly not appetizing, we were both pleasantly surprised and enjoyed our meal.
After lunch, they took us to a historical museum. We spent about an hour and 1/2 looking at various pieces of Perm's history while learning more about the city and Russia itself. Val joked that a very early version of a telephone was the "iPhone 1" - yes, they have iPhones in Russia and he has one :)
After leaving the museum, Val and Olga told us that they would return later today to meet with us and have us sign necessary paperwork to be notarized stating yes, we officially want to adopt the child we have met this week.
When we returned to our hotel, Val said we might run into the other woman from our agency, Elizabeth, as he would now be taking her to see her little girl. We did in fact meet her and she was very friendly. She said that she would love to sit down and talk to us later so we exchanged room numbers to possibly get in touch later.
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I love reading this! Glad you are having such a great trip.
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