Almost immediately after we published our entry yesterday, our hotel phone rang. It was our driver, Val, calling to explain that our visit tomorrow had to be moved to the morning. He said that instead of 3:30pm, they would be picking us up at 10:20am. Apparently the judge had called Olga (regarding the other client who is here this week) stating that their court appointment had been changed to the afternoon, which meant our visit had to take place in the morning so they were free in the afternoon. Due to the baby's nap (yes she reportedly naps - yippee!!) and feeding schedule, we couldn't really arrive there for a visit until late morning.
Last night after our dinner and brief walk, we were able to Skype with Andrew and Laurie's parents for over 30 mintues (he is doing just fine so far and they are all keeping each other busy) and then John's parents for about the same amount of time. We both had a restless night of sleep (probably due to our long afternoon naps yesterday) so we weren't ready for the alarm to go off this morning but we got up with the excitement of going to the orphanage again.
We arrived at the orphanage a little after 11:00 and were taken to the same room as yesterday. They brought her in soon after we arrived (in the same clothes she had on yesterday). She seemed excited to see us again, or maybe it was just the toys she knew we had that she could try to chew on :) When we went through this process with Andrew, we brought a book with us that was padded and he loved to chew on. It was later ripped from the binding from him enthusiasically looking through it but we still have it on his book shelf at home as a souvenir of our time with him in Russia because you can see his teeth marks around the edges. Well, we brought the same book on this trip (a new one of course) for her to play with. As soon as Laurie took it out of the bag, it instantly went into the baby's mouth and we had to chuckle at the similarity between she and Andrew. We got out a ball we brought with us and once she figured out it couldn't very easily go into her mouth, she sort of threw it back and forth with John. Again, her biggest interest was having something to put into her mouth and being held. About 30 minutes into our visit, Val came in and said it was time to go. The baby had to eat lunch soon and they needed to get back for the other client to go to court.
We were able to find out the missing weight measurement. She went from 16.2 lbs at 6 months to 18.5 pounds at 9 months. She is just 2 pounds less than what Andrew was when we brought him home (at 16 months)! Although, she isn't really moving yet so once she starts crawling that will probably affect her growth some.
When Val and Olga dropped us off today, they apologized for our short visit and promised us a much longer one tomorrow and also the chance to see some of the sights their city has to offer. We passed a military museum on our way to the hotel today and Val said that he would take us there for a visit this week. They plan to pick us up at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.
We just finished Skyping with our little guy at home. Today is his first day of Preschool for this school year. Laurie is a little sad knowing that she isn't the one taking him there and getting his first day of school picture, but we know that he is very excited to show Grammy and BupBup his school. He looked very handsome and although he was tired at the beginning of the call, he seemed ready to go when we finished :)
Last night after our dinner and brief walk, we were able to Skype with Andrew and Laurie's parents for over 30 mintues (he is doing just fine so far and they are all keeping each other busy) and then John's parents for about the same amount of time. We both had a restless night of sleep (probably due to our long afternoon naps yesterday) so we weren't ready for the alarm to go off this morning but we got up with the excitement of going to the orphanage again.
We arrived at the orphanage a little after 11:00 and were taken to the same room as yesterday. They brought her in soon after we arrived (in the same clothes she had on yesterday). She seemed excited to see us again, or maybe it was just the toys she knew we had that she could try to chew on :) When we went through this process with Andrew, we brought a book with us that was padded and he loved to chew on. It was later ripped from the binding from him enthusiasically looking through it but we still have it on his book shelf at home as a souvenir of our time with him in Russia because you can see his teeth marks around the edges. Well, we brought the same book on this trip (a new one of course) for her to play with. As soon as Laurie took it out of the bag, it instantly went into the baby's mouth and we had to chuckle at the similarity between she and Andrew. We got out a ball we brought with us and once she figured out it couldn't very easily go into her mouth, she sort of threw it back and forth with John. Again, her biggest interest was having something to put into her mouth and being held. About 30 minutes into our visit, Val came in and said it was time to go. The baby had to eat lunch soon and they needed to get back for the other client to go to court.
We were able to find out the missing weight measurement. She went from 16.2 lbs at 6 months to 18.5 pounds at 9 months. She is just 2 pounds less than what Andrew was when we brought him home (at 16 months)! Although, she isn't really moving yet so once she starts crawling that will probably affect her growth some.
When Val and Olga dropped us off today, they apologized for our short visit and promised us a much longer one tomorrow and also the chance to see some of the sights their city has to offer. We passed a military museum on our way to the hotel today and Val said that he would take us there for a visit this week. They plan to pick us up at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.
We just finished Skyping with our little guy at home. Today is his first day of Preschool for this school year. Laurie is a little sad knowing that she isn't the one taking him there and getting his first day of school picture, but we know that he is very excited to show Grammy and BupBup his school. He looked very handsome and although he was tired at the beginning of the call, he seemed ready to go when we finished :)
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