We were picked up today at 9:50 by (driver) Olga. Again, it was still dark out so it made us feel like it was much earlier than it actually was. We have discovered that she never takes the same route twice so each time we are in the car with her we are getting to see something new in Perm.
When we arrived at the baby home, they brought our birthday girl to us. We were warned, however, that she didn't have a diaper on! We are not quite sure why that is, if their supply was low and figured a 1 year old would be ok for a couple of hours without one but regardless of the reason, we were a little cautious given that information :)
She warmed up to us much more quickly today than yesterday and really loved the musical toy that we brought for her to play with. For most of our visit today, she either played with that toy or we threw a ball back and forth (she's getting quite good at it). We sang her "Happy Birthday" several times and she seemed to love it - rocking side to side with the tune. We also played for her a video (several times) of Andrew singing "Happy Birthday" to her (since he doesn't know her name, his version said "dear baby sister") and she kept reaching out as if to try and touch him :)
Our visit today lasted for an hour and 1/2 but it was a little easier to say goodbye knowing that we will be back in a month and we will be taking her home with us! We found out that she is currently 18.5 pounds and 28 inches long - - so she is the same exact weight as she was at 9 months and she has grown an inch since we first saw her.
The majority of our afternoon today was spent preparing for court. We found out that we both need to deliver speeches to present in addition to fielding any questions asked by the judge. Our court hearing will start at 10am and will last approximately 2 hours - - so, anyone at home who is awake at 11pm Tuesday night please say a prayer for us.
When we arrived at the baby home, they brought our birthday girl to us. We were warned, however, that she didn't have a diaper on! We are not quite sure why that is, if their supply was low and figured a 1 year old would be ok for a couple of hours without one but regardless of the reason, we were a little cautious given that information :)
She warmed up to us much more quickly today than yesterday and really loved the musical toy that we brought for her to play with. For most of our visit today, she either played with that toy or we threw a ball back and forth (she's getting quite good at it). We sang her "Happy Birthday" several times and she seemed to love it - rocking side to side with the tune. We also played for her a video (several times) of Andrew singing "Happy Birthday" to her (since he doesn't know her name, his version said "dear baby sister") and she kept reaching out as if to try and touch him :)
Our visit today lasted for an hour and 1/2 but it was a little easier to say goodbye knowing that we will be back in a month and we will be taking her home with us! We found out that she is currently 18.5 pounds and 28 inches long - - so she is the same exact weight as she was at 9 months and she has grown an inch since we first saw her.
The majority of our afternoon today was spent preparing for court. We found out that we both need to deliver speeches to present in addition to fielding any questions asked by the judge. Our court hearing will start at 10am and will last approximately 2 hours - - so, anyone at home who is awake at 11pm Tuesday night please say a prayer for us.
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