Well, so much for getting caught up on some sleep. We both fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillows but only slept until about 5:30am. On a normal day, 7 hours of sleep would be great but when you are missing an entire night of sleep it isn't quite enough. Anyways, we decided to take advantage of being up early and went to the hotel gym for a work-out before breakfast.
After breakfast we ran into Christine and Todd (the couple we were on the plane with last night) and chatted with them for awhile. Before we knew it, it was 9:20 and time to meet (driver) Olga to visit Baby Girl. We were a little surprised to discover that it didn't get light out until almost 10:00am but then remembered very little daylight during our first visit to St. Petersburg in Feb of '10.
We were so excited to see her after 3 months...wondering how much she's changed and if she has anymore hair :) When they brought her to us we were kind of surprised to see that she pretty much looked exactly the same! She does have a little bit more hair, emphasis on little, and seems to be a bit taller and heavier. Olga (coordinator) is finding out for us her current height and weight so we can see officialy how much that has changed.
The visit was great. She seemed a little skeptical of us at first (which is actually a good thing for a child her age since she really doesn't know us yet) but she let Laurie hold her and eventually started playing with the toys we brought. We noticed that she has 3 teeth now - front bottom 2 and 1 front top. She is crawling very well, pulling herself up, standing in place and walking while holding onto our hands or a table. They had her extremely bundled up (especially for being in a warm building) with a long sleeved top, footed zip up jammies, thick socks over her feet and a silly hat on her head. We told her that her brother would love the hat and would call her Santa :)
She tried to play catch for a little with a ball and then she moved onto chewing on the blocks and book that we brought. We discovered today that she puts her thumb in her mouth just like her big brother used to. She ended up not taking long to warm back up to us and let John hold her a lot too. While we were there (coordinator) Olga showed up with yet another couple from our agency whose baby girl is at the same orphanage. They were meeting their child for the first time today and it was really neat to see their reaction. Our visit today ended up lasting about an hour and 1/2 and we found out that we will be picked up tomorrow at 9:50 for another morning visit.
After breakfast we ran into Christine and Todd (the couple we were on the plane with last night) and chatted with them for awhile. Before we knew it, it was 9:20 and time to meet (driver) Olga to visit Baby Girl. We were a little surprised to discover that it didn't get light out until almost 10:00am but then remembered very little daylight during our first visit to St. Petersburg in Feb of '10.
We were so excited to see her after 3 months...wondering how much she's changed and if she has anymore hair :) When they brought her to us we were kind of surprised to see that she pretty much looked exactly the same! She does have a little bit more hair, emphasis on little, and seems to be a bit taller and heavier. Olga (coordinator) is finding out for us her current height and weight so we can see officialy how much that has changed.
The visit was great. She seemed a little skeptical of us at first (which is actually a good thing for a child her age since she really doesn't know us yet) but she let Laurie hold her and eventually started playing with the toys we brought. We noticed that she has 3 teeth now - front bottom 2 and 1 front top. She is crawling very well, pulling herself up, standing in place and walking while holding onto our hands or a table. They had her extremely bundled up (especially for being in a warm building) with a long sleeved top, footed zip up jammies, thick socks over her feet and a silly hat on her head. We told her that her brother would love the hat and would call her Santa :)
She tried to play catch for a little with a ball and then she moved onto chewing on the blocks and book that we brought. We discovered today that she puts her thumb in her mouth just like her big brother used to. She ended up not taking long to warm back up to us and let John hold her a lot too. While we were there (coordinator) Olga showed up with yet another couple from our agency whose baby girl is at the same orphanage. They were meeting their child for the first time today and it was really neat to see their reaction. Our visit today ended up lasting about an hour and 1/2 and we found out that we will be picked up tomorrow at 9:50 for another morning visit.
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