MSC and I had a nice leisurely morning, which included sleeping in and reading magazines for a few hours. There are two other couples here that are also adopting through our agency, so we have spent sometime with them. We had dinner with them on Monday night and chatted with one of the people at breakfast. Another couple is coming in on Wednesday night and they will go to court on Thursday with us. Anyway, we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed out to see Drew. His baby house is about 1 hour away in Dzerzhinsk. We’ll post a picture of the huge sign that is at the entrance of his town.
When we first arrived at the baby house, there was a man there ready to take a picture of Drew for his passport…so exciting! Drew took a few minutes to warm up to us as he had just awoken from his nap. But, he kicked into gear pretty quick and started playing with his toys and running for the door over and over and over and over and over again. J It’s nice to see him walking so well and when he does take a little tumble he usually laughs. Whew!
We stayed at the baby house for about an hour and Drew was very upbeat during the entire visit. We posted some pics of our visit and plan to come back tomorrow for another final visit before our court date.
Upon our return, we met with the court interpreter for about 45 minutes. He prep’d us for court and what we will need to do while there; what questions will be asked and how we should respond to certain things. He let us know that while the Judge wouldn’t see us unless everything was OK, it is still a formal proceeding that is taken very seriously. Fortunately, the only people in the room who understand English are our interpreter and MSC and I. So, if we make a mistake in how we say something, the interpreter will be able to help us change it. But its pretty easy stuff we have to talk about; who we are, where we live, who our family is, how we will care for Drew. We’re potentially in for a bump when they hit the “religion” section, but it will be ok. :-)
We’re going to dinner just next door with a single women who is adopting a baby girl and then we’ll try to get to bed before midnight tonight.
Stay tuned…
P.S. We are thoroughly enjoying the harsh stench of paint or something worse (wallpaper glue?)! They are painting the bathrooms above us and it seems to seep through the grates in our bathroom. Let’s just say we’ve killed a few brain cells. :-) This isn’t our favorite hotel, to say the least!
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