Wednesday Visit with Drew

On Wednesday, we had somewhat of a free day and took our time getting out of the hotel by late morning. We did some walking around and checked out this shopping center-like place; interesting everyday items like clothes, shoes, coats, etc. This isn’t a tourist city, so very few people speak English and you really have to search for shops that see trinkets.

Anyway, we went to see Drew in the late afternoon and spent another hour with him. Pics have been posted below. He was even more interactive and really “played” this time vs. watching us and tentatively engaging. He seemed to enjoy his time with us as we did with him. He was most interested in eating the “Hi Liam” sign, although we didn’t get any pics of him with his mouth all over the sign. After about an hour they came to get him again. We were sad to see him go, but very pleased we were able to have had 3 visits with him prior to our picking him up on Friday.

When we returned to the hotel, all four families went to the grocery store with our interpreter and we shopped for baby stuff. I had most of what I needed already, but did buy some similar products to what the baby house would have. It was a fun little trip for all of us.

After our shopping excursion, we all had dinner together in the hotel. There is a single woman here with her parents (adopting a baby girl). Both she and an older couple had court today and so we were all in a celebratory mood. Those two would pick up their children tomorrow, so they were excited. The other couple and Michael and I were nervous because we still had to go to court. Anyway, we had a nice long grown up dinner…would probably be the last during our stay in Russia.

Stay tuned…tomorrow is our day in Court!