Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Goodbye Anya and Heather
We had to say goodbye to Anya and Heather last night it was sad but she did give me a big hug.It was special getting to do this together with Heathe,r gotcha days and the apartment, everything together and now we part our ways to go home to our familys.Thank you Heather for being there with me I will never forget this time and Anya's sweet smile and little attitude. I know we will keep in touch and see eachother again.
Goodbye Anya and Heather
Goodbye Anya and Heather
DADDY IS HERE
It was so nice to see Mike as Vahnya and I waited for him watching out the window we saw the van pull in and ran down to meet him. so good to see my love after 12 days apart. Vahnya was not sure at first but once Mike put his little hand up to his beard Vahnya had a big smile. He wouldn't take his nap guess he was to excited and that night it he was fussy. the next day was our Embassy appointment we went to the Embassy and waited outside for a while for the girl that Olga said would meet us there she never came so we went in paid the $404 for the visa and then waited for them to call our name. when they did all we had to do is go up sign some papers and that was it, he gave us our packet of important documents and the Visa Came out and talked to the group of us therer were two other people that had just adopted besides us and the Fillmores then we were done. Emily came to the rescue once again by calling Olga to find out where this girl we needed to meet was.she was waiting outside for us we got out there and she asked for all of the important documents plus my passport, it felt strange handing over this stuff to a stranger on the streets of Moscow stuff we guarded with our lives for so long. she said she would take it all and register the kids visas and meet us at 3:00 so we took off to the metro to go see red square. the metro was crowded fast moving you sure better know where your going. Before we went we got some bread at this little stand it was good and we got the kids each a banana vahnyas favorite food. we had to go up and down really long escalators Mike had the stroller . then we got onto the metro fallowing Emily every step of the way. and finally made it to red square we first got pizza then went and looked all around. we left back on the metro and while on it the girl that took our important papers called Emily and arranged to meet us inside the metro station we waited for her about 15 min then she came gave us everything back and we were done free to go home. heather and Jeremy had flights out the next day we are leaving Wednesday TOMORROW!
MKE HAS BETTER PICTURES ON HIS CAMERA I WILL PUT ON AFTER WE DOWN LOAD THEM.
DON'T TELL HIS BABY HOUSE!
DON'T TELL THE BABY HOUSE BUT I TOOK OFF HIS SHOES!
I LET HIM RUN AROUND AND PLAY IN JUST A DIAPER!
I LET HIM EAT A CRACKER AWAY FROM THE TABLE!
I LET HIM DRINK AS MUCH MILK AS HE WANTED AND LET HIM HAVE IT AWAY FROM THE TABLE.
I LET HIM EAT JUNK FOOD!
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I LET HIM SLEEP WITH ME AND HELD HIM WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE NIGHT.
I LET HIM SPLASH AND PLAY IN THE BATH FOR OVER AN HOUR!
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I TOOK HIM TO THE MALL WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE! IN A FRONT PACK!
WE TOOK HIM ON THE METRO!
WE WALKED ALL OVER MOSCOW !
DON'T TELL THEM ANY OF THIS THEY WOULD NOT LIKE IT LOL!
THE TRAIN RIDE AND NEXT MORNING
Thursday night we got on the fast train to Moscow 1st thing Vahnya did was poop yep a big messy one all on his clothes the first one like that and of course it had to be on the train where there was no place to change him ,I took him into the small bathroom and some how got it done good thing I packed him extra clothes , then about 45 min later he did it again lol this time I changed him on thee floor outside of the bathroom. and just as I was changing him the train must have gone into a turn because I just about fell after that I felt sick. I got a $3 can of coke and ate some snacks I had brought vahnya and Anya watched a DVD then I held Vahnya and he fell asleep pretty fast he falls asleep with movement. and I fell asleep a bit too.Before I knew it the train was stopping we were in Moscow it's a 4 hour train. Our coordinator Olga a old chubby short lady and her husband who matched her came to our seats to help us her pootr husband had to drag both Heather and my big suitcases as we set off to their car got every one and everything in Olga had to hold the stroller on her lap lol they took us to the apartment oh boy it was nothing like the one we had just left this one was old and small felt like something from the 40s I didn't even want to step my feet on the floor without shoes lucky we were only stying one night it was a whirlwind of giving out money i still cant tell you what all we paid for and how much Olga would say she needed this much for this and this much for that the apartment guy did the same heather and i just kept handing out money finally they left I made up the hard hideabed that broke as i was making it Heather and I fixed it. we all went to sleep to be woken up a couple hours later by the doctor who came to exam the kids we had to wake the kids up he had me take Vahnyas clothes off and of course that made him cry the Doctor moved fast we signed some papers he left papers with us and that was that.we went back to sleep but two hours later Olga came she had forms for us to fill out then she was off to take it all to the Embassy she came back two hours after that and had our Embassy appointments for Monday,so we were free to do as we wished for the weekends. Heather called her friend Emily who we were going to stay with and she came with her husband Jeff and her friend they helped us pack up and we were off to her house Vahnya fell asleep within 5 min of the drive.
