Another great day with Annabelle

Are you tired of seeing the same headline . . . .? Another great day with Annabelle.

She went to bed and slept like a champ and did not wake up until 7:30 this morning. I picked her up and she slept on my chest for another 30 minutes. We got up and her appetite was great and she ate cream of wheat and banana baby food with some apple juice to wash it down. We played all morning until she conked out around 10:45. She slept until 12:45 when we fed her lunch and got ready to go to get her passport. First we stopped by the MOE and signed the book and headed for the passport office. We were quick on both stops although it took nearly an hour to get to the passport office.

After the passport office we asked Yuri and Irene to take us to Real Market behind the passport office. We had made a good list of food to get us most of the way through the rest of our stay. I sat down with Irene to go over all of the Embassy paperwork and fill out several additional forms. Lisa took Annabelle and started shopping. We caught up to her in the toy section. We then got steaks, chicken, frozen pizza, some more pasta sauce, other supplies and a bunch of baby food jars. We calculated out what we need at three jars a day and potentially four or five for the plane ride home. We may have to go up to the Trveskaya Market for milk or bread, but otherwise we are set. The REAL market is a must stop for the Moscow people since you are there already and you can get a lot of stuff and not have to carry it far. They also have about anything else you may need.

The ride home was bad. It was traffic like you read about and fear. We sat in bumper to bumper traffic for 1:45 minutes. The last 15 minutes of the two hour trip we were able to get near the posted speed. Annabelle could not have been better. She slept for 30 minutes and just played with us and sat patiently.

One more step down as we continue the process. We cannot wait to get home.

Pictures below. Again, not a great day for pictures, but we got a few in the apartment.

Annabelle screams of joy!

Guess who wants the camera?

Checking out one of her new blocks we bought a REAL

Just being a cutie with her stacking cups

Playing with Daddy