Court Trip Visit #3
This was our eighth and final visit to the Baby Home in Podolsk as the next time we come out we will be picking Annabelle up and bringing her home. The visit today was fine with little to report. We spent nearly two hours with Annabelle and we walked her a lot with holding tight to our fingers. We played on some of the swings or rocking horses outside and just sat and held her for a while. In all the visits with her, we were never able to put her on the ground and see her move around on her own. By the end of the visit today, she was tired and falling asleep in Maria’s arms.
We did get her daily schedule which was helpful in terms of her napping and eating times. Obviously, this will help the week we are here getting paperwork done.
We have court tomorrow and we are as prepared as we can be. We have gone over our homestudy and prepared a short statement in case we are asked to make one. We go at 11:00am and it should be done by noon. We need to stop at a notary and get some paperwork done afterwards and then we come back to the hotel and pack. Being it is Sinco de Mayo we will go to the Mexican restaurant down the street for a Magarita and toast our success in court. Apparently, there is another dress rehearsal for the Victory Day parade Monday Night so all of the 100+ military vehicles will be rumbling down Tverskaya again. We will get some pictures of this and finish packing.
We are going to meet Emily and David again for dinner. They took us out ot Victory Park and if you want to see pictures of the park or the rest of Moscow, their blog is highly recommended. http://lovedilworth.com/Default.aspx Tomorrow is also a big day for them as they will make the final trip to Podolsk to pick up their son Zack and start the process of bringing him home. Annabelle will lose a room mate, but they will meet again in the United States.
That is it for today. We will post tomorrow after court.
Jeff and Maria
This was our eighth and final visit to the Baby Home in Podolsk as the next time we come out we will be picking Annabelle up and bringing her home. The visit today was fine with little to report. We spent nearly two hours with Annabelle and we walked her a lot with holding tight to our fingers. We played on some of the swings or rocking horses outside and just sat and held her for a while. In all the visits with her, we were never able to put her on the ground and see her move around on her own. By the end of the visit today, she was tired and falling asleep in Maria’s arms.
We did get her daily schedule which was helpful in terms of her napping and eating times. Obviously, this will help the week we are here getting paperwork done.
We have court tomorrow and we are as prepared as we can be. We have gone over our homestudy and prepared a short statement in case we are asked to make one. We go at 11:00am and it should be done by noon. We need to stop at a notary and get some paperwork done afterwards and then we come back to the hotel and pack. Being it is Sinco de Mayo we will go to the Mexican restaurant down the street for a Magarita and toast our success in court. Apparently, there is another dress rehearsal for the Victory Day parade Monday Night so all of the 100+ military vehicles will be rumbling down Tverskaya again. We will get some pictures of this and finish packing.
We are going to meet Emily and David again for dinner. They took us out ot Victory Park and if you want to see pictures of the park or the rest of Moscow, their blog is highly recommended. http://lovedilworth.com/Default.aspx Tomorrow is also a big day for them as they will make the final trip to Podolsk to pick up their son Zack and start the process of bringing him home. Annabelle will lose a room mate, but they will meet again in the United States.
That is it for today. We will post tomorrow after court.
Jeff and Maria
4 Comments:
Maria and Jeff-
Glad to see your trip is going so well. Enjoy your cinco de mayo dinner-so funny to hear that you are having Mexican there!
Annabelle looks so precious! Best wishes in court tomorrow-we will be thinking of you and your family. You are so close!! Sandra
Jeff and Maria,
Can't wait until tomorrow, I don't know if Ill make it to church tomorrow, but my prayers are with you.
NONNA and NONNO
Maria and JEff,
Well you should be finished with court...can't wait to hear the final word...miss you tons..Tyler is doing great and is having fun with all the kids. He is so sweet and we can't wait until Annabelle is out back with us as well.
Love ya,Annie
Hope your margarita's were excellente!!
BTW, how cold is it over there? What have you been wearing? It says it should be in the mid 60's as a high next week, but sometimes the temp isn't a true judge of how it feels- thought I'd ask you. Thanks!
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