Wake up, have breakfast at the hotel (slimy eggs or cereal)
Take the subway (one stop) and walk (a couple of blocks) to meet our translator Tania at the Baby Home
10-12pm
Visit with Baby Bird
We can walk him around the grounds of the Baby Home outside
or in the "Music Room" inside
12-2pm Naptime at the Baby Home so we need to leave. To pass the time we have lunch or a coffee on one of the many patio cafes or run errands.
2-4pm Back to the Baby Home for Baby Bird time
Evenings...... Dinner at a cafe, stroll in the park, shopping at the market, meeting up with other adopting couples, skype, connect with home.
Then it's off to bed often far too late due to the drastic time difference (eight and a half hours) As I type this it's after midnight but I am still wide awake. Though I suspect it may also be the the desire to stretch out the days with him and soak in every moment I have been granted. Tomorrow is our last day like this then we will be on the next trek of the journey. I will cherish each snuggle, giggle and gummy smile, his kicky feet and perfect baby smell. Goodnight
Welcome to my adoption blog. I am a thirty something Canadian Chick in the process of becoming a mommy bird through international adoption. I can't promise that my mind and heart won't wander off topic as I am apt to do and so may my posts. I can promise that I will share with you the joy and pain that is the stuff of all great journeys. The facts and the feelings, the laughter and the tears, the lessons and the bliss.
2 comments:
Sounds like such an amazing adventure! wow, the pictures are great. and baby bird is soooo cute! fly home soon so we can see him!!! xoxox Liz
Oiy-vey... your trip looks about perfect!!! Volvo-gorad :) looks to be more modern than Khabarovsk (although maybe you just have pictures of the shwankier places to eat than I did!) I hope your trip home is smooth and the time before court passes quickly. The time between is hard... hang on for it. Watch every video, inspect the details of every picture and batten down for your last reserve of patience you have in the tank. He'll be home soon. Isn't that amazing to know, think and SAY!!!
Congrats to you and baby bird :)
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