Today has been one of those days. We woke up missing our boys at home and frustrated that we only get 2 hours a day to be with Anna. The newness of living here has worn off, and now we are just trying to get through the rest of this waiting time. Typically families are able to take their child out of the orphanage on this coming Friday, since the mandatory 10 days of waiting after court day is over. However, this Friday is a Russian holiday, so we were hoping that we would be able to take Anna on Thursday since the courts are closed on Friday. Our facilitator told us today that it is not possible, and we have to wait until MONDAY to get her. I was very discouraged to hear this, I was hoping we would have this weekend alone with her to be able to start getting her more adjusted to being under our care. Now we will only have her 3 nights until we leave for Moscow. I know it will all work out, it's just not happening according to my plan! This also means that we should probably wait until Monday to post pictures of her face. They have cautioned us to wait until she is in our care before we send out her pictures. Just to warn you, we have already taken 920 pictures since we have been here, so you may be seeing more of her face than you would care to:-)
The good news is today's visit with her was lots of fun! It is amazing how our hearts are already so attached to her. We love our precious little girl. The clothes they had on her today were size 0-3 months!!! NO JOKE! I can't believe they could squeeze them onto her. Just 2 days ago they had her in 4T and she was swimming in it. I had happened to take along one of our 12 month outfits to try on her so that is what she wore most of our visit with her, she just looked too uncomfortable in the smaller one.
Tomorrow we are going at 8am to the orphanage and then we are going shopping! We are taking the director of the orphanage to go spend the money that so many of you generously gave to help with items they are needing. I am so excited to be able to do this and that the director is coming along makes it even better! We will be sure to take pictures and let you know what your money purchased.
We just realized today we have 17 more nights until we will be home. That seems like forever...
This is Anna and I looking out the window today, saying "let us out of here"!
This is the sweet little girl that is making this ALL worth it!
6 comments:
I'm sorry you won't get to have custody of your daughter until Monday. We didn't get Colin until after lunch on Sat. so not every orphanage allows children to be picked up on Friday. I promise that time will move more quickly once you have your sweetie with you! It sure did for us! I think it was easier for us once we got to Moscow and had an apartment and could create our own schedule each day (you will have very few required things to do in Moscow and 2 of them on the first day).
Praying for you,
Heather
www.russianblessings.wordpress.com
She is so precious, I can't wait to see all of her! I can only imagine your frustration about waiting until Monday, I will be praying for you all!
Thank you for blogging your journey and your feelings! You both are an inspiration!
Oh that last little photo of her brought tears to my eyes. She is so precious. I am praying that the next 17 days go by fast for you and for your boys!! love you guys! Amy
You weren't kidding about those hair bows! What a little doll....can't wait 'til we can see all your pictures!!
So sorry you have to wait the whole weekend w/out her....hopefully the hours will fly by for you.
I'll be up at the school working on a "surprise" project with the
1st graders for Miss Evans for Teacher Appreciation week on Thurs, so I'll be sure to give Bradey a hug from you while I'm there!
Hi Amy! It's been such a blessing to read about your journey. I am praying for your family; for your boys here at home and how deeply you are missing each other, your precious little girl who is learning more about you and her daddy right now than you can imagine, this unique time of growth with your hubby, for your dependence on Christ to strengthen and sustain you and for restful sleep! May the Lord bless and keep your family during these challenging days!
She is beautiful! Take one day at a time and you will be home soon! We got stuck waiting on some holidays in Kazakhstan as well. We actually enjoyed watching the festivities in Almaty and taking lots of pictures for our daughter to see one day! Praying for you!
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