Today We Rested & Visited Slava

Today we enjoyed a quiet morning relaxing in our apartment. Wayne got his courage up and walked alone down to McDs for egg mcmuffins. I'm pleased to report that he returned safely and in one piece! We did some reading, school with Jordan, and several rounds of hide-and-go-seek!

Slava picked us up at 3pm to head to Borpka. We had a very good visit with our Slava. He enjoyed the toy hammer we brought and he learned that if you bang too hard with it, it breaks into pieces. But big brother Jordan came to the rescue and snapped it back together! Every few minutes it would fall apart and Slava would call for Jordan to put it back together. It was very cute to see them interacting. We had bananas and sok which he seems to really like. I also brought a big picture book from home and he actually sat long enough to look at the pictures. He pointed and jabbered away in Ukrainian as he looked. Then we brought out some stickers and he had a great time with those. I don't think he's ever seen stickers before because he really didn't know what to do with them. So we resorted to sticking them all over Papa! My last weapon was another one of those happy meal toys that barked. He really likes this and took it with him when the visit was over. The took him back at 5:30pm; we had our hugs and said "paka" and the visit was over. During the visit one staff woman came in and gave Jordan a big hug. After she left Jordan said, "I don't know why that lady keeps coming in here and doing that." He takes it all very well. I explained that maybe she took care of him when he was little and she remembers him.

We returned to our apartment and tried out a Potato House restaurant across the street. We just had baked potatoes which were pretty good. Now we're in for the night. While we were gone the tv people came and now we have a bunch of channels, more than we have at home even! Ira called to say she will visit our Judge tomorrow to proof-read our court decree. She likes to make sure there are no errors in it when we pick it up on Monday. We will also make an application for Slava's passport, but the processing if it cannot occur until we have the new birth certificate next week. Tomorrow looks like it could be a busy day, so we're thankful that we had a quiet day today.

Some random thoughts: Slava is left handed like Jordan & Anna. We pass a cement plant on our way into Borpka. McDs french fries taste better here than they do home. We see car accidents everyday (mostly fender-benders), Jordan knows about 10 Russian words now, I don't get car sick in Ukraine, and that's all I can think of for now.

Thank you for following our blog and especially for the prayers. Tomorrow we will make the decision on whether or not Wayne returns on the 18th. So please keep praying that the paperwork next week will all come together and all the obstacles will be rolled away. We love & miss you all!