WE HAVE PICTURES!!!!
Thursday, June 29th--Day 2 Visitation
First of all, drumroll..........WE HAVE PICTURES TO SHARE!!!!!!!
(To access daily pictures...go to the Adoption Pics link...this will take you to our photo blog and you can view our day by day photo album---ENJOY!!)
We had another great day today....We woke up pretty early--we are still adjusting from jetlag! Rylee and I watched a short Barbie movie that we purchased here....we can show it in Russian or English, which I thought was pretty neat! We then ate a quick breakfast of grits(ahhh...a taste of home--yes, we brought them with us!) We then got ready--we were told to be read by 9am in case we got an appointment for our interview with the City Department of Education. Well, we waited and we waited and finally got a call about 10am--we still have not gotten an appointment time, but Lena advised that her and Sergi(our driver) would pick us up at 11:30am. We would go by a baby store to purchase diapers (we have to provide diapers for all of our visits from here on out). We could then go to the baby house to visit with Landen.
To pass time before our visit, we worked on our puzzle! Yes, we brought a couple puzzles to work on while we are here. OK...no comments from the peanut gallery!!!
Finally, 11:25am came and we headed down the 5 flights of stairs! We immediately went to the baby store!! It was definately the most modern store we have been to.
Rylee love it. It has all sorts of baby supplies, toys, and clothing. We purchased Pampers--(yes, they have them here), a teething ring(the baby house director advised us we would need to bring one), and Rylee bought a new stuffed animal dog she has named, Kazi. Kazi whimpers, barks, growls when you try to take her bone!!!
Then...we were off to the baby house. When we arrived, Lena escorted us to a very small room with a cute mural on the wall and lots of toys and stuffed animals. There is a couch and a chair and a small kids table with 2 small chairs. We then waited for them to bring in Landen. It seemed like 10-15 minutes before they finally brought him to us....and yes, he was dressed in pink again...I forgot to post about his outfit yesterday! Yesterday, he had on a hot pink long-sleeved terrycloth pajama top with a short sleeved jumper over it that had a neon design in yellow, pink, green and orange. It was quite interesting!!! They love to put him in pink! Rylee was about to have a fit to hold him, so she held him first. He seemed to be a bit confused as to what was going on. The room we visited him in is a room he has never seen before. He just seemed to look around and try to take it all in.....it didn't help that Bobby and I both had cameras snapping pictures, and flashes were going off in his eyes. Everytime we took a picture his little eyebrows would scrunch up! He definately has some expressions!!! We gave him is new teething toy--he loved it! It was hard to take pictures because he kept putting it in his mouth!
Then it was Mama's time to hold him....It felt so good to finally have him in my arms again! He started to warm up to us...but it did take him about 10 minutes. He then spit up on me...they had warned us that he had just eaten a snack. I don't know what kind of snack they fed him, but it is nothing I have ever seen or smelled before. We have heard that they feed them some sort of soup/broth as a snack---it definately has a distinct odor that can easily cause one's gagging reflexes to kick in....Rylee kept her distance from this point on....She just kept saying she was going to be the first one in the shower to get this smell off of her!! Needless to say...the odor is pretty bad. And to make matters worse...he spit up quite a bit the entire visit. We used about 1/2 package wipes and went through 2 outfits. For those that have asked....I put him in a sleeper from the GAP that was 6-12 months and it fit him perfectly! We measured him and he is about 27 1/2 inches long.
His feet are about 5 inches long.
We then put him on the floor to see what he could do. He can sit up by himself and get up on all fours. His crawl resembles an inch worm! It is so cute. He appears to have good upper body strength, but we need to work on his leg strength! He can definately move around, though! I couldn't stand putting him on the floor for long. I had to hold him! I started kissing his neck and he just started that belly laugh again(you can see him laughing in one of the pics!) He loves to put his face right up to ours. He just laughs and smiles when you do this. He is probably the most ticklish baby I have ever been around. If you even touch his ribs he starts laughing. We had such a good time with him and the visit went by too fast. We were there 2 1/2 hours, but it seemed like just minutes. At the end of the visit I could tell he was getting tired. He had a big day and is not used to this much physical contact....I picked him up again and just cradled him. He starred into my eyes for a good 5 minutes and listened while I talked to him. He was so relaxed and it felt so perfect. He then closed his eyes and fell fast asleep. This is a moment that will be burned in my heart forever! What a great ending to a perfect visit!
We then went a exchanged money and went and purchased a flashcard. This is so that we could upload photos to share with all of you. After that we went home and took naps. Rylee slept for 4 hours and we had to wake her from a deep sleep to come to the cafe to post our blog. We are getting ready to go home and make another homemade pizza. We made one last night and it was so good, and we have left over dough, that we are having it again this evening. Miss all of you...thanks again for all of your comments. We love reading them! Until tomorrow......
First of all, drumroll..........WE HAVE PICTURES TO SHARE!!!!!!!
(To access daily pictures...go to the Adoption Pics link...this will take you to our photo blog and you can view our day by day photo album---ENJOY!!)
We had another great day today....We woke up pretty early--we are still adjusting from jetlag! Rylee and I watched a short Barbie movie that we purchased here....we can show it in Russian or English, which I thought was pretty neat! We then ate a quick breakfast of grits(ahhh...a taste of home--yes, we brought them with us!) We then got ready--we were told to be read by 9am in case we got an appointment for our interview with the City Department of Education. Well, we waited and we waited and finally got a call about 10am--we still have not gotten an appointment time, but Lena advised that her and Sergi(our driver) would pick us up at 11:30am. We would go by a baby store to purchase diapers (we have to provide diapers for all of our visits from here on out). We could then go to the baby house to visit with Landen.
To pass time before our visit, we worked on our puzzle! Yes, we brought a couple puzzles to work on while we are here. OK...no comments from the peanut gallery!!!
Finally, 11:25am came and we headed down the 5 flights of stairs! We immediately went to the baby store!! It was definately the most modern store we have been to.
Rylee love it. It has all sorts of baby supplies, toys, and clothing. We purchased Pampers--(yes, they have them here), a teething ring(the baby house director advised us we would need to bring one), and Rylee bought a new stuffed animal dog she has named, Kazi. Kazi whimpers, barks, growls when you try to take her bone!!!
Then...we were off to the baby house. When we arrived, Lena escorted us to a very small room with a cute mural on the wall and lots of toys and stuffed animals. There is a couch and a chair and a small kids table with 2 small chairs. We then waited for them to bring in Landen. It seemed like 10-15 minutes before they finally brought him to us....and yes, he was dressed in pink again...I forgot to post about his outfit yesterday! Yesterday, he had on a hot pink long-sleeved terrycloth pajama top with a short sleeved jumper over it that had a neon design in yellow, pink, green and orange. It was quite interesting!!! They love to put him in pink! Rylee was about to have a fit to hold him, so she held him first. He seemed to be a bit confused as to what was going on. The room we visited him in is a room he has never seen before. He just seemed to look around and try to take it all in.....it didn't help that Bobby and I both had cameras snapping pictures, and flashes were going off in his eyes. Everytime we took a picture his little eyebrows would scrunch up! He definately has some expressions!!! We gave him is new teething toy--he loved it! It was hard to take pictures because he kept putting it in his mouth!
Then it was Mama's time to hold him....It felt so good to finally have him in my arms again! He started to warm up to us...but it did take him about 10 minutes. He then spit up on me...they had warned us that he had just eaten a snack. I don't know what kind of snack they fed him, but it is nothing I have ever seen or smelled before. We have heard that they feed them some sort of soup/broth as a snack---it definately has a distinct odor that can easily cause one's gagging reflexes to kick in....Rylee kept her distance from this point on....She just kept saying she was going to be the first one in the shower to get this smell off of her!! Needless to say...the odor is pretty bad. And to make matters worse...he spit up quite a bit the entire visit. We used about 1/2 package wipes and went through 2 outfits. For those that have asked....I put him in a sleeper from the GAP that was 6-12 months and it fit him perfectly! We measured him and he is about 27 1/2 inches long.
His feet are about 5 inches long.
We then put him on the floor to see what he could do. He can sit up by himself and get up on all fours. His crawl resembles an inch worm! It is so cute. He appears to have good upper body strength, but we need to work on his leg strength! He can definately move around, though! I couldn't stand putting him on the floor for long. I had to hold him! I started kissing his neck and he just started that belly laugh again(you can see him laughing in one of the pics!) He loves to put his face right up to ours. He just laughs and smiles when you do this. He is probably the most ticklish baby I have ever been around. If you even touch his ribs he starts laughing. We had such a good time with him and the visit went by too fast. We were there 2 1/2 hours, but it seemed like just minutes. At the end of the visit I could tell he was getting tired. He had a big day and is not used to this much physical contact....I picked him up again and just cradled him. He starred into my eyes for a good 5 minutes and listened while I talked to him. He was so relaxed and it felt so perfect. He then closed his eyes and fell fast asleep. This is a moment that will be burned in my heart forever! What a great ending to a perfect visit!
We then went a exchanged money and went and purchased a flashcard. This is so that we could upload photos to share with all of you. After that we went home and took naps. Rylee slept for 4 hours and we had to wake her from a deep sleep to come to the cafe to post our blog. We are getting ready to go home and make another homemade pizza. We made one last night and it was so good, and we have left over dough, that we are having it again this evening. Miss all of you...thanks again for all of your comments. We love reading them! Until tomorrow......
posted by Woodard's Adoption | 9:52 AM
4 Comments:
Hello Kim, Bob and Rylee, I finally managed to get the beautiful photos of the new baby and you holding him. He is a beautiful long baby and looks like Bob. He seems to have a great disposition and healthy. What a wonderful feeling! I am glad that things are working out great so far. Seems like a fairly modern place with more conveniences than I thought. You get a lot of exercise climbing up those stairs.... this was some trip with all the luggage. Cordially, Brigitte
Hey Kim, Bobby and Rylee,
We have been so excited to hear about your trip to meet Landen. I couldn't hold back the tears when I read about your first meeting. We are so happy for all of you. The pictures are wonderful!!!But I can't believe you don't have him in a Bulldogs outfit yet...just kidding!!!Lots of love, Dana, Jeff,Sydney and Riley.
It was so good to talk to you tonight or this morning...whatever it is ...We had to look at the pictures again. It is so real now! Love ya - Ann, Mike , Jack and Layne
Bobby, Kim and Rylee - Landen is going to be sssooooooooo happy with you! He fits right in! Kim, I love the picture of him laughing!! The cutest picture is of Rylee kissing Landen - she is going to be the best big Sister ever! Keep the pictures coming!
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