Day 7 waiting - Groundhogs Day (double click for pics)

Wednesday, July 26--- (Day 7 waiting period)

We are officially half way through the waiting period! This period of time has definitely been the hardest since we arrived, but we continue to plan outings to pass some time by.
We updated the pictures from yesterday’s post, so please look at your pleasure.

Today was another groundhogs day in Kazakhstan as it was enjoyable, but similar to many of the past days here. With the exception of planning Rylee’s and Landen’s birthday party, same routine for the morning. Looks as if we will have an action packed couple weeks when we return.

The visitation time was great. Kim said Landen saw her and immediately started trying to get out of the caretakers lap he was in--he was eating, so this was big. If you have been keeping up with the post, you will remember that he is a true Woodard and loves to get his food. Kim was able to take a photo of our big boy drinking from the cup and to top it off; he was holding it by himself. This is normal over here as they want kids to be as self sufficient as early as they can. Landen’s caretaker had to turn him away from the door, where Momma was waiting for him, in order to finish feeding him and get him dressed for our visit. Kim and the caretaker had a good laugh at this.

Landen was in a wonderful mood today and actually allowed Rylee and I to hold him. This was a good thing as Momma was still not feeling well from the meat market yesterday. We figured out a couple things with Rylee holding Landen. He does not like her hair to get into his face and he loves for her to sing the Dada, Momma…song. He was so precious while Rylee was holding him. He put his little head on her shoulder and just listened to her for several minutes. He was getting relaxed and realized Mom was nearby, so he threw up his arm for her to pick him up. After they sang and rocked for a little bit, I decided to try my chances with him. It paid off, he was so tired that he decided I would do and fell asleep on my shoulder. Yes, we were near a scolding, but we got away with it. At 1:55pm, Kim had to wake him up for a return trip to his group. We made it a group effort to make sure he was not going back to sleep and he was all smiles. It appears at times that he plays a great game of possum, but we were sure he was asleep today as he snores like his dad….loud! The hardest part of every day is when Kim takes him back to his group after the visit. He knows exactly what’s going on and does not want to leave his Mommy…(it will happen soon!)

After the visit, we had Sergey drop us off at the mall. These types of public places do not like for you to take photos…so I had to sneak a couple in again. We had an enjoyable walk around the inside and outside of the mall. This outside is like a huge flea market with a little bit of everything there. We made some small purchases along with getting Rylee a Kazakh dress (check out that photo) and Landen another outfit.

Just think….Landen will be coming home with us in 9 days! Poka, Poka….