Hi everyone! Well after 24 hours of travel we made it back to Almaty, and got into our apartment at 2 AM. It is a larger apartment than our last one, but the TV doesn’t work. Our flights were fine. There were empty seats so we got to stretch out a bit. The only glitch happened during our layover in Frankfurt - going through security Jim was searched, and as we picked up all of our things from the conveyor belt, we didn’t notice that Jim’s laptop was missing. We realized it on the plane, but it was too late. We’re going to check lost-and-found on our way back through Frankfurt, but we’re not terribly optimistic about our chances of recovering it.
Today was busy - no jet lag allowed. We met at the law offices for an hour with our facilitator. She went over the process for court on Monday. She also gave us specific details of the speech Jim is give to the judge (the father is asked to do this). Jim has decided that since he has to memorize and actually give the speech, I should write it. Therefore, that is next on my to-do list.
After our meeting we were taken to the orphanage to visit Emma. She was very shy with us at first, which is understandable given the time between these trips. We tried playing with her, but she was in a somber mood so we didn't push it. She mainly wanted to be held and rocked by Mom. At that point poor exhausted Jim fell asleep on the visitation room floor. We did get her to smile just a bit as the visit went along, but we didn’t take many pictures. It was amazing to feel her in our arms again.
Following the orphanage visit, we went to the Ramstore to get groceries. We also went to buy an international calling card. Unfortunately we can’t get it to work, so please e-mail us or post to the blog if you want to stay in touch. We’re now settling in for the night, and already missing our boys and everyone at home. So I will say goodbye for today…
5 comments:
Emma looks like she has grown since her last picture. I am sure she will "warm up" soon. Sorry to hear about Jim's computer. Hopefully it will be there waiting for you when you come back through Frankfurt.
Give Emma lots of hugs and kisses for us!
Love,
Jamie, Lynne, Lea & Carlee
I am so sorry to hear about the computer! We adopted our son from BH3 in Almaty and when we returned for court after six weeks he didn't really want to play, either. I dare say he was a bit upset with us. It took awhile for him to warm up to us again, but it eventually happened. We just took things at his pace - which was hard for us but ended up working great. Good luck at court Monday!!
-Julie
woods2kaz.blogspot.com (our journey)
Oh man what a bummer about the computer. Glad to read you made it safely and I hope court is smooth.
Hi Anne and Jim,
Good luck at court tomorrow! How long are you staying for this trip? We are in Almaty now adopting from BH #2.
Sara and Julian
http://yeomans2kaz.blogspot.com/
yeomans_sara@yahoo.ca
Hey there you guys it's P.J. I hope that you don't have anything else missing on your way home. All is going good out here. The weather is actually sunny and warmer thatn usual. Jake and Luke are going to go play games at tori and I house for a couple hourrs and have pizza and then maybe to Coldstones if all is good. Just wanted to say hi and to be safe over there. Hope your trip goes good.
Love, P.J.
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