Meeting "Our" Little Boy!

Finally we have access to internet again. We had our first overnight trip by train which was a very interesting experience. I completely agree with everyone who has been here before when they say "Pack light keeping in mind you may have to take the train". Even though we did pack light it was still a challenge. Dan slept pretty good on the train, Syd slept some and I slept very little. In the wee hours of the morning, the door to our compartment suddenly opens and there is a man there speaking what I think was Russian. I was just drifting off when he opened the door, so he really startled me. The only thing I could think of to say is "What???" quite loudly. "Y" woke up and just shut the door and relocked it. The important thing is we did survive our first overnight train ride.

From the train station, we went to our new apartment. The outside looked pretty scary but the apartment itself is not bad at all. The best part is that it is half the amount of money per night compared to the first apartment we had. We cleaned up and went to the orphanage. We were all pretty nervous. There was Dan, Syd, "Y", the doctor and me. We first met the orphange director. While we were talking with her, one of the caregivers brought "R" (the little boy) into the room. He didn't look anything like his picture. He is quite small. He started off by reciting a poem. We of course couldn't understand him but we laughed along with everyone else. One of his later poems was something like "I want a mama and if I get a sheep I will name it mama". Pretty creative little guy. Anyway, the doctor worked with him for over an hour, then we went back to play with him the p.m. Everything seems fine so we are proceeding with our application to adopt him. I know we can't officially call him "Our" little boy but soon we will. He is VERY active... but very sweet. I will post again soon. We don't have as easy access to internet as we did before.