Hi all,
Just a quick update. Vitaly dropped our documents off at the SDA (State Department for Adoption) Friday AM. Now we wait 5 working days for them to approve it. From there we go to court, wait 10 days, then get the new passports and birth certificates and if we want we can come home.
We had a nice visit with Bart today. His english is coming on quickly enough that the initial frustrations are becoming a thing of the past. He knows most of the alphabet, and already counts to 10 with no problem. He suddenly blurted it out I was suprised. Corrine missed it so she didn't believe it until he did it again. He's also mastered "come here Papa/Mama" when he wants to show us something. Lisa was sick today so we barely saw her. She was puking through the night and had a small fever. (I knew something was up when she only ate 1/2 her banana yesterday afternoon.) Bart took her peach and yogurt to her along with Mama. Then all hell broke loose cause she wanted to come out and play with us. We saw her at the window waving and smiling as we were leaving. I'm sure she'll be back to her normal self tomorrow.
We got "new" furniture today some of it is better, some the exact same crap we had. She also complained that the apartment wasn't clean enough. She knows we will be staying longer than the original month, and I'm sure she's made this up as an excuse to get more money out of us when the time comes. A hotel is looking pretty good right now. We're looking forward to our trip to Simferopol (Yalta to be exact) Simferopol is the capital in that region. The break will be nice when all the paperwork is completed.
I would be putting Bison tags on the fire extinguishers if there were any. I have only seen three at the orphanage (It houses 80 kids) and forget suppression systems. I'm now looking for volunteers for the Bison Ukraine branch!
If you don't get the teeth and tongue thing I won't ask you what Rice Krispies are made from.
TTFN
R&C
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While in Simferopol check out any history spots where the Battle of Crimea was waged (1941-42). That was one of the few places the Germans deployed their 800mm (yup, eight hundred) railway gun. Bring me back an empty shell casing if you can find one :)
Dear Reads,
It sounds like you are continuing to make good progress in the process. We hope that your girl (Lisa) will be feeling much better! Speaking of the Simpsons, several 7-11s have been converted into Quik-E-Marts even selling products such as "squishies" (spelling?) and donuts covered with pink icing and sprinkles. Things in Winnipeg are pretty much the same. Milt Stegall of Blue Bombers fame has not broken his touch down record yet and the mosquitoes are still biting. The weather has been pretty warm with cool evenings. It went down to +8C the other night (brrr)! We had a couple of bad thunderstorms in The Whiteshell a few weeks ago, there was quit a bit of damage with fallen tress.
Take care,
The Reimers
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