Sept 11 - a quick catchup...

Sept 11 – Thursday 8:30 pm – Hi everyone – it was a beautiful day here today, sunny and warm. Maybe the cool spell is over?!?

Let’s see where did I leave off? Tuesday afternoon (9th) we ended up just vegging on the couch before going to the babyhouse. We had a great visit, except that the first 30 minutes we had nowhere to go, as another group was having a music lesson in the big room. We’re not allowed to take Angelique outside or anywhere else in the babyhouse, so we played quietly in the hallway until the group was done. Then the rest of the visit was great, lots of running and playing. Wow we’re beat after our visits! We made hotdogs (that’s almost meat, right?) and fries for dinner then again crashed early.

Wednesday we picked up some groceries at the Silk Way City grocery store – trying to think ahead to have meals ready for next week when we have Angelique with us – we’re sooo excited! We don’t want to have to fuss thinking of things to cook, so we’re trying to make sure we have some options ready.
Then we had another good visit – we again had to play in the hall for 30 minutes, but at least this time it wasn’t a surprise. Actually it was Angelique’s group having the music lesson – we asked her (mostly with gestures) if she’d like to join her group or if she’d rather stay with us, and she burrowed deeper into my lap, so I guess she wanted to stay – yay! That was really sweet.

Each day we’ve brought yogurt and crackers, or banana and a cookie and she seems to like it all which is great. OK so we’ve got a good handle on snacks – we’ll see next week how we do with actual meals! The fave toys still seem to be the beachball, the photo album, and we’ve introduced a hand-held mirror which seems to be a hit – too funny! We brought new toys to play with at the apartment, but we don’t want to introduce them yet – save them as a treat to break in the new place!

After our visit Wed we went for dinner with Bernard and Carole in our ‘old neighbourhood’ by the Ramstore. We had hoped to go to Kristina’s where we’d had great meals on trip 1, but it was closed (not sure why). So we went to a Japanese place in the mall, and had a nice meal. Took a cab home, chatted with another Canadian couple for a while then again crashed early.

Today (Thurs) we walked around Silk Way City mall and the Mothercare store (a European chain with all things baby/toddler – clothes, toys, etc), then had a quick visit with Gretchen. She’s given us a stroller that isn’t working for her daughter, and she’s bought another one. We’re not sure yet if Angelique will like the stroller (umbrella style) or not but we’ll give it a whirl. If it turns out she won’t use it then we’ll leave it as a donation to the orphanage.

Late this afternoon we had another visit, and again it was great - we spent the first half hour in another room today, instead of in the hallway - lots of fun! We’re counting down the days until we have custody, hopefully by mid-next-week. Less than a week away! It’s exciting and scary and thrilling and terrifying all at the same time!

Oh the apartment – we’re still here, they’ve asked us to give it a couple more days. If no water by the weekend then we’ll move for sure.

Hope you’re all having a good week! Thanks again for the comments, emails and calls!
Take care-love N&P