I couldn't sleep last night at all - the time change did a number on me! I woke about about 4:30 and then fell back asleep around 6 and slept until 9. Someone (i won't mention names) woke up and was showered at ready to go at 5 am! She was in a separate room and didn't have a watch or clock and heard people getting around but it was people getting in at 2 - not getting up for the day! It was another warm day here - quite the contrast from last time I was here in February. We got ready and went out for breakfast and walked around Kaluga for quite a while. We headed to the orphanage around 1 and guess what? Someone is walking!
She was pretty hesitant to come to me but then she warmed up pretty quickly. We got to play for about an hour and a half. I definitely found out today that someone is VERY stubborn! The only place we didn't want her to go was out the door and guess where she tried to go the entire time? Nevermind the ball pit or the many, many other toys to play with - we wanted to go right for the door everytime!
We got to go back for a second visit later this evening. It was still very warm and she was getting a little fussy because she was getting sweaty from the layers of clothes and because we were doing a lot of playing!
She has quite a bit more hair now and my family will be happy to know that the faux-hawk is gone! She has got some curls in the back too. She's also got a few more teeth than last time.
Tomorrow we're off for another visit and to do some sightseeing around Kaluga. Paka!
6 years ago
HI, Amy! So glad you got such a nice long visit with her!! just a thought -- was it potty time? Our son kept doing the SAME thing on both of our visits in the late morning -- and we found out that it was b/c he really needed to potty -- while he was only 17months, they were time trained -- the only reason we found out was b/c on the 2nd day i said "lets' follow him" b/c he was getting really upset and frustrated with us -- and boom. he went right to his door. we took him in, and his caregiver told us it was potty time. all the other kids had been on the pots a good 15 minutes... anyway, may be she is stubborn and wanted to investigate, but may be potty... we asked our translators why they didn't tell us, then they said they didn't want to interrupt our time with him... just a thought!
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Amy
Oh wow!! She's walking?? That's exciting - just not for the trip home... :) Can't wait to see her curls!!
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