We got a call from Oksana. She had spoken to the orphanage and they have elected to keep Anastasia another day for observation. She appears well, and if she wakes up tomorrow OK, they say we can get her in the afternoon.
All this is starting to sound a lot like our flight over, preparation, anticipation, then consternation. I guess it is the way of the Russian people. Kind of a hurry up and wait mentality. It is getting hard to sit still in the room and just wait and wait. We have been here now starting on our fourth day and we have only seen Anya for a total of about fifteen minutes before our hearing. Very frustrating. It is killing Cameron. He is so excited to see her and play with her. We got a letter under our door yesterday announcing that one of the adoptive families is sponsoring a party up in the White Rabbit, sort of a gathering/ game room upstairs for the adoptive families to gather and socialize. He had hoped to have her by then to "show her off". He was crushed when we got the news of the further delay and went into the corner and cried.
This will give us yet another day to go out and shop for clothes and such. Weather reports look like there may be a day of freezing rain and ice coming, then a drop to bitter cold temperatures yet again. We hope to get as our driver Dimitri, since he is jolly and has at least a small grasp of English.
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Wow! Anya is so blessed to have you! Some day soon she'll be asking you to tell her the story of when you brought her home...I promise you will all laugh then. As I tell my own children "a few bumps in the road are simply memories in the making." I'll update the kids at SMS for they ask me daily. Give Cameron a big hug from me.
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I'm sure the waiting must be hard for all of you, but it will all be worth the wait when you finally have her with you. Do you get to keep her with you at the hotel or do you have to return her to the orphanage each day?
ReplyDeleteCameron is so grown up....I can't imagine taking Braxton on a trip and running into all these problems. He is a real champ. I am very proud of him and I know his baby sister will be proud of him too.
ReplyDeleteBraxton just gave Anya a kiss on my computer screen. Looking forward to better days for you. Love you much!