We made it home safe and sound, thank goodness!! Boy, is that ever a LONG trip! When we woke up at 6:30 on Saturday to begin our journey home, it was actually 8:30 Friday night at home, we got into Phoenix just after 8:00 on Saturday, that makes almost 24 hours of straight traveling. Too bad we were not able to sleep on the plane, oh well. I think I am doing pretty well, Daryle is having a harder time adjusting. Hopefully he will get better over the next day or two.
Travis is getting excited to be a "big brother", after all, he did turn 6 today! Sometimes I am not sure what is going on in his little brain, but then he does or says something that lets me know he really is excited about all of the commotion. His world is about to be turned upsidedown! That little Connor is as sweet as can be, we can't wait to get back over there and bring him home. He has the softest, roundest little head and the most beautiful blue eyes. (Actually, they are the exact same color as mine!) We have two more trips to make. One trip is for court, the next trip is to bring him home. Since in Moscow the children have to be at least 12 months old to be adopted, we can't have court until he turns one. His birthday is in June, so we will not have court before that date. Then we will wait out the 10+ days until we can go get him and bring him home forever! It was hard to leave him, but we were comforted knowing that he is in a good place with people who really seem to care. The one caregiver we did meet was a very smiley person and seemed to genuinely care about the babies. The orphanage was very bright, clean and has a lot of toys. He even gets "music" lessons!! He loves music, he will rock back and forth to it and then stop when the music stops. I asked if the children heard music and was told about the music lessons. I was impressed with some of the things they do there, so much different from our past experience. You can tell by the way Connor acts that they really do try to give them some good experiences. Although I am sure he has some developmental delays, I really don't think there is much. We will keep our fingers crossed that he continues to do well in our absence. He is going to fit in well with our family!!
Of course, life went on around here while we were gone. Travis and Grandpa did a good job around here, there was a lot going on! Travis started playing t-ball, and Grandpa even got to take Travis to the doctor because he got hit in the eye from a ball on the playground at school!! I guess it was some type of rubber ball. The white of his eye has a big red spot and now he has eye drops. I guess we are pretty lucky that it wasn't worse! Grandpa handled it all like a pro!! It was so nice to come home to a tidy house and all of Travis' laundry was done too! Of course, Grammy and Grandpa kept in close touch too all week, they had a pretty good system worked out. Thank goodness for grandparents!!!!! We love you guys! We have never left Travis for so long, it was nice being able to leave knowing he was in very good hands!
I am exhausted! I can't post any pictures of Connor, I am so sorry, but it is one of the rules we must follow. As soon as we go to court and bring him home you can bet I will have tons to put on here. Later in the week I will try to post some pictures of Moscow. We had such a wonderful experience, many memories for sure!
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