Happy Monday!

Happy Monday! It truly is a happy day because all of us slept better last night. A good night's sleep does a world of difference. Alex didn’t have as much congestion, so his breathing was quieter with less coughing. Otherwise we’re all pretty healthy.

Yesterday afternoon we talked with the two German families that are leaving Tuesday with their newly adopted children. We all gathered in the second floor lounge as the kids played together. Alex, however, stuck pretty close to us, until towards the end he plopped right into one of the other mom's laps! I guess we have some work to do in the attachment area. He calls me by the name of one of the caregivers in the orphanage. It's going to take some time, which we knew it would.

Matt wanted me to share how Alex seems so grown up. He blows his own nose and washes himself in the bathtub, and he also get dressed and undressed by himself. He takes medicine and chews bitter pills without complaining. He doesn’t cry when he gets hurt. I guess all of these things can be common of children living in orphanages. Perhaps some of them are his personality though.

We got the unfortunate news today that we won't be leaving Astrakhan until Saturday (instead of Friday). It seems the airline has changed their flight schedules and we aren't able to get Alex's passport picked up in time to make it on the Friday flight. So we will get picked up on Saturday at 9AM for our flight to Moscow.

We got to go for a short walk before dinner time, since it wasn't as windy today. Alex was so engrossed in seeing the different cars and trucks, and also the dogs and cats. His big brown eyes were taking everything in. He didn't want to come back to the hotel. He sure is a bundle of energy and goofyness in our hotel room. I think Tyler and Alex will have fun being goofy together.