Til next time boys.

We visited the boys twice yesterday and today for about two hours each time. We began Tuesday by going to the Adoption Committee to officially receive their referral prior to visiting them. They hardly cried when given to us this time around!

We even got some time to play with them outside each day. Of course, the caregivers bundled them up for a blizzard even though it was in the 60's. They like things really warm over here. They keep it around 80 degrees inside the orphanage!

We really had a great time playing with them each day. We even got to see them eat lunch on Tuesday. They each ate from two bowls. We were told the first bowl was some sort of soup with pieces of bread mixed in. The second bowl was some kind of porage made up of ground meat, carrots and potatoes.

During their lunch, we went and had lunch at some Greek Restaurant. Almost everyone tried the Greek stroganoff. Afterwards we got to visit the boys for a short while in the afternoon. We also got to meet with the neurologist and doctor and learned more about their background and medical histories. We finished the day at Pizzassimo’s Restaurant near our hotel where we had pizza and spaghetti.

Today, we began at the Notary Public’s office at around 10:00am to get 8 more documents notarized. Afterwards we went and visited the boys for a few hours. That went well and they hardly cried except when we first got them dressed to go outside. We have a hard enough time telling the difference between the two but today, the care workers put the exact same clothes on that they wore yesterday, only opposite this time around.

Oksana and Nina brought took us to a Chinese restaurant for lunch. Afterwards, we visited the boys again in the afternoon. We spent the majority of the day stuck in traffic trying to get to the Aeroflot Airline Office so we could pick up our paper tickets for our flight to Moscow tomorrow. When we finally got to the office, the line was too long to wait so we're hoping to get tickets tomorrow at the airport.

During one of our earlier visits, our translator, Oksana, talked to one of the caregivers and got Roman and Sergei's daily schedule. Here it is;

7:00 to 8:00am-----Wake Up
8:30 to 9:00am-----Breakfast
10:00 to 11:30am---Naptime 1
11:30 to 12:00pm---Lunch
12:00 to 2:00pm----Playtime 1
2:00 to 4:00pm-----Naptime 2
4:00 to 6:00pm-----Playtime 2 (Snacks)
6:00 to 6:30pm-----Dinner
8:00 to 8:30pm-----Go to Bed

We'll get a chance to visit the boys tomorrow for the last time this trip. I'm sure we'll be sad leaving the boys here when we head to Moscow and then go home. We'll certainly miss our daily. Having said that, with each passing day, we're that much closer to bringing them home forever!