Our First Visit, Again

(Posted from an email sent to family & friends)

Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: Update

Alas, I had a wonderful night of sleep last night when jet lag finally caught up to me yesterday. On our last trip, jetlag really wasn’t a factor until after we got home. At any rate, it was nice to have a good night’s sleep.

We got to visit the boys twice yesterday. Grandma and Grandpa got to go with on both visits, so that was an added bonus.









Of course, Sergei began to cry when handed over to us and it didn’t take long for Roman to follow. What one does, the other is soon to follow. They truly are twins. It only took a few moments in our arms though before settling down.

Just as quickly as the visit began, it ended because it was their lunchtime. Prior to leaving, we got to go upstairs to watch them eat lunch for a bit though. The visit was short but sweet! We headed back to the hotel afterwards. You sort of just go with the flow here.

We had a great full two hour visit in the afternoon though and the boys showed the same bundle of energy that was on display during our first trip. They kept us busy playing with them the whole time. It was so wonderful that my mom and dad had a chance to see them happy and playing with everyone. We had a lot of fun! Other than the fact that they keep the orphanage at about 90 degrees, everything went great.

We have court on Thursday and now our nerves are beginning to surface. We are beginning to close this chapter of our lives as the next chapter only begins. We can’t wait!

We have to have some more paperwork notarized this morning but get to visit the boys again this afternoon. Hopefully we can take them outside today and play. They might have to bundle them into two snowsuits though because it’s only going to be 45 degrees out!

Pat & Jess