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Dear Friends and Family,

We have decided to start a blog to keep you informed and also to help us remember the wonderful journey we are on. As of today we are set to take our first trip to Moscow, Russia on February 23rd. We accepted the referral of a two year old girl and have no other information about her.
We need your prayers and your support means everything to us!
Love Brad and Maureen

Monday, May 12, 2008

Day 2 of Trip 3: Welcome to Parenthood

Today went very quickly. We went to register our Visas and file for Karina's passport. We stop to pickup food for dinner, a cake for the care givers and some flowers. By 12:30 we were at the baby house and they changed Karina and took a picture with her caregiver and off we were. She was awesome in the car ride "home". We got home and we were starving. We had some graduates chicken and rice, but she wasn't too crazy about it. So lunch ended up to being yogurt and bread with butter. In the middle of lunch the phone rang and it was the apartment office saying that someone was coming to work on the apartment and bring us our crib. When the guy came to work on the apartment making a crap load of noise, but no crib. After the worker left it was time for Karina's nap, but still no crib and she wasn't going down without a fight. I guess she never been on a real bed before and thought it was a trampoline. It took us all a while to stop laughing and settle down for a nap. I really didn't want to nap but I guess I had no choice. I woke up before Karina and Maureen did and the crib was still not here so I called the office. A half an hour after that the crib was here.

After nap time we decide to take a little walk and have playtime before dinner. Dinner was easier than lunch she finished off a whole bowl of Graduates spaghetti and meatballs. After we finished dinner we had some playtime then bath time. The poor little girl didn't stop shaking, so I think we set a world record for bath times. Bedtime wasn't that easy either I think it took us about an hour and a half for her to fall asleep. I know what you are all saying "Welcome to parenthood." Well, thank you...we're glad for parenthood to finally be here.

3 comments:

Jeanne said...

Congratulations Mommy and Daddy! You have been in my thoughts all day.

Joy said...

I am sure you loved every minute of it. Congratulations!!
Joy

Michael said...

from bj,
It will be so much easier once you get home. I'm so excited to see her and you guys...show pictures. I know Maureen has got to be super tired, so be sure to sleep when it hits and that might be a great time to snuggle too!!! Stay well, enjoy your time there and take lots of pictures!!!