Please join us on our journey to bring home our son, William Andrew Graham.

William Andrew Graham was born on August 8, 2006. His name given at birth was Ivan Vladimirovich Bychkov. He was born at 29 weeks in a local hospital in Novokuznetsk, Russia. His mother abandoned him at the hospital and has not been heard from since. At birth he weighed a little over 2 pounds and was 43 cm long. He came to the orphanage in Novokuznetsk in October of 2006. To our knowledge, he is a healthy 2 year old with some mild psycho-speech delays. We now begin our journey to bring home our son who will be known as Drew.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Update Day 17

Hi guys! Thanks for all of the posts and comments on our blog! We had another boring day today. Tim got up early because he had heartburn issues and a stomach ache. So, we found a pharmacy today and found him some medicine. The only thing we recognized was Gaviscon, so we got that. He is totally fine now. It is sunny and about 75 degrees here. We have watched 3 movies today, yes we are bored out of our minds!! We are taking orders for Russian vodka, if anyone would like any please let us know now! (ha,ha) (not really) We only have two more days until we get Drew. We have to go to the Department of Vital Records to get his birth certificate and to the police office to apply for his passport on Monday morning. We will leave for the orphanage about 2 pm, so it will be a long day. We probably won't get back with him until about 9 or 10 pm. We will have one full day with him before we fly back to Moscow. Please pray for our flight back to Moscow and back to Atlanta!! Love you guys

Tim and Laura

1 comment:

  1. You are doing so great to have been there for soooo long. John told me that I would have lost my mind if we would have been there for that long. Seriously, for the plane ride, did you bring any benadryl or cough syrup that will make him sleepy? If you did you may want to use it before you go on a plane to make sure he doesn't have an opposite reaction. We gave Cooper some for the long plane ride to atlanta and it worked great. I know you are super excited about Monday. Don't forget extra clothes and a bag in case he gets sick. Thanks for the posts!! And try not to drink to much vodka, I am sure I would have been a drunkered by this point. 17 days in Kemerovo has to be one of the hardest things to do! Good Luck!

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