Update Day 17

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you guys one thing! They called me earlier this week and told me that Anna Paige WON the modeling contest!! I checked my cell phone messages this morning and she had left a message on Tuesday. So, I was super excited to heart that. It really made my day!! Love you guys again
Laura and Tim

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

Update Day 16

I really don't know how many days we have been here now! I think it is 16. We have a had a another boring day. It is really pretty here today, it's about 65 degrees and sunny. We have walked around the city most of the afternoon. They have tons of parks for kids here with kiddie rides and vendors. We found one that Drew will like, it is beside the River Tom, which is more like an ocean. We shopped for a while because we have to buy gifts again for all of the workers at the orphanage to take on Monday. We bought scarves and hair clips, which they love over here. We found a store and bought me some new perfume and Tim some new cologne. All of the brand names are much cheaper over here. I don't now why because all of their clothes are about 3 times more expensive. We did have the best meal since we have been here. It is a japanese/sushi bar in town. Tim had some really good sushi and I had teriyaki chicken. It was actually real WHITE meat. The rice was really good too. So, that is about all the excitement one can take for a day!! Stay tuned, I'm sure tomorrow will be unbelievable!! Love you guys

Laura and Tim

Update Day 15

Hey guys! We just got back to our room from seeing Drew! It went really good today. It still took him a while to loosen up, he is a very shy reserved little guy. It will be a big change for him when he gets back to the U.S. We brought him a sucker and he had no idea what it was, he never could grasp the concept that you are supposed to lick it! He kept trying to take the whole sucker off of the stick. So needless to say, Tim ate the sucker. He loved the books we brought him and the matchbox cars. Tim brought him a ball and played with him for a while. He is still very scared of Timothy. He will easily come and sit in my lap, but not Tim's yet. He said Mama after we bribed him with a piece of candy. Tim decided to give him a cough drop! Big mistake!! He swallowed the entire cough drop! I could not believe that he didn't choke! After that, he kept farting so I asked him if he had to go pee, which is Pisit' in Russian. He nodded yes to me. So, I proceeded to take him to the bathroom but it was too late. So, we will still have some potty training issues when we get home. He loves it when we take his shoes off and play with his feet. Today, he had on girls tights in neon green with size 5 shoes which were so tight on his feet. Timothy couldn't even get them back on him. We got to spend about 2 hours with him. We talked with the doctor at the orphange and she says he is ok but he is very wild, always hitting or running into things. Well, I guess well have to wait to see that. We will go Monday afternoon to pick him up for good! By the way, our cell phone is not working. It is around 7 45 pm here. So, if someone would please let my mom and Donna know that would be great! Love you guys.
Tim and Laura

Update Day 14

Not a whole lot to update today! We went to the grocery store to buy some more bread, other than that we haven't done a whole lot of anything. We are getting a little crazy over here! We get to see Drew tomorrow, we leave at around 8 am and it takes all day. We bought him some matchbox cars and a ball to take him tomorrow. We can't leave it with him because the other kids will take it. We will get about 1 1/2 hours with him. Pray that he warms up to us a little better tomorrow. I hope when he sees us again that he will remember us and be a little more laid back. We will be able to pick him up for good on Monday. We will leave for Moscow on Wednesday morning and be there for a week. Thank all of you for the emails and blog comments. Only 2 weeks to go!!
Love
Laura and Tim

Update Day 13

Well, we have almost been here for 2 weeks! Only 1 week left in Kemerovo and then 1 week in Moscow. It will be better in Moscow because they have things like KFC and McDonald's. It is kind of like Atlanta except everybody speaks Russian!! Tim's underwear has just finished drying. Some kids on the street asked why we had kites flying out our windows. But then we explained those were Tim's underwear and his ass is just really big!! We haven't done anything today but watch a couple of movies and play cards. We will get to see Drew on Thursday and then on Monday we will get to pick him up for good. Say a prayer that he won't get carsick on the 3 hour drive back to the hotel. He has never been in a car before and probably never seen one. He is still really scared of Tim and I, so pray that he warms up to us quickly. We love all of you!!

Tim and Laura

Update Day 12

Boring Day! We tried to sleep late because it was raining outside. Then we went to exhange our American money for rubels (russian money). We had to pay our hotel for the remaining days. Then we walked to the grocery store. In the grocery store we overheard someone talking English. We immediately ran around the corner and followed them up to the register. Turns out, they are over here for an adoption also. It was 2 couples from Toronto, Canada. They have already adopted from here before, but there orphange is different than ours. We are going to try to meet with them sometime this week if we see them again. Tim and I have hit a low point. We washed our clothes in the bathtub today!!! So now Tim's underwear is hanging in the window of our hotel for all of these Russian ladies to see!! We will know tomorrow when we get to see Drew again. Please keep emailing and commenting on our blog, we love to hear all of those comments! Love you guys
Tim and Laura