Day 2 in Russia

So we crashed at 8:30 Thursday night. We need to get up in order to leave at 7:30 am, and there are no alarm clocks here(?) so we asked for another wake up call. We were both sort of worried in the event that they didn't call us, so between that and going to bed early we both sort of didn't sleep well in the 6:00 am range.  We ended up not getting the wake up call, so it was a good thing that we couldn't sleep. we will definitely bring a clock next time. We got ready quickly since we had the same clothes to wear, ha ha, and headed out. It was a slightly different drive because we saw some of the drive closer in that we slept through the other night. 

We got there and headed on in, then had to wait a few minutes. We went into the play room and waited, but not too long until they brought in Baby Boy. We were happy to see him again, of course, and we started playing with him again. We started in the more open area with couches and open floor to play on, but then they brought in a few kids. We then moved to the far end of the room as they were bringing in some more kids for a weekly 'fun time' that they have with the kids. They were about 3 years old and were singing and playing games. It got kind of loud and was busy, so Baby Boy was looking down there to see what was going on. It was still fun and enjoyable, but he seemed a little tired at times. One cute time, he had 2 small balls and one rolled away from him. He went to reach for it, stretched out fully, and just stopped and set his head down on the mat. It was cute and funny. A little later on as our time was nearing it's end there, Heather was holding him and he put his head on her shoulder and fell asleep. Even with the music and piano playing in the room, he felt comfortable enough in her arms to fall asleep and stay asleep. It was great but then after about 20 minutes of this it was time for him to go back with the caretaker. It was somewhat abrupt but it was probably good. No time to think about us leaving and getting sad, so we left and drove back to the hotel. Still interesting to see the views and all, but we were thinking about him.

We left the orphanage and had one last thing to sign before going back to the hotel. We had to go to a notary and sign a document saying we were going forward with things so that took a little time. We got back to the hotel around 2:00, and our coordinator pointed out a place close to the hotel that had pizza. We just wanted something quick at this point since we were hungry so we headed over there. We ended up with a cheese pizza and 2 Cokes to take back to our room. It was actually very good and after not having much real food the past few days was very good. We then got a call from our coordinator who was using the business center (computers and internet) in the hotel to make up a few documents. She asked us to go down and look them over, a few documents officially requesting things and getting the paperwork going. We then stayed there to send out a few quick emails, then we met a family that was there for trip 2 using our same agency. They were picking up 2 girls and were in the 10 day waiting period. We joined them for dinner at the hotel restaurant later that evening.

We had dinner, some sort of stuffed chicken which was good, then met another family that had just picked up their new son after the 10 day waiting period. We were in a little sitting area on one of the floors talking to them, then I went to get the camera to show them all pictures of our visits. They were looking at them and noticed that Baby Boy was wearing an outfit that their son had worn, then we realized that we had been at the same orphanage (different agency). Wow, that was odd. Kind of neat to talk with both families about our next visit and what to expect for the court appointment.

We then made our way upstairs and got to bed early. We are getting up a little early tomorrow, heading to Moscow to spend the night then home on Sunday (we saved a bunch by staying the extra night).