The Trip- Day Six

Sunday
     Well, there isn't much new information to share when you go to the same place everyday. The children were all tired today as well as their parents. Megol, the assistant to the director, apparently came in on her day off to allow us to visit the children.
     Two new things did happen today. First, we put Grace in the Kapoochi (Snuggli) today. It is the front carrier for babies. I fixed it so she could face out and she really liked it. She would just sit in it and watch everyone else play. I had thought that she would scream bloody murder because it would be too restraining to her. Mom is wrong- again.
    The second thing that happened is that we heard Grace laugh. I had her in the Kapoochi and Megol brought another one of the babies over. Megol took the other babies' foot and "kicked" Grace's feet. She just laughed. Everyone in the room just stopped and listened. It was so sweet to hear her laugh. Megol is so good with the children and she has been so nice to all of us although we have a major language gap. Sign language is what we use!
    Rich Miller brought his laptop again today. Today he just played music on it. Grace loved it. She just looked at the laptop and was very content to stand there and listen to it. She doesn't seem to have a favorite toy, she just wants the one either one of the others is playing with.
     As far as we know, court is still scheduled for Wednesday. We are suppose to meet with Gulbanu, the lawyer, on Monday or Tuesday to go over court procedures and questions. Please pray that things will go quickly on Wednesday and we can pick up the kids Wednesday afternoon. We are all ready to have them with us full-time. Although I am nervous about knowing what Grace wants and needs. We haven't been able to figure out what kids of schedule they are on right now, so all of us are worried about that.
     For the past two days we have seen groups of little ones, maybe 2 years old, outside walking at the babyhouse. They have on identical snowsuits and are all bundled up. When they saw us in the window, several of them stared saying, "Mama, Mama." It was so heart breaking that two year olds know that Americans come to be Mama's and Daddy's to children and those children get to leave. I blew kisses at them and they did it back. It makes me wish I was rich and could take them all home with me.
      We have figured out some of the "Kazak" ways. Driving is an adventure. Forget staying in your lane. It is a two-lane road and when we get to a stop light, there are at least four cars side by side waiting for the light to change. I think that this is as close to being in a NASCAR race as I'm going to get.
      Our apartment does have a washer. It is a front loading washer and one of the cycles is literally 3 hours long. We don't have a dryer, so we hang our clothes to dry. My jeans are soooo stiff. We usually take our towels and place them on the radiators. The air is so dry, so putting the towels on the radiators gives us a little humidity. Never in my life did I think I'd miss humidity.
    Well, that's about all for today. Only two more days until court. We are ready for Grace. Oh, "I don't do babies" Aunt Mary has started talking to each one of the kids. They smile at her and even crawl towards her.It cracks me up. I never thought I'd see that either.