Administrative trivia
Aigerim's medical documentation arrived translated today and (of course, nervous mother) matched exactly what Dr. Olga and translator Olga had explained to us on day 2: this is one "active" vigilent "positive" mood girl with "good appetite" and "has interest to toys" Oh doesn't she!
The Air Astana office revised our tickets per our travel agent's reservations in about five minutes - we leave Karaganda KGF for Almaty ALA tomorrow morning.
The Lufthansa tickets must be reprinted at a Lufthansa desk, which we will not reach until Almaty tomorrow. Then we can check if seats have opened up on the next morning (Sunday) flight, otherwise we will reticket for our reservation on Monday morning flight and have an unexpected exploration of a new city for an extra day.
It has been strange to leave Malutka. I can't imagine how it will be for Aigerim. We traded some new baby clothes for her famous purple jumper today, to bring it with us to her new home and keep for when she wants to remember her baby days.
The other new families are our families too in a very special way. Very few people get to watch the miracle of a child and an adult turning into a family, and it happens here in such a relatively short time.
Aigerim, clever bug, knows something is up. Mitch was out sick for both visits yesterday and I was sad that it was my last "regular" day at Malutka with her. She bawled each of the two times I left (though informants say she found something else promptly...)
Clever little one is also strong little one. She stood up in her crib yesterday. This morning, after court, we went right to the Baby House, to visit Aigerim and have a little party with the doctor and the director. It was very very nice. When it was time to return Aigerim, the dear caretakers took her from me and tried to engage her since she was starting to cry. No tears. We've never seen tears yet. Just unhappiness. But Mom was about in tears :)
I didn't dare look back inside, for fear of setting her off again. Mitch looked. He came back grinning: she's in the playpen, watching another baby, and standing up.
That's my girl. Now we reset the timer to 15 days and watch yet another countdown.
What an amazing blessing.
The Air Astana office revised our tickets per our travel agent's reservations in about five minutes - we leave Karaganda KGF for Almaty ALA tomorrow morning.
The Lufthansa tickets must be reprinted at a Lufthansa desk, which we will not reach until Almaty tomorrow. Then we can check if seats have opened up on the next morning (Sunday) flight, otherwise we will reticket for our reservation on Monday morning flight and have an unexpected exploration of a new city for an extra day.
It has been strange to leave Malutka. I can't imagine how it will be for Aigerim. We traded some new baby clothes for her famous purple jumper today, to bring it with us to her new home and keep for when she wants to remember her baby days.
The other new families are our families too in a very special way. Very few people get to watch the miracle of a child and an adult turning into a family, and it happens here in such a relatively short time.
Aigerim, clever bug, knows something is up. Mitch was out sick for both visits yesterday and I was sad that it was my last "regular" day at Malutka with her. She bawled each of the two times I left (though informants say she found something else promptly...)
Clever little one is also strong little one. She stood up in her crib yesterday. This morning, after court, we went right to the Baby House, to visit Aigerim and have a little party with the doctor and the director. It was very very nice. When it was time to return Aigerim, the dear caretakers took her from me and tried to engage her since she was starting to cry. No tears. We've never seen tears yet. Just unhappiness. But Mom was about in tears :)
I didn't dare look back inside, for fear of setting her off again. Mitch looked. He came back grinning: she's in the playpen, watching another baby, and standing up.
That's my girl. Now we reset the timer to 15 days and watch yet another countdown.
What an amazing blessing.
posted by Bobi @ 1:13 AM
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