Wednesday

Had a pretty good visit with Ry today.  We got there just as they were eating breakfast and we joined them again.  The other kids really like having visitors everyday.  The caregiver told us that last night before bed time, Ry showed the whole family his photo album.  He told them about each picture with us, where we were & what we were doing.  Cute stuff.  All the kids were very happy to get a Kinder Egg and each one had to show what surprise they got.  We played outside at the playground for a little while, but we were quickly surrounded by the paparazzi (lots of interested kids from every house).  Ry looked a little uneasy, so we went back inside his house to play.  Once it was time to leave there were tears again, but it wasn't as bad as the last couple of days.  Only a week to go!  Sometimes I think showing him the calendar makes it worse instead of better; we may try no calendar tomorrow and see how that goes...


In more exciting news, the furniture we ordered for Ryland's room was delivered and Grandma (Dustin's mom) was very busy yesterday starting to put the room together!  Thanks so much for waiting for the furniture delivery, Patti!!  Opa & Oma (Cortney's parents) had painted the room right after we left for our second trip to Kaz.  It is amazing how different it looks already!  The pink, green & white are gone!  We want to keep the room VERY simple at first so that its not too much for Ry and we will add in all the fun stuff a little at a time over the summer.


CIS Update - The CIS (Immigration) office needs more detailed info than what our Home Study had.  We need to have a couple changes made and they allowed us to just email them the changes instead of having to mail.  Hopefully we can get that fixed this week!! 


-Cortney & Dustin


P.S. - Tomorrow I am being taken to the Russian Baths for a relaxing (hopefully) afternoon!  I hear they can sauna like it's nobody's business here!  We'll see!!

The beginnings of Ryland's room!  Please note the mini leather chair that matches Papa's chair in the living room!

Main office building @ the new orphanage

Houses in the background with a large courtyard in the center

The house where Ry is staying

Tickle Time

About to go down the slide. There was mud at the very bottom so he wanted us to catch him so he didin't get dirty!

Swing Time

Such a cute boy!

Dustin & Ryland

Cort & Ry

The kids at Ry's house made us this turtle and told us it would bring us long life.  They also gave us this bowl as a gift today.  So sweet!