11/30/07: Day 9 of our 10 day wait.(The 10 day wait typically starts the day after court, and in most cases it is calendar days. Much depends on the region of course! Then you can pick up the court decree and start working on passports and birth certificates on Day 11. Our Day 11 would be falling on a Sunday, so we would have to wait until Day 12 to get moving on things. For those still waiting to travel, keep in mind that many regions will not process certain paperwork on Mondays either, so that can also cause another day of delays in some cases.)
We arrived at the orphanage at 10:00, but the receptionist was in a meeting. At 10:15 one of the caregivers came down with another child. I asked her if I could get Stasik. She took me upstairs to his room (Room 6). He was playing when we walked in. She called his name. He looked up and saw me and a big smile came over his face. He started towards me, but the caregiver said something and he stopped. I noticed he was wearing a light-weight green sweater and khaki shorts with tights. But apparently the lady was telling him he had to change before going downstairs. And guess what he changed into... yep, the Mickey Sweater and what we had started callin his "George Strait jeans". He got changed and then walked downstairs with me.
When we got downstairs I asked him if I could pick him up, and held my arms down towards him. He held his arms back up at me, so I grabbed him up and carried him to the art room. HE got down and gave Zack a big hug. He sat down and ate his apple with peanut butter, drank his juice, and had a chocolate.
We all played Legos for a while, then his grandmother arrived. We sat and looked at pictures and she gave him juice and a cookie. The receptionist came in and interpreted for a minute as we assured the grandmother that we will always take good care of him and love him and protect him. She asked if we would send pictures to her once a year. She kneeled to tell him good-bye and hug him, and at that all three of us (babushka, Zack, and I) began to cry. We excused ourselves so she could say good-bye in private. A few minutes later she opened the door and we went back in. We hugged and thanked each other, and she said good-bye and left.
We played a while longer, and then it was time for us to go. His grandmother had left a bag of chocolates and a bag of cookies. He ate one more on his way back and I told him we'd save the rest for later. We walked back to the receptionist but she wasn't around. So I walked him back to his groupa for the last time. While I did that, Zack went outside and filmed the exterior of the orphanage.
Misha took us back to the apartment. We had lunch and read for a while. We watched 24 and went to get some groceries. We got back and watched some more episodes of 24, then watched Invincible. After that we played cards and watched the Office. It was Friday night - we just had to get through the weekend and we'd finally have our boy!
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