Day 5

We finally got to see the boys today. We had a great visit with them. We got to the orphanage and met with the doctor first. She gave us a few updates then told us that the boys have been asking when mama and papa are coming back. That made us so sad that it took so long but it also thrilled us. When we walked into the room, they were there waiting. For the first few minutes they were very leary of us again. D let me pick him up but was pretty guarded with me. He warmed up to Benji much better than me. N took just a bit and was just as sweet and affectionate as last time. He gave many hugs and let me kiss him.

D is a very inquisitive little boy. He likes to figure things out and he likes to do things for himself. He is speaking very good Russian and he repeats English words after us very well. We left them with picture books last trip and they still had them (along with the bears we left them). We pointed to pics in the books and told them who everyone was and he repeated everyone's names very well. I have no concerns on his language and how he will adjust to speaking English. He is very sweet and very patient with his "braht" (Russian for brother....and yes he refers to him as "braht" rather than by name...it is really cute.) If N steals a toy, D just let's him have it even though you can tell it annoys him:) He is a very beautiful little boy and smiled much more today than last trip. We showed him pics that we had developed from last trip and he loved looking at them.

N is very affectionate and attached to me very well. I got a lot of hugs today and he stayed in my lap a lot. He is easy to make laugh yet he is most definatley a stubborn little fella. When it comes time to leave us he cried and they had to get D to come take his "braht" by hand to get him to go. N's head has been shaved and very unevenly at that. It looks terrible but he is still such a cutie.

We go to court in the morning. We are so ready to be done with court. We are just praying that tomorrow we become their official parents!!!

I wish we could post pictures but until the court decree goes into effect (10 days after court), we are not allowed to post pictures. All we did today was go see the boys and prep for court so I don't have any cool and interesting pics to post so for now I leave you with our dinner last night. I managed to make a teryaki chicken and rice. It wasn't half bad. We are headed to a different market in just a bit to see what we can figure out for dinner tonight. Hopefully my next post will be as parents of D & M:):)