November 27, 2009
The last day was bitter sweet for us. I was ready to get home and let the girls start their new life but being in Moscow with all the kids with no activities was so special. The girls did great on the flight home and when we got to New York they became U.S.A citizens. We flew to Michigan and missed our flights. I was so mad I said that Delta would have to pay for hotels. We had tried to reroute in New York but Delta told us we had to go to Michigan. It was Deltas fault we missed . When I said once again they would pay they called security.I could not believe when a police officer on his little riding scooter came to protect the Delta psycos from me the mother of 5. I started saying I drive a suburban this is crazy. I told them I had just traveled across the world with 5 kids. I had been through a two year emotional adoption. The Delta psycos said"We have all had a bad day". AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! The police officer was nice and helped us find a hotel room (3 rooms). Delta is not the company they use to be. We will never fly Delta again. We went to a nice hotel and fell asleep !edit
Friday, November 27, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Last Day In Moscow
November 20, 2009
When we woke Thursday morning I could not believe this was our last day in Moscow. We were going to take our Christmas card picture today so we got the kids all dressed in matching outfits. We ate at the buffet and headed out to Red Square. It started to rain so we decided before snapping the shot we would tour Lenin's tomb. We hired a guide that let us go to the front of the line. We could not take our stroller or camera into the building. They had a place that you could check in your belongings. We did this and then went with our guide. He explained everything and I mean everything. He was a talker. I was loving him until he told me I reminded him of Hillary Clinton. What??????? He was very smart and LOVED his country. I heard him talk to some of the guards and tell them that Kati and Elle were Russian.Kati and Elle will have dual citizenship until they are 18 and can decide themselves.The russians take this seriously. This is why the Bono look alike guy from yesterday was at the Russian embassy registering the girls during our jaunt to Red Square.If we move or have any changes the russian consulate will be notified.
After our tour we took our christmas picture. The sun had come out and it was about 65 degrees. The girls were bundeled up so we had to strip off their snowsuits and hurry up because the russian women will tell you to cover up babies. We had one woman who screamed the babies are cold.We had done the Russia thing of making our girls SWEAT for a week but for our Christmas card we went for it!!! We had a photographer in Red Square take the picture . We only had to wait 10 minuntes and it was done. While we waited a group of Japanese flight attendants came over and wanted to take a picture with all of the kids, They were so funny!! The boys thought this was so hilarious.After the shot we ate pizza took one more trip to the bargain market . Gray was obsessed with the wooden puppets . We ended up buying a puppet for Gray,russian uniform for Sid and a gas mask for Andy. The girls got pretty knit hats and puppets .We then walked back to the hotel to rest and pack. We decided to order room service and hit the sack early. I was not wanting to go to bed because I knew the next day would mean flying across the world with 5 kids!!!!!!!!
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November 20, 2009
When we woke Thursday morning I could not believe this was our last day in Moscow. We were going to take our Christmas card picture today so we got the kids all dressed in matching outfits. We ate at the buffet and headed out to Red Square. It started to rain so we decided before snapping the shot we would tour Lenin's tomb. We hired a guide that let us go to the front of the line. We could not take our stroller or camera into the building. They had a place that you could check in your belongings. We did this and then went with our guide. He explained everything and I mean everything. He was a talker. I was loving him until he told me I reminded him of Hillary Clinton. What??????? He was very smart and LOVED his country. I heard him talk to some of the guards and tell them that Kati and Elle were Russian.Kati and Elle will have dual citizenship until they are 18 and can decide themselves.The russians take this seriously. This is why the Bono look alike guy from yesterday was at the Russian embassy registering the girls during our jaunt to Red Square.If we move or have any changes the russian consulate will be notified.
After our tour we took our christmas picture. The sun had come out and it was about 65 degrees. The girls were bundeled up so we had to strip off their snowsuits and hurry up because the russian women will tell you to cover up babies. We had one woman who screamed the babies are cold.We had done the Russia thing of making our girls SWEAT for a week but for our Christmas card we went for it!!! We had a photographer in Red Square take the picture . We only had to wait 10 minuntes and it was done. While we waited a group of Japanese flight attendants came over and wanted to take a picture with all of the kids, They were so funny!! The boys thought this was so hilarious.After the shot we ate pizza took one more trip to the bargain market . Gray was obsessed with the wooden puppets . We ended up buying a puppet for Gray,russian uniform for Sid and a gas mask for Andy. The girls got pretty knit hats and puppets .We then walked back to the hotel to rest and pack. We decided to order room service and hit the sack early. I was not wanting to go to bed because I knew the next day would mean flying across the world with 5 kids!!!!!!!!
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Zoo
Tuesday we woke up and went to the buffet. The agency lady came by the hotel and we signed our paperwork for the embassy. The agency would drop off the paperwork at the embassy so our job that day was done. We decided to go to the Moscow ZOO. We had to get two cars to take all of us. The Zoo was amazing there were all kinds of carnival rides. All of the kids LOVED it. You were able to get up close to the animals. It was so different than a zoo here. It was alot more fun. We ate cotton candy and popcorn. The kids enjoyed riding the train. The car ride home was the only time I thought I would lose it. I was with Amy and her husband Ken,Gray and the girls.The kids all decided to start crying at the top of their lungs on the LONG LONG ride home. The driver was irritated and I could not understand why they were crying. The driver took the wrong turn and we got to spend another 30 minuntes in the car.By the time we got back to the hotel Scott was waiting for us smiling. I wanted to kill him.The stress of the trip got to me then. We ended up ordering room service that night and going to bed early. The next day was a whole new day.
First Full Day in Moscow
The next day in Moscow was a free one because the embassy was closed.The only adoption job today was to have the girls examined by a U.S. embassy approved physician.We were told he would come to our hotel room arond 5-6 a.m!!!!! What???? The Dr. was super nice and informed us the girls looked great and the best news was Kati did not have a cleft palate. The orphanage had told us she had a cleft lip and palate so only having a cleft lip was a cake walk!!!!! She will have surgery December 14. After the Dr.s visit we went back to sleep. When we woke up we got the kids dressed in their cute matching clothes !!! Today was The day we would take our Christmas card picture. We walked down to the beloved buffet looking good!!! People were smiling and saying how cute our children were. I was thinking I got this 5 kid thing down when Kati vomited all over me and her million dollar dress!! I felt sorry for her and took her back to the room . She ended up feeling better and we went to Red Square and the market by it. The kids were excited because we ate lunch at Mcdonalds. The food tasted even better than our Mcdonalds here. We toured St. Basils and had such a great time. Moscow really seems like a magical place. The russian people were so nice and helpful. After a full day shopping touring and laughing we ended it by eating pizza at a cafe by Red Square. When we got back to the hotel we got a message that our agency would be by in the morning for us to fill out embassy paperwork. We all slept great
November 13, 2008
I talked to the adoption agency and they said to send the passports and visa application in. I asked if this meant we could be getting a referal and they said they did not know but to send the visa in!!!! Last time when they said that we were on a plane to Russia 3 weeks later.We will get medical records so this will probably be coming soon. I feel kind of numb and it seems so unreal!We feel like we are in a sense living in limbo right now and we are just ready to get our little girl home and live a normal life.
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Just talked to Sydie and am so excited. She said she'd keep me posted and I'll relay the news here. Love you both - Keep the Faith!! G
Posted by: Ginger on November 19, 2008 at 10:24 A.M.
What's the latest? I am dying to know what's going on. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was amazing. Things are finally moving on the adoption front--looks like we will be reviewing special needs files by April and then our social worker said, hold on because everything will go FAST after that!!!!!!
Posted by: Elizabeth Wood on November 28, 2008 at 01:24 P.M.
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Just talked to Sydie and am so excited. She said she'd keep me posted and I'll relay the news here. Love you both - Keep the Faith!! G
Posted by: Ginger on November 19, 2008 at 10:24 A.M.
What's the latest? I am dying to know what's going on. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was amazing. Things are finally moving on the adoption front--looks like we will be reviewing special needs files by April and then our social worker said, hold on because everything will go FAST after that!!!!!!
Posted by: Elizabeth Wood on November 28, 2008 at 01:24 P.M.
October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008
Last week seems so unreal now. We are feeling like we definitely made the right decision. The Dr. that examined the baby even emailed me this letter.They do not have hippa in Russia!!!!!!I know the right family will adopt this baby.
Dear Lynn and Scott!
It was very nice to meet such nice and kind people as you. I heard from S------- you decided to come back after some time. This is a wise decision and I hope, that time you will meet a nice little girl. You have a proverb-ì If change happens, it is for the betterî (something like that)- and it is the case. As for me, I am happy, that you didnít take the blind decision to adopt O------, who, definitely, makes a good impression now, but it is only now.. Her diagnosis, obviously, must be taken into consideration for the future. If she is adopted by a different family- and I hope she will be adopted- she, herself, will definitely benefit from it as far as adoption improves some negative features of FAS. But the family will pay a very high price for this adoption in the future.
At the moment, I am preparing for a next course of lectures for adopting parents. If some photos of ------a remained in your camera, please, send them to me. There are very few real photos of classical FAS even in the Web. I want to inform parents about the syndrome to help them to make informed decisions about adoption.
If you donít want me do demonstrate the photos or you deleted them from the camera- I will certainly understand and accept this.
Sincerely yours
Dr Oleg Togoyev
Last week seems so unreal now. We are feeling like we definitely made the right decision. The Dr. that examined the baby even emailed me this letter.They do not have hippa in Russia!!!!!!I know the right family will adopt this baby.
Dear Lynn and Scott!
It was very nice to meet such nice and kind people as you. I heard from S------- you decided to come back after some time. This is a wise decision and I hope, that time you will meet a nice little girl. You have a proverb-ì If change happens, it is for the betterî (something like that)- and it is the case. As for me, I am happy, that you didnít take the blind decision to adopt O------, who, definitely, makes a good impression now, but it is only now.. Her diagnosis, obviously, must be taken into consideration for the future. If she is adopted by a different family- and I hope she will be adopted- she, herself, will definitely benefit from it as far as adoption improves some negative features of FAS. But the family will pay a very high price for this adoption in the future.
At the moment, I am preparing for a next course of lectures for adopting parents. If some photos of ------a remained in your camera, please, send them to me. There are very few real photos of classical FAS even in the Web. I want to inform parents about the syndrome to help them to make informed decisions about adoption.
If you donít want me do demonstrate the photos or you deleted them from the camera- I will certainly understand and accept this.
Sincerely yours
Dr Oleg Togoyev
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