Monday, Nov. 22 - Update!

We went to the BH again this morning. When we arrived at the door of their group, the caregiver saw us and immediately called their names. They came RUNNING... saying, "Mama - Papa!" The caregiver then told them that they had to go potty first. They go straight down a hallway and into a room that we can see straight ahead. All the little kids have their own potty (or there are several they share). Faith and Grace get their little pottys and scoot back where they can still see us while going. :) They have done this before.. I just forgot to mention it. They are sitting on their little pottys and GRINNING at us.. waving and blowing kisses! It's so precious... they can hardly go fast enough to DASH back down the hallway into our arms for hugs and kisses!! It's such a PRECIOUS time! The caregiver asked Symbat to ask us if we liked them while we were grinning like idiots and blowing kisses back at them while they were pottying... LOL!! We laugh and tell her.. YEAH, I'd say so! WE LOVE THEM! The caregiver smiles huge and says that they have been waiting on us for a LONG time (their mama and papa)! She said they are so different just since we've been visiting them... and everyday they are more obedient and they are SO much happier. She said it's so obvious that they are SO happy! :) After I was able to swallow the HUGE lump in my throat and answer... we told her we were SO thrilled to finally make it to them as well.. and that we've been waiting a long time to get to them too!! :)
In a flurry of hugs and kisses and telling the caregivers bye... we head to the PE room to play.
I just have to share.. before you see the pictures.. that I talked Phil into buying them babydolls and strollers! Yeah, I know... kind of big to take to the BH, but they fold up and went in our bag rather nicely! I've looked for about 2 weeks for cheap kids strollers... and found 2 matching ones at the outside market for $4.00 each! Couldn't pass them up... we also found some softer babies with bottles.. and they were cheaper as well! Phil wasn't so sure they'd like the strollers... Oh my goodness... you should have seen their faces. They played with the babies and strollers the entire 2 hours!!! :) It was so cute... We loved on those babies.. fed them and sang to them!!! :)

We had just given them the strollers and babies here... look at her face!!!! :) Symbat told them that we have LOTS of babies and toys at our house at home... and Bay and Brook are waiting on them to play!! :) They just smiled and said DAH! (yes)!

It was SO hard to stand still and take pictures... these babies REALLY wanted to ride in their strollers.. ;) Faith smiling....

Grace smiling... (and just a side note.. I love that Phil is grinning in the background... ;) the joy and love we feel grows EVERYDAY!)

Faith's baby was crying and she was making sure it was ok.. :)

THANK YOU so much Papa for these awesome strollers and babies! (hey..wait a minute.. these were my idea! ;))
Grace was so sweet with her baby. She would stop and love her baby and feed it. She was so gentle and kind and polite with hers! This girl so fools us all the time! Faith appears to be more of a cuddlier... but, you just never know with Grace!! LOVE IT!

We showed the girls how to love on the babies.. cuddle and hug them. They quickly learned and would imitate us amazingly well. I even used the babies bottles and we pretended they (Faith and Grace) were my baby and we rocked... They CRACKED up, but snuggled in! Faith picked up her baby and started singing... ("I love you so much.. I love you so much") That's the song that I've been singing to them everyday.. and cuddling with them. She knew the tune and several lines.. (in English).. it was AMAZING!!

When it was time to leave, Faith threw herself on the floor and started whimpering and saying NO very loudly! It was so sad.. We told them (through Symbat) that before long we'll be able to go home and meet Bay and Brook. Every single day it gets so much harder to leave them there. Phil and I fought back tears when leaving today... It was a good day... we see so much progress EVERYDAY! We can't wait to pick them up from there FOREVER!

We didn't hear anything from the lawyer this afternoon... so we're hoping we'll hear something tomorrow. We are trying to not look at the calendar... and just trust God that his timing is indeed perfect. We will go to court on the exact day he designed.... as well as be home forever on the exact second that is his perfect will!

Thanks for the love and prayers...

oh.. it was -14 degrees here today... Talk about cold! We walked home after lunch... and it is SO cold. The staff tell us that winter is officially here and things will just go downhill from here.. oh fun! LOL!

BTW: I am not a cold weather fan... lol.. isn't it just like the Lord that I'd be here.. experiencing a Russian Winter! I can survive anything.. and honestly, it's the experience of a lifetime! I am so thankful to be here... in God's perfect will!

Thank you Lord for loving me through my imperfections and fits over the last few years.. thank goodness he's merciful, forgiving and understanding! ;)
Have a wonderful Monday!