Just a week left - or possibly less? :)
Today was weird. Andrei is definately showing other emotions other than goofy giggly melt down. He woke up kind of crabby, but we managed. I woke up kind of crabby too, but took an extra long shower (aka only time and place that mommy has to pray) and caught up on my devotions so I felt better after that.
Then we needed to go to the grocery store, and he was acting wonky, so I asked him if he wanted to take a nap or go along to the sotre. He said store, so I handed him his socks - fine - and then his boots. He flipped. He started yelling at both Brent and I. I told him he needed to calm down and take a nap. He just kept yelling at us in Russian - we had no idea what set him off or what he wanted. We couldn't even get a word in edgewise. So we brought him into the second bedroom and put him in bed. He proceeded to tell us off for almost a half hour. Brent and I just sat there, stunned. All I could understand was something about the orphanage, and how he didn't want to go to America and didn't love us. We just kept telling him we loved him over and over. It's all we knew what to say. We told him we were mama and papa and no more orphanage. He just kept yelling back. After a while he was just sitting there scowling so we asked him if he wanted to go back and watch TV. He said yes, so we got up and he ran ahead of us, did a summersault, said good morning, gave us both hugs and kisses and told us he did in fact love us. Then he got up and started cleaning the apartment.
Weird.
The rest of the day was a breeze. We even took him inside the book store and he picked out the wallet and a lego toy without melting down. Later he was saying - mama and papa love Andrei - which he's never said before, so maybe he was just feeling unsure, and we've passed anther milestone.
He still has a hard time with dinner and bedtime, which I don't really get- it's not like he doesn't know what to expect, but whatever - we'll get through.
So, big news here - I was going to say that a week from right now we'll be on a plane, but it might be sooner!
Marina sent our paperwork overnight so we're going to the Embassy tomorrow morning. We were not expecting that until later in the week. Then we will go back for our interview on Thursday, and if all goes well, we can come home two days after that -so maybe Saturday instead of next Tuesday. Even if it's one day early - I'll take it!!
Oh yeah - also the Saturday flight only has a 2.5 hour layover instead of a 6 hour layover, so I really hope we can take it.
Then we needed to go to the grocery store, and he was acting wonky, so I asked him if he wanted to take a nap or go along to the sotre. He said store, so I handed him his socks - fine - and then his boots. He flipped. He started yelling at both Brent and I. I told him he needed to calm down and take a nap. He just kept yelling at us in Russian - we had no idea what set him off or what he wanted. We couldn't even get a word in edgewise. So we brought him into the second bedroom and put him in bed. He proceeded to tell us off for almost a half hour. Brent and I just sat there, stunned. All I could understand was something about the orphanage, and how he didn't want to go to America and didn't love us. We just kept telling him we loved him over and over. It's all we knew what to say. We told him we were mama and papa and no more orphanage. He just kept yelling back. After a while he was just sitting there scowling so we asked him if he wanted to go back and watch TV. He said yes, so we got up and he ran ahead of us, did a summersault, said good morning, gave us both hugs and kisses and told us he did in fact love us. Then he got up and started cleaning the apartment.
Weird.
The rest of the day was a breeze. We even took him inside the book store and he picked out the wallet and a lego toy without melting down. Later he was saying - mama and papa love Andrei - which he's never said before, so maybe he was just feeling unsure, and we've passed anther milestone.
He still has a hard time with dinner and bedtime, which I don't really get- it's not like he doesn't know what to expect, but whatever - we'll get through.
So, big news here - I was going to say that a week from right now we'll be on a plane, but it might be sooner!
Marina sent our paperwork overnight so we're going to the Embassy tomorrow morning. We were not expecting that until later in the week. Then we will go back for our interview on Thursday, and if all goes well, we can come home two days after that -so maybe Saturday instead of next Tuesday. Even if it's one day early - I'll take it!!
Oh yeah - also the Saturday flight only has a 2.5 hour layover instead of a 6 hour layover, so I really hope we can take it.
posted by Tracy at 1:37 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home