Today on the way to the baby house Mike noticed a new place to eat. It had signs with pizza , hamburgers, fries, it all looked wonderful!!! We talked about eating there the whole time were we playing with Ben. The hope of some good food. We found the place this evening and this was the first place we had been WITHOUT picture menu’s. This provided a new challenge. We ordered two hamburgers and one order of fries. We had had fries at other places and they were not really fries, more like under cooked fries, yuck. In resturants food is brought to the table as it is ready, so you do not get everything at once. We got the fries first and they were perfect! Now we had high hopes for the hamburgers….big mistake. We got the burgers and the first bite is all it took. Sadly we were let down. It was mystery meat burgers again. They were so bad, we could not stomach them and simply finished the fries and left.
We did see Ben today and he was very chatty today! He is now really good at getting on his knees ready to crawl and instead does a little hop, very cute!!! Once again towards the end of our time with him, he fell asleep and is so sweet when he sleeps. He loves to be bounced up and down. We are getting more and more smiles each day.
This weekend we will be finishing up our photo album and journal that we have to show the judge that we have bonded with Ben. If anyone is wondering his Kazakhstan name is Kiarat. We will post pictures from today over the weekend.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Are There Speed Limits
We have written about the driving here in Kazakhstan and how crazy they drive. It takes all we have everyday not to scream in the car. Well on our way back to our appartment yesterday I started wondering if they had speed limits on the road, since I had never seen a sign. As our coordinator is driving down the road section of road and cop walks out onto the road and flags her down. The answer is yes they get speeding tickets in Kazakhstan. We learned that tickets are very expensive , but slipping the cop between $5-$10 will resolve the issue.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
A Hair Cut and Crawling Progress
I forgot to include in my post yesterday that when we arrived at the baby house Ben had gotten a hair cut. It looks really good, but kind of sad I missed it.
Also, he is sitting up great and is trying to crawl, but getting from the sitting position to the crawling position has been had. Then yesterday he finally figured out how to move his leg out from under him to crawl! We were so excited for him.
As we walked home from dinner last night , I could swear I smelled Ball Park hot dogs being grilled out. It smelled so good. Mike says he did not smell it , and I am just really hungery and imagining things.
We had another great visit with Ben today and again about 3:30 pm he was very sleepy and fell asleep in my arms. We are really going to hate to leave him, but the sooner we leave him the sooner he gets home.
Oh and in case we have not said Ben's full name is
BENJAMIN WILLIAM LITTLE
Also, he is sitting up great and is trying to crawl, but getting from the sitting position to the crawling position has been had. Then yesterday he finally figured out how to move his leg out from under him to crawl! We were so excited for him.
As we walked home from dinner last night , I could swear I smelled Ball Park hot dogs being grilled out. It smelled so good. Mike says he did not smell it , and I am just really hungery and imagining things.
We had another great visit with Ben today and again about 3:30 pm he was very sleepy and fell asleep in my arms. We are really going to hate to leave him, but the sooner we leave him the sooner he gets home.
Oh and in case we have not said Ben's full name is
BENJAMIN WILLIAM LITTLE
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
We have a Birthday party to plan
I just realized today that we have not told anyone Ben's birthdate. He will be one on April 9th. Time to plan a great first birthday party!!
New Breed of Idoits!
For some reason this morning Mike thought it would be GREAT idea to walk to the market (usually a daily trip) in the 40 mile per hour winds , snowing , COLD!! Stupid me went along with his idea. Once we got outside Mike announced that we were a new breed of idiots! We should have stayed inside. The walk to the market is 4 blocks each way. The return trip to the apartment was walking into the wind. I took a snowflake to the ice, had the wind not been blowing so hard it would not have hurt like it did. Yes, it is still snowing and we walked to our resturant, no one ever said we were smart.
Our visit with Ben today was great. He is getting more and more comfortable with us. Almost an hour and half into our visit he got so tired. Once again he feel asleep in my arms. Since we still had 30 minutes in our bonding session Mike made a bed out of our coats (mine on top grandpa) and we laid him down. He slept for the rest of our bonding session, it was so so sweet. Yes, I have pictures and will try to post them in the next couple of days.
Our coordinator is very busy preparing our documents to present to the court on Tuesday next week, which is when we get our court date assigned. We are hoping to be in court next Thursday.
For lunch today we went to Istabul (another turkish resturant) and we have gotten good at ordering food. This time Mike was asking for the check and somewho ordered hot tea. It took another 15 minutes before she came back and we could ask for the check. Here in Kazakhstan you must ask for the check it is never just left at the table.
Also, only gas station attents pump gas. They have 86, 90 and 96 octane gas and stations are everywhere. Keep in mind Kazakhstan is sitting on a very large oil reserve.
Our visit with Ben today was great. He is getting more and more comfortable with us. Almost an hour and half into our visit he got so tired. Once again he feel asleep in my arms. Since we still had 30 minutes in our bonding session Mike made a bed out of our coats (mine on top grandpa) and we laid him down. He slept for the rest of our bonding session, it was so so sweet. Yes, I have pictures and will try to post them in the next couple of days.
Our coordinator is very busy preparing our documents to present to the court on Tuesday next week, which is when we get our court date assigned. We are hoping to be in court next Thursday.
For lunch today we went to Istabul (another turkish resturant) and we have gotten good at ordering food. This time Mike was asking for the check and somewho ordered hot tea. It took another 15 minutes before she came back and we could ask for the check. Here in Kazakhstan you must ask for the check it is never just left at the table.
Also, only gas station attents pump gas. They have 86, 90 and 96 octane gas and stations are everywhere. Keep in mind Kazakhstan is sitting on a very large oil reserve.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
It's us again
Many of you have asked about Nolan and he is doing great!He has seen the pictures of Ben and seems to be excited about him. Nolan truely wanted a baby in the house.
I forgot to say in my post yesterday that I put Ben to sleep. We had a great play session and you could tell he was getting tired. I held him and got him to sleep. This is a really big deal. The babies in the baby house and simply lay them in the crib to sleep. They are never held and rocked to sleep. He melted my heart.
We had a great time playing again today and towards the end of our time Mike was holding him and tried to give Ben to me. I held Ben he looked at me made a grunt and stuck his bottom lip at me, he wanted his daddy. Mike of course loved this moment.
Here is no suprise it is snowing today! The snow makes it much easier to walk on the ice sidewalks.
I have uploaded more pictures at www.kodakgallery.com/littlefamily
It was sad today as we were leaving the baby house there was an ambulance that pulled up with a police officer and baby. A new baby had come to baby house. Just broke our hearts to see another baby without a family.
I forgot to say in my post yesterday that I put Ben to sleep. We had a great play session and you could tell he was getting tired. I held him and got him to sleep. This is a really big deal. The babies in the baby house and simply lay them in the crib to sleep. They are never held and rocked to sleep. He melted my heart.
We had a great time playing again today and towards the end of our time Mike was holding him and tried to give Ben to me. I held Ben he looked at me made a grunt and stuck his bottom lip at me, he wanted his daddy. Mike of course loved this moment.
Here is no suprise it is snowing today! The snow makes it much easier to walk on the ice sidewalks.
I have uploaded more pictures at www.kodakgallery.com/littlefamily
It was sad today as we were leaving the baby house there was an ambulance that pulled up with a police officer and baby. A new baby had come to baby house. Just broke our hearts to see another baby without a family.
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