September 11, 2011
Carys has done remarkably well. I have been so impressed with how she has handled everything. (We are not able to pick up Chandler until after the 10-day waiting periodL)
I got just a little nervous with her first feeding here as I thought she was going to refuse to eat. I had food on a spoon (she has never eaten anything solid…only soup like) and she refused to open her mouth. I then tried giving her juice through a Sippy cup and she kept turning her head. Eventually, I took the top off of the cup and she started gulping. And then eating! Yay! And she has not stopped yet. We are still working on the Sippy cup thing. She has not got the concept of sucking through the top down just yet. I bet her older brothers can teach her pretty quickly!
Her usual routine is sleeping 11-12 hours at night and taking a 2 hour morning nap. As I am typing this, she is actually napping now (at 3 pm) but she had developed a cough since we have had her and I think it is wearing her out. She eats GREAT! Just about anything I offer her although she does not want cold juice. I believe she is use to everything being room temperature. She gets so excited when I put her bib on her but never complains about being hungry or wanting more. Although, I don’t think I have given her an opportunity to be hungry!!! She is so TINY I am trying to feed her every chance I get. I could almost cry when I see her whole body…..she is skin and bones! But we are hopefully changing that!!!
September 8, 2011
Today was Court day. I had mixed emotions about court for several days before. I was excited that the day was closing in but also very nervous for the actual process. (going before a Russian judge that could grill you for as long as they like….all through a translator!)
Thankfully, court was as painless as possible and God was with us! Two social workers spoke on our behalf and stated that we seemed to love the children and they loved us. Our petition was granted after only ONE hour! Russians have a mandatory 10-day waiting period before the paperwork is signed and the children officially become ours.
After court we were able to go pick up Carys from her orphanage. We dressed her in our clothes and after a few goodbyes’ from her caretakers we were on our way! The car ride back to our hotel was about 30-45 minutes. Carys did remarkably well for about 20 minutes. She just let a few little whimpers out at first…you could tell she was trying to be so brave! Then, poor thing, she got sick EVERYWHERE! Chad happened to be holding her (in his suit from court) and ended up covered. At least we had her and were on the way to the hotel!
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