Four Days Left & Back To Moscow

Well, imagine this. I'm beat. The jetlag has caught up. And, I now am less than 4 days away from hopping back on a plane to get back to Moscow. Awesome!!!! There is a slight change in original plans. Initially, I wanted to run and get the baby out of the orphanage ASAP upon landing. Turns out that if I wait until Tuesday I can avoid quite a bit of paperwork because that's when the 10 days expires. So, we'll just visit until Tuesday, and then I'm told by mid-day Tuesday, he should be with us in the hotel.

I had to do some last minute shopping. While at the orphanage I tried on the clothes I had bought for him thinking he was bigger than anticipated. But, I tried the 12 month size pants on him and they are long. It must be the fact that they have him bundled in 3 layers and that they have him in oversized clothes. I also think he slimmed down a bit since he started walking more.

After that, I've managed to get him all packed: his clothes, shoes, medicines just in case, bottles, toiletries, and very few toys. Only a couple things left, and I'm all done there. Funny, I NEVER have myself packed this early, but I obsess about him.

Great news: the bedding came in. Yay! I'm too tired to take a picture (yet still up because probably on pseudo-Moscow time still), but the room is coming together slowly but surely.

We're looking good...but we still need Grandma Ann's visa to get here. Hopefully, tomorrow is the day.