12/27/2004: "Another day in Khabarovsk"

Today is Tuesday, the 28th of December. It's around 8 am. Yesterday we went to see Lidia. She did not cry, but she was not so sure if she should come with us or not (this time we picked her up in her room rather than them bringing her to us). But she didn't fuss when I took her. She seemed to have fun with us. The room we were in was small, but we made the best of it. Today I will remember to take more toys.

Lidia was much more vocal yesterday. She was actually saying consanants ("buh!"). She took 2 steps twice! Once was totally unexpected and she feel--but she is obviously used to that happening because she didn't even blink an eye. The 2nd time, she got up and got ready, waited for me to put my arms out and then walked right to me! She took 2 or 3 steps, then fell into my arms. We even caught them both on video by chance! It was quite exciting! I kind of hope she is not truly walking before we leave, otherwise she will be harder to contain on the plane.

Other than that we didn't do much exciting yesterday. We walked to the "medium" market to pick up a few things (diapers to take to the orphanage so they can put her in one when we visit). Then we made dinner at Joe & Leigh's (they have a stove--much easier to cook some things) and Brian & Alicia came down aftwerward and we taught them to play Hand and Foot. (The Bodettes will be proud smile )

Today we will visit Lidia again at the same time (Lena will pick us up at 12:30) then at 4 we will go again to the "big" grocery store. This will be the trip we will need to purchase the things we'll need for next week, the vacation week.

Oh yes, if you haven't noticed there are 3 new pictures from yesterday in the gallery smile