The Mother Ship--The Firehouse

Zach found the mother ship!

Today we shopped until we dropped (literally, we just got up from a nap). We got Alex clothes for when he will be escorted to Almaty later in the month, and little Kazak goodies for the boys. It was hysterical watching us try to estimate his current size, when nothing he wears ever has a tag on it. Dad pantomimed to the clerk, and we found most of what we needed.
Finding traditional Kazak items is not as easy now as it was when we were here for Zach. We have done a lot of searching and we definitely walked a few miles today looking for just the right thing. The stores we went to today we have been at before so I'm sure they loved seeing us again, knowing that we would be spending more money.
Before we did all that however, we found the local firehouse and Zach was in love. The trucks are at least 50 years old and the equipment was just as out of date. Their ladder truck was a tow truck with a ladder welded on. Boy you guys in Waterford are lucky to have the equipment that you do. Have a great day, and have a nice hot pizza and wings on us!

Just Awesome!!

Laundry Day

Zach;s Favorite Truck

Double Trouble

Dad's 1st Time Feeding Me

It's laundry day!

Yesterday the cleaning lady washed all of our sheets, and Don washed every towel. In theory that sounds good, but now we have all it hanging off of the drying rack as well as every door (and we have a lot of them). They did not dry as quickly as we had hoped, so we had some pretty small towels this morning to dry off with. I love my husbandJ
Everyone had great visit with Alex today, and got some pictures of him with his caregivers. Don also fed Alex for the first time and for a man who loves to give me advice, he was pretty slow himself. Alex crawled everywhere today, and when he got tired he got on his back and waved his legs like a beached turtle. He had shoes on for the first time, and they lasted for all of 10 minutes before Alex got them off of his little tootsies. Have a great day, and have some mini hot dogs on us!

Zach and Anatoli

Hots dogs and pierogies

Here we are! We really, where else would we be:) We had a great visit with Alex today. He laughed for about 5 minutes when I changed him. He is such a happy baby, and rarely cries at all. When Alex does whine he now comes to us to pick up, so he definitely is bonding with us. We go to court next Wednesday at 9 am so say a little prayer that things go smoothly for us. We did send Don out at dinner time for a roast chicken, and he can back with hot dogs and pierogies. How it got lost in the tanslation (oh that's right there was not translation) I'll never know. Zach enjoyed some time ouside today with Pops jump roping, and we are now enjoying our last Friday night in Karaganda. Have a great day, and have a pice of cake on us!