Thursday, March 19, 2009

Wait Day - 9 : Almost There

Tick Tock Tick Tock!! Time is drawing near...

Today it was off to the stores. Sergei arrived around 1pm and Andrew and Lisa came along as well. Two birds, one stone! We went to the baby store first and picked up the necessities like diapers, wipes, baby yogurt etc. I also bought some great soft blocks that instead of english are in cyrillic. Very cool. Sergei pointed out what we thought was a shape sorting tub - one of T's favorites at the orphange - but it turned out just to be generic legos. I also got some tub toys to help ease her transition into water. If you are counting that's 3 toys - and I got tsk tsked about spoiling her!! Sheesh!

Then we went to the grocery store to stock up. More tsk tsking - this time over Coke (even Light!) and Pringles. A girl cannot live on borscht alone! I was told to get "baby juice" as opposed to big kids juice for T. And I was even tsked for buying wheat bread and not a darker bread - like a rye etc. I can't imagine rye and peanut butter. YUCK.

Tomorrow is the BIG day. Sergei is arriving at 9am (7pm Michigan time) and it's off to the courthouse to pick up the judges decree. Then we are off to get her new birth certificate and run a bunch of errands including dropping off the decree at the social workers office. FINALLY, it's off to the baby home to get T!! More tomorrow night -- including PICTURES!! I promise...

15 comments:

Jennifer said...

See how easy it is to spoil your children. Boy they are rough on you huh. Well not long now and you won't have to worry. Only a few hours more. I hope everything goes smoothly for you on Friday. Hopefully she does not get too stressed out on her ride to the hotel. We are so excited for you!!

Have a wonderfull day tomorrow with your daughter.

Love Jennifer

Anonymous said...

Oh, I can't wait until tomorrow's post!!! I hope everything goes well. What a lucky little girl! Good luck and I'm looking forward to the pictures and update.
Love, Suz

Jeanette said...

I'm so excited for you! Can't wait to see your daughter and read about your first day together as a family. Good luck!

Anonymous said...

Amy, I'm so excited for you.
Can't wait to see the pictures.
Your shopping spree sounded like fun, your spoiling days have only just begun. Good luck tomorrow.
Love Mary

Glen Scotia said...

Can't wait to meet her!

Nancy said...

I can't wait!!!

Becky and Keith said...

ooo..ooo..ooo!!! Can't wait for pictures day!!! :-) I know you are so excited. Remember to get a good, good night sleep tonight and pamper yourself! :-)

Heather said...

Peanut butter and rye??? I am with you on that. Yuck! I am so excited for tomorrow's post. Just a thought, as you walk by the Bee Grupa's door can you just snag one additional little 'item' before you head out? Just kidding of course! We are all excited for you Amy!

Roger and Joanne said...

OMG!....Even closer!...So happy for you!

But, did you ever find the pre-made pull apart cookies to bake? Cookies are my absolute favorite and I would hope that store has em'

I'll be waiting on pins and needles for your next post! Thanks for all the posts, details, and pics up until this point.

Joy said...

Oh I can not wait to see a picture! And stop spoiling her (Just kidding). This coming from some one who is going to spoil her little girl too.
Joy

Sara said...

I'm overjoyed for you!! Words can express how happy I am for you and your beautiful daughter!!!

HAVE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE!!

Sherrie said...

I can't wait to hear all about it! I'm so thrilled for you and little T!

Lindsay said...

Tsk Tsk - only 3 toys :)


So happy for you both that your day is almost here.

Prayers for you all for a smooth transition to becoming mommy and daughter.

Congratulations.

Anonymous said...

Congrats Amy, I'm happy for ya! (And just an FYI.....PB&J is GREAT on rye....)

Tiger & Kar said...

Okay, I'm blog stalking waiting for the big announcement!!!! I hope today went wonderfully and that little T is settling in comfortably. Congratulations!