Wednesday, October 25, 2006
We had our Day 2 visit with LG today at 11:00. It was a nice visit. LG was waiting on the balcony of her building looking for us and when she saw us, she smiled and ran to her room, where we were supposed to meet her. She had skipped the concert today so she could spend more time with us.
I think Kate wanted to take her off the premises and have her come to our hotel to visit, but we have to bring our own clothes for LG to change into. We remembered all too well how our daughter Megan's adoption was, when we brought all kinds of clothes from home and they were all too big. We thought then that we would buy clothes for LG in Kazakhstan once we got here and knew her size. Well, we obviously didn't have clothes for her, so we had to have our visit at the orphanage.
We played with her Anna doll that speaks both English and Russian. She seemed to love that doll and spent a good 30 minutes making it talk. We then played with the Barbie magnet doll set and watched LG punch out the different outfits for the barbies and then dress and re-dress them. She did a lot of talking, so we were glad the tranlstor was there to tell us what she was saying. LG got brave a couple of times and repeated some of the things the Anna doll said in English. She will have an accent at first, but I think she'll pick up English pretty fast.
When we were through with our visit, we walked back to her room that she shares with another girl that is older (maybe 14 years old, we're not sure). We took measurements of her feet, pant leg, and waist for clothes. She gave us both a hug and a kiss goodbye. By this time there were a lot of kids in her building and they were all poking thier heads in and saying "hello," and any other English they happened to know.
Afterwards, we went and bought some clothes. Sadly, there aren't a lot of kids clothing stores around here. Here you can see me with a pair of pants and some shoes that we bought. I'm afraid that most of what we bought will not see the light of day once we get to the United States.
I think Kate wanted to take her off the premises and have her come to our hotel to visit, but we have to bring our own clothes for LG to change into. We remembered all too well how our daughter Megan's adoption was, when we brought all kinds of clothes from home and they were all too big. We thought then that we would buy clothes for LG in Kazakhstan once we got here and knew her size. Well, we obviously didn't have clothes for her, so we had to have our visit at the orphanage.
We played with her Anna doll that speaks both English and Russian. She seemed to love that doll and spent a good 30 minutes making it talk. We then played with the Barbie magnet doll set and watched LG punch out the different outfits for the barbies and then dress and re-dress them. She did a lot of talking, so we were glad the tranlstor was there to tell us what she was saying. LG got brave a couple of times and repeated some of the things the Anna doll said in English. She will have an accent at first, but I think she'll pick up English pretty fast.
When we were through with our visit, we walked back to her room that she shares with another girl that is older (maybe 14 years old, we're not sure). We took measurements of her feet, pant leg, and waist for clothes. She gave us both a hug and a kiss goodbye. By this time there were a lot of kids in her building and they were all poking thier heads in and saying "hello," and any other English they happened to know.
Afterwards, we went and bought some clothes. Sadly, there aren't a lot of kids clothing stores around here. Here you can see me with a pair of pants and some shoes that we bought. I'm afraid that most of what we bought will not see the light of day once we get to the United States.
# posted by Buck and Jo Ann @ 3:02 AM 
