I have to start out by saying I am not a city girl. Most of you know that I was brought up in the country. Living in a city that never sleeps is not much fun. I think I have slept one full night here. I am getting really use to not sleeping. I guess that is a good thing soon enough baby Larrick will be keeping me up. We also have an upstairs neighbor that is either working on the remodeling or I have no idea what else but normally he starts about 9am and goes to 5pm. Then sometimes he starts back up at 6:30 till 8:30 or 9pm. It sounds so much like a dentist office when they are drilling.
Now to the better subject, baby Larrick, we got to see him for 2 hours today. He is trying to crawl and sit up. Still has some problems with both but this is only really our first day of working with him. We got there right after they fed him which was not the best thing he was spitting up the whole time we were there. I forgot to say that he has 6 teeth already and I think he is teething right now. We brought a teething toy and he really likes it and always has it in his mouth. Hey Heather your blanket you made for baby Larrick is getting broken in. We brought it with us to let him play on it while we are with him. Baby Larrick has learned how to make a noise just like Drew makes at him, when he is trying to get his attention, it is so funny. Drew got to feed him today that was a treat he kept lunging forward to the food the only problem we had was Drew was holding the food down low so Baby Larrick was looking down and lunging for the food once Drew picked it up it was a lot easier to feed him.
We found out today that our bonding period started yesterday so we are on day 2 of the 14. We also found out that tomorrow is a holiday they thought the orphanage would be closed but we lucked out and can go there is another holiday on May 9th we are not sure if we will be able to go then or not. We also can’t see him on Sundays the orphanage is closed. I guess we understand but we would really love to see him as much as possible right now. So he gets to know who we are.
Okay one more thing about living in the city I can not stand traffic. And with the way the locals drive around here. The road is marked for 2 lanes each way but they just make lanes where ever they want one and they just lay on the car horn like it is just natural to make noise at some thing in there way. Well on our way home today we were stuck in a really long traffic jam with people just pushing there way in and out of lanes in the pouring down rain. So much fun.
We have now had 3 blackouts and we are only on our 4th full day. We got home and had no power. The stairs to the apartment are mostly in the dark except for a couple of lights anyway. Once on our floor we enter a hallway that has one light and no windows. I am so glad some one said that blackouts are very common in Kaz. I had a flash light in my bag.
Oh mom, guess I should have grabbed those throw away burp rags. I could have used them today. Not easy to clean him up with a small package of Kleenexes.
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Gunnar used to spit up all the time too. Once I had custody I learned to have him just sit for about 10 min helped ALOT. Glad the visit went well. I know what you mean about the traffic, it was hard for me the first time around in Kaz because I'm a country girl too. You will get used to it & on your 2nd trip you won't even think about it that much. :) Do you guys live on or close to Dostek? There is a huge "baby store" right on Dostek that might have burp rags or something you can use for them. If you go to the back of the store by the shelves they have the afforable items there. :) Or you can go to the Green Market.
Congrats! sorry I have been out of the loop for a little while. Olga is wonderful. She knows how to get things done in Karakastek. I am not familiar with your translator. We had Zarema.
The traffic was always the worst by the bus depot. I wonder if they have the pedestrian bridge completed yet?
So glad to hear things are going well with your baby. Almaty is one noisy city...........you will get used to it, when we came home to Toronto which is a huge city, even it seemed quiet compared to the honks of horns in Almaty. ;-)
Oh yeah, the traffic drivers you crazy, as does the noise but I promise you will "get used to it" soon enough.
Kristine! I'm glad to hear everything is going well and that you are surviving your new surroundings. How exciting this must be, I can feel the excitement coming through your email. Have you changed a nasty diaper yet? No fun no matter how many kids you have! Trust me! Are you allowed to post a picture of Steven, we all would love to see him. Take care and can't wait to hear more. Marisa said to tell you hello and she can't believe you are so far away! Monica
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