Paka Paka Jenn and Peter

Sorry no post yesterday. We had a great visit. Wyatt has discovered his tongue and Michelle and he spent some quality time sticking their tongues out at each other. One of his wonderful caregivers had a funny story for us. Wyatt apparently has learned to pull himself up to a standing position, as he did for the first time yesterday in his playing crib. The caregiver said he was standing up and realized he had no clue how to get down. So he just stood there and screamed until somebody helped him! She said it was so funny. It definitely had us cracking up. After the visit, we came home and got ready to go to dinner with Jenn and Peter. The court granted their adoption and they are now Jack’s official parents, so we went out to celebrate. We had an outstanding meal at Buhara. The meal started with bread and salads…Jason’s salad consisted of fried mushrooms, mayo, chicken and cucumbers and Michelle’s was carrots, kidney beans, apples and lemon. After that, came two huge dishes of lamb, potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage and carrots. One dish was fried and one dish was baked. It was the best meal we’ve had here. Not to mention the Georgian wine. Yum. After that, we just came home and crashed. Thank you so much to Peter and Jenn for the wonderful meal and for the time we have shared the past 4 weeks. They are leaving tonight for home and we will definitely miss them. We wish them safe travels and hope to meet up again, as families of 3, in Almaty in a few short (fingers crossed) weeks.
Today, neither the playroom nor the music room were available, so we were in the conference room. Wyatt was a little on the cranky side today. Not bad, just tired.
So we played a little and then just held him and walked around. The yawning began early today so that explained it all. We will not see him again until Tuesday after court, as tomorrow is Sunday and Monday is a holiday. So, if all goes as planned, the next time we see him we will officially be his parents. We cannot wait.
After seeing Wyatt, we headed to the Eurasian Mall to pick up some gifts. We found what we needed and headed to a fast food café in the mall. Jason had a grilled chicken sandwhich (Very McDonalds like) and fries, Michelle had a different type of chicken sandwhich (more of a roll). It was okay, nothing fantastic, but hey, fast food is fast food, and we were in a hurry because our driver (actually Jenn and Peter’s, our coordinators are wouldn’t start this morning) needed to be back at the baby house to get Jenn and Peter.
We are now off to Astana Market to pick up some groceries and will call it a night. The weather is cold and rainy, so it makes for a perfect movie night in.