Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Smiles and Tears





Today begin with a short walk. We stopped to sit on a bench and entertain ourselves by watching people get pulled over. Here, cops stand along side of the road and pull people over randomly. Hey, it beats America’s Funniest Home Videos!
We began the visit with taking Wyatt outside. We now have shed the sweatshirt layer. He is still loving the Snugli. After about 45 minutes we headed to the music room where we did the same stuff as usual…a little of the Leapfrog toy, a little of the books, a little of the keys, and of course the banging on anything we can find. We also played with a stuffed horse, which eventually went into the mouth. Our translator decided he is a true Kazakh man because of his taste in horse. Our coordinator came in late in the visit and it stressed Wyatt out! He is not used to men (only Jason). When our coordinator first came in, Wyatt just stared him down….couldn’t keep his eyes off of him. But once he got close and tried to tickle him, Wyatt wasn’t having it. Immediate tears. We had to include this picture! On a very positive note, as we were leaving the baby house, we saw a new mother walking out of the head doctor’s office. She had just found her baby. After looking at him briefly we realized this was the first child shown to us. We are so happy that he has found his family, as we would have wondered about him forever.
After the baby house we went to the Astana Market for lunch. We had a sampling of foods…burrito of random items, pilaf, chicken, salad, dumplings and topped it all off with some ice cream. The only downside of the whole experience was the absence of forks and napkins. From there we went on another walk (yes, our lives are sooooo exciting) and then back to the Mary Tyler Moore Show. We have now finished those DVD’s as well.
The night concluded with a trip to meet Jenn and Pete out for some cappuccino and then off to Shymkent for some beers. They are leaving Saturday night for home. We’ll be having our last hurrah at Buharah Friday night. We are so excited for them.

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