Prepareing for our second appointment

Yesterday Alla came by our apartment to take us to get a new sims card for the cell phone since it hasn’t been working the last day and a half as well as to prepare us for our second appointment today. It was nice to spend the afternoon just hanging out with Alla having fun walking around town and she was enjoying playing and talking with Andrew. She was happy to see that Andrew is eating meats, fruits and vegetables and that he wanted to eat from the Ukrainian food place rather than McDonalds. Every time he put his fork down she would pick it up and pick up some pork from his dish and feed him. He has been eating real good since we’ve been here, which I’m very happy about. I was a bit worried that he would have an issue with the food being a bit different and all. But he is doing well with that. It seem like every time we turn around he wants to eat again. Maybe it’s from all of the exercise.

When we got back to the apartment yesterday, Alla sat us down to talk with us and prepare us for our second appointment. She then shared with us some pictures of many of the children that she has helped to adopt. She showed us pictures after picture and as she shared them with us, Andrew perked up and recognized a picture of himself (the picture of him on the blog holding the Ukrainian flag). Alla asked him,”Who is this?” Andrew laughed as he replied,”That’s me! How did you get a picture of me?” So I explained to him again how Alla helped us adopt him so we could be a family.

After Alla left yesterday we spent the evening after Andrew was in bed preparing for our appointment. We went through different medical conditions and researched on the internet to learn more about each medical condition that we were willing to accept, so we could ask pertinent more in depth questions to the orphanage director or orphanage doctor so we could make a decision as to whether to visit the child or not. So we didn’t have time to update they blog last night. Sorry.