We Have Arrived...

But I must admit that we are not fully put together yet.

We arrived in Moscow late Monday afternoon and were taken directly to the American Medical Center where our blood was drawn in preparation for the following days medical examination. After that, we were driven to our hotel where we cleaned up and then slept off and on for the night.

On Tuesday morning, German, our WACAP representative in Moscow, took us on a tour of the area surrounding Red Square. Here are some of the pictures we took:

Kremlin


This is the bell tower entrance to the Kremlin. Red square is filled with the chiming of the bells every quarter hour, and it is really beautiful. However, I was slightly disturbed by the fact that we were standing directly over the spot where many people were executed during Ivan the Terrible's reign. I would like to go home now.


A Big Red Building. Due to the fact that what I really wanted to do at this point in the tour was crawl in bed and sleep, I was not concentrating on the name of this beautiful building. But it is very big and very red, so there.


St. Basil's Cathedral


After our tour, we were taken to the American Medical Center to complete our medical checks, where we saw 8 different specialists over a period of 5 hours, most of that time being spent in the waiting room. After all the checks were completed, we waited for another 90 minutes for all of our paperwork to be processed. We finally left at 8:30 pm. Our flight out of Moscow left at 11:55pm, so we made a quick stop at our hotel to pick up our bags, and then drove to the airport to catch a red-eye flight to Novosibirsk.

We arrived in Novosibirsk this morning at 7:00am. After resting for a few hours, we were picked up by our WACAP representative who took us to the baby home to see L. This made the whole trip worth it! We had a lot of fun playing with her, and were quite surprised that she wanted us to hold her for the majority of our visit.

Tomorrow will be a busy day, as we will be visiting with her twice, and between those times, we will be preparing for our court hearing that will take place on Friday.

That's about all I know for know. Please continue to pray that our 10-day wait period is waived. As for me, I am going to bed!

Anna