We ate breakfast with Michelle, who is adopting a little girl from Baby home #20 also. She had court this morning and was nervous. So we talked about the children and things we had heard or read.
We were then off again at 8:40am to see Sam at the baby home. The baby home is located in a residential neighborhood in the Southeastern part of Moscow, surrounded by many high rise apartment buildings. Its about a 30 minute drive (when there isn't a lot of traffic, which is hardly the case). The neighborhood seems in pretty good condition. There is a park we pass where yesterday all the mothers where out with their babies. They seem to spend a lot of money on carriages for their children, so I don't know if that means that neighborhood is wealthier. It's hard to tell, because the buildings are old and made of concrete and not very distinct.
Upon arrival at the baby home we went up to Sam's room and peaked in the door. Sam was in the care giver's arms and started to cry. The caregiver came out into the hallway where she passed him off to Josh. He fussed a little and then was fine. We gave him a biter biscuit which he happily took and started chewing on. It looks like he is cutting two molars as he has been chewing on the pop beads or anything he can fit in his mouth. We sat on the sofa and held him a lot today. We played with the pop beads and he again tried to pull and push them apart and together. He kept making these funny faces like he was up to something or perplexed about something. Every so often we get a smile out of him. He pointed to the mirror, to the bears in the hallway, to the window and outside. When mommy brought out the Cheerios, he pointed when he wanted more. We tried to get him to drink out of a sippy cup but he had trouble. We ended up having to take out the anti-drip valve as he couldn't suck hard enough to get the liquid out of the spout. He kept looking at the water inside the cup trying to figure out how to get to it. A couple of times he licked the cup which made us laugh.
He seems to be trusting us more everyday. Today when he was eating the Cheerios he even fed Daddy a few. He did look surprised when Daddy actually ate them out of his hands. He then started to tease Daddy, by putting them toward Daddy's mouth, and then taking them back and eating them himself. After a couple hours of play, we took him back to his room, and he quickly went to the caregivers arms, but still (with some coaxing) gave Daddy a wave good-bye.
We were then off again at 8:40am to see Sam at the baby home. The baby home is located in a residential neighborhood in the Southeastern part of Moscow, surrounded by many high rise apartment buildings. Its about a 30 minute drive (when there isn't a lot of traffic, which is hardly the case). The neighborhood seems in pretty good condition. There is a park we pass where yesterday all the mothers where out with their babies. They seem to spend a lot of money on carriages for their children, so I don't know if that means that neighborhood is wealthier. It's hard to tell, because the buildings are old and made of concrete and not very distinct.
Upon arrival at the baby home we went up to Sam's room and peaked in the door. Sam was in the care giver's arms and started to cry. The caregiver came out into the hallway where she passed him off to Josh. He fussed a little and then was fine. We gave him a biter biscuit which he happily took and started chewing on. It looks like he is cutting two molars as he has been chewing on the pop beads or anything he can fit in his mouth. We sat on the sofa and held him a lot today. We played with the pop beads and he again tried to pull and push them apart and together. He kept making these funny faces like he was up to something or perplexed about something. Every so often we get a smile out of him. He pointed to the mirror, to the bears in the hallway, to the window and outside. When mommy brought out the Cheerios, he pointed when he wanted more. We tried to get him to drink out of a sippy cup but he had trouble. We ended up having to take out the anti-drip valve as he couldn't suck hard enough to get the liquid out of the spout. He kept looking at the water inside the cup trying to figure out how to get to it. A couple of times he licked the cup which made us laugh.
He seems to be trusting us more everyday. Today when he was eating the Cheerios he even fed Daddy a few. He did look surprised when Daddy actually ate them out of his hands. He then started to tease Daddy, by putting them toward Daddy's mouth, and then taking them back and eating them himself. After a couple hours of play, we took him back to his room, and he quickly went to the caregivers arms, but still (with some coaxing) gave Daddy a wave good-bye.
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