Back home in Mocow...

At least it feels like we are back home.  We are staying for the first few days in the same apartment we were in last month, and we confidently walked out and down Arbat Street.  It was much different than the first time when it all felt so new.  We got groceries and made some pasta for dinner.

Well, we have court tomorrow morning at 10:30 in the a.m.  Which is about 2:30 a.m. for everyone in America.  So, hopefully by the time most people wake up we will be done with court.  I understand court takes about 40 minutes to an hour.  There is a prosecutor involved (I think it is quite different than a prosecutor in the U.S.), a social worker from the baby home, the judge, and us.  I have a "speech" prepared that I think and hope will answer the usual questions asked by the judge.  Please keep us in your prayers today as we prepare for quite a big day tomorrow.  

Oh, and we saw Andrew today!  I am calling him Pavel (Paul) right now because that is his Russian name I will use in court tomorrow.  He now has 2 more teeth (top row).  He has grown and is getting stronger.  We certainly have some feeding to catch him up on, though.  We were complete strangers to him again but by the end of our visit, he was really warming up to us and even making a few sounds.  I will be glad to have the 10 days over with.  We have a different translator this time and she asked the staff at the baby home if we could take him outside.  It was so nice to be outdoors with him.  I am fairly certain this was one of the first times he was outdoors just for fun.  

I will post more tomorrow.  Thank you all again for your prayers!!!

Christa and Vernon