It's A Girl!

We met her today!!!  It was a surprise.  We registered for a 3 or 4 year old, but they introduced us to a beautiful little blue eyed girl that is only 12 months old!!! 

The meeting with the Ministry of Education was short, but stressful.  They asked a few questions about us and why we wanted to adopt from Russia.  They were interested in me being a preschool teacher (Charles said they smiled when I told them that I work with 2 and 3 year olds.)  Then Charles did an excellent job answering the why we want to adopt question.  Granted he was sweating bullets...really!  Then they handed over a sheet of paper with a black and white picture of a small little girl.  At first we thought she was only 6 months old.  Then they told us all about her.

Next we took a long ride through lots of traffic (Atlanta has no idea what real traffic is...this is unbelievable here.)  They brought her out all dressed up, she even had on a bonnet!  We played with her and the doctor examined her and gave her a great report.  The funny thing is we brought big girl toys...so we had nothing to give her.  She loved the photo album of our family. 

We just called and told Gracie all about her.  Gracie had a smile on her face when she saw the picture.  She is looking forward to pushing her in a stroller and being her Big Sister!

We get to go back to the orphanage tomorrow and see her again.  We will take lots of pictures. 

Well...it's 12:00 am here and we are ready for bed.  Talk to you tomorrow.