We did have to suffer through one more crying fit last night when she realized she was going to have to sleep here. I'm sure our neighbors loved us, but oh well. Once we pulled the drapes and put our own pajamas on and showed her that we were all going to sleep, popped in "Horton Hears a Who"--in Russian--we were good to go. Mind you, we had to watch it twice and she was still awake, she seemed to understand my basic Russian when I told her it was time for bed. I think she was so tired, she didn't have anything in her to argue with me at that point.
We have spent many a moment in the bathroom going potty (she even slept through the night with dry chonies), washing our hands, brushing our teeth and playing with the bath toys in the sink (we have no tub in our room). And then starting this process all over again.
This morning, we were able to eat some breakfast in the hotel resturaunt & borrow our friend's tub in their room (she had such a good time she was in there for about 1 1/2 hours). The 6-year-old girl our friends are adopting and our daughter had quite a good time together and speaking Russian to one another. It was really quite helpful to have their daughter talk with our daughter. She talked her through taking a bath and also told her all about how we will all be going on 2 planes and then on our way to America. It seemed to help our daughter to see and hear of someone else who was going through this. We will see how tomorrow goes when we board the plane together.
We also enjoyed lunch with them outside the hotel, fed the pigeons at the park (while it was snowing!) and did a little shopping. Below is a picture of our daughter as she enjoyed a little afternoon tea and watched out the window in a much better mood today. Guess we'll be having a spot of tea every afternoon for awhile. That might be nice for us as we deliberately slow down our life and adjust to our new family!
1 Samuel 1:27 "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him."
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