Our Little Miracle
One of the guidebooks we read before our trip described why Russians don't smile much. The book says that smiles and friendly gestures are exlusively reserved for people they know and that people who smile at strangers are thought to be a little odd. If all that holds true, you can bet we are the strangest group of oddballs walking around town this week.
The Marker family has been all smiles for the past several days. Since arriving back in Moscow on Wednesday night around 9:30 p.m., we have been spending lots of time together at the hotel getting to know each other. The kids had their medical evaluations yesterday with a Russian pediatrician, Boris (of course). Dr. Boris said they look healthy. And, after he got a good look at Ellie's blue eyes, he encouraged me to buy a shotgun to keep the boys away.
Bo and Ellie did well on their first plane ride. But, I wish we had video of all of us making our trip. We're traveling with two other families -- one from Indy, the other from Temple, TX -- and we must have been a sight lumbering through the airports in Rostov and Moscow. Six adults, enough luggage for 10 families and five kids all under 14 months.
Several Russians smiled at us (the odd ones, of course) and nodded in agreement. Some even came up and asked us questions about the kids' names, if we had hats for them once we boarded the plane, etc. The good news was that we had lots of help getting things situated for the flights from our agency people in Rostov and Moscow.
Although we had to do a lot of paperwork yesterday for the Embassy, we were able to spend most of the day with our kids and our new friends from Texas. Bo and Ellie have been very sweet. They have been playing well together and they are clearly enjoying their new adventure. The only drawback is that their schedules have them down for two hour naps every two hours between 6 a.m.-1op.m., so we have to get our love in while we can.
Everything has gone so well on the trip and we are anxious to bring Bo and Ellie home. We were commenting yesterday how we feel like we've hit the jackpot with these two little miracles. It's better than we could have are imagined. Now if the Cubs can finally win a World Series, all will be well in the world.
The Marker family has been all smiles for the past several days. Since arriving back in Moscow on Wednesday night around 9:30 p.m., we have been spending lots of time together at the hotel getting to know each other. The kids had their medical evaluations yesterday with a Russian pediatrician, Boris (of course). Dr. Boris said they look healthy. And, after he got a good look at Ellie's blue eyes, he encouraged me to buy a shotgun to keep the boys away.
Bo and Ellie did well on their first plane ride. But, I wish we had video of all of us making our trip. We're traveling with two other families -- one from Indy, the other from Temple, TX -- and we must have been a sight lumbering through the airports in Rostov and Moscow. Six adults, enough luggage for 10 families and five kids all under 14 months.
Several Russians smiled at us (the odd ones, of course) and nodded in agreement. Some even came up and asked us questions about the kids' names, if we had hats for them once we boarded the plane, etc. The good news was that we had lots of help getting things situated for the flights from our agency people in Rostov and Moscow.
Although we had to do a lot of paperwork yesterday for the Embassy, we were able to spend most of the day with our kids and our new friends from Texas. Bo and Ellie have been very sweet. They have been playing well together and they are clearly enjoying their new adventure. The only drawback is that their schedules have them down for two hour naps every two hours between 6 a.m.-1op.m., so we have to get our love in while we can.
Everything has gone so well on the trip and we are anxious to bring Bo and Ellie home. We were commenting yesterday how we feel like we've hit the jackpot with these two little miracles. It's better than we could have are imagined. Now if the Cubs can finally win a World Series, all will be well in the world.
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