Merry Christmas!

This was a Christmas to remember. First Baby B wasn’t interested in us today. He was more interested in all the Christmas decorations in the room where we were playing and everyone else who walked in the door. We only visited with him for 1 hour today and will see him again tomorrow morning before we leave.

We officially signed the paperwork to start the process of adopting Baby B! We went with Galina to a notary and signed the “official documents”. The paperwork will be processed and we will await our court date. It is estimated we will be returning in 6 to 8 weeks.

We had the opportunity to see the Church of the Spilled Blood. The walls and ceiling are made of mosaic tiles depicting the story of the resurrection. It is breath taking.



Luda also gave us a walking tour of Nevskij Prospekt which is in the city center. Nevsky is the busy area with all the shops, cafes and restaurants. It was much colder today then it has been and I could only walk around for about 40 minutes.

Tonight’s plan is to pack. Tomorrow morning we will say our good-byes to baby B and go to the airport. To sum up I would say this has been some week--- and it will be the most memorable Christmas ever.

This is the last post until we are home—Merry Christmas everybody—I hope everyone was as lucky as us and all your dreams came true.

Paka,
Jodi