Day 1 - trip 2

I arrived back in Micah's country late Tuesday night. It was a mostly uneventful trip, all flights on time and no lost luggage. It took a while to get the WiFi working in the apartment but all is well now. I only brought the iPad this time to save my back but it's so different than a computer so I'm slow. Add that to I'm still learning the functions of the iPad and you get the inability to do certain things. I had been importing my pics and videos to iPad and deleting them off the memory card to save space for more pics... Well come to find out you can't upload from iPad to things like a computer file, so they are there for my enjoyment until I can get home and put them on the regular computer. SORRY! now that Sherry White can show me the right way to do this, we will be okay but I'm sad I can't share day 1 pics of Micah yet... They are really good!

Early Wednesday morning (5:30am) I left the apartment and went out to find a place to use wifi so I could let Barry know I was here and safe. It was weird to be out that early. The sun rises at 4am, but nobody was out. In a Capitol city of 3+ million people that's kinda eerie. I got to the first McDonald's that opened at 6am but they didn't have wifi so I had breakfast and jumped on the metro to the stop we lived off before I went home. There is a McD's and a coffee shop/cafe that both have wifi. I opted for the cafe to get a break from red and yellow. It was so nice to sit and type for a while in a really comfy booth seat. Around 7:30 I hopped back on the metro to the orphanage only about 20 minutes ride and walk time. I got there a little before 8.

Insert info: when I was home for 10 days, I got a makeover... Not really but I got my hair cut and ordered contacts so my little ham couldn't rip my glasses off my face this trip.

I went to the director's office to tell him I was there for Micah and he stared at me. He didn't know who I was! It was so funny. So I told him "Alosha" and he said "AH DA DA DA" and pointed upstairs. Translation: "ah yes yes yes". P.s. If I haven't said before, Alosha is Micah's nickname at the orphanage. It means Alex.

So I went to his room upstairs and they were in a back room eating breakfast. When you open the door you are in a long hallway that leads you to a common area with four doors off of it. The common area has their cubbies and it's where they get their shoes on, change clothes, and get ready for their day. One door goes to their beds, another room to toys, another room I wasn't sure what it was until yesterday (it's where they eat) and the other one a bathroom. So back to the breakfast story: I went in looking for Micah and didn't see him at first. All the boys appeared to have their heads shaved so I was looking for his eyes. I found him in the back at a small table of four with my favorite caregiver. He still had his hair. He stared at me like Dr. Pasha did, and then I said "hi" and he jumped in my arms so excited with the biggest smile ever. He remembered me!

I caused quite the commotion in that little room. The nannies were not pleased I was in there interrupting breakfast so they whisked me away to the common area with Micah to get him dressed. He was in big boy undies (prior had only been in diapers). I thought "uh oh" but went with it. They got him dressed, put his shoes on, and his hat which he promptly threw off his head as usual. We went outside with him laughing and making his happy noises and him stopping to have me pick him up. He was holding me so tightly I couldn't put him down. He's quite the little cuddler. It made me so happy to know he didn't forget me, but more so to know he loved me and didn't want me to let go.

We sat and I showed him the newest iPad download of Baby Einstein. All of a sudden he paused, looked down, and backed up... You guessed it... He peed his pants. As soon as he was done he walked forward and proceeded to watch the iPad again. Problem is he wanted me to hold him... Not really down for soaked britches on my lap so we started walking toward the building. Then he did it again! I got him inside and the head nanny looked surprised to see me so soon. I motioned for wet crotch and she got it. They took him to the bathroom, cleaned him up, and brought him back in a diaper thank goodness. This is when I learned they expect you to bring diapers for your child after court. Oops! We'll work on the potty training after I get him home since he obviously knew what was about to happen both times.

We promptly returned to the beautiful outdoors where he ran and walked all over the orphanage grounds. We had a great reunion. I had to cut our visit a little short because I hadn't been in touch with the team since my arrival. Thank the Lord for Marianne Fick sending me her personal cell from last year or I wouldn't have a phone! But I had to add minutes to it and call someone to get a hold of Yulia for me.