Exactly one year ago this hour (7:30am Michigan time and 5:30pm Uralsk time) we went into the babyhouse one last time to see Alex, and then we took him with us!!!! It was on the ride over that I finally felt “for sure” that he was ours now… ( I must have been holding back a little) While our Gotcha moment was quite anti-climatic… only 2 caregivers were there out of 14(his favorite was not), they only came for a moment grabbed the gifts and went back… our interpreter was already interpreting for someone else and we were at the babyhouse for over an hour and half with no toys, snacks, or bottle… waiting for her and we had to put him in that stupid snow suit that gave him a heat rash all over his body and made him scream for the first time… it was still the best day there, because we got HIM!!! Then 17 hours later we were on a flight to Almaty to finish our journey!!
As I think about our time there, I wanted to come home, but did not… I wanted Alex to get home to his very own bed, toys, family, but I knew as soon as we arrived it would be back to crazy life that keeps us so busy!! Jerry went to work the next morning! Now I am looking forward to doing it again soon-ish… we are still waiting on the I171-h… and Alex is already telling us “Ant-hy” as he points to the empty crib in his room, and we put his “fridge” farm away for baby brother Anthony, because Alex has moved on to the ‘fridge Alphabet! The change is unbelievable in a year!! He is soooo loved… He knows what everything is – just about! He says almost anything you ask him to say including Michigan and Kazakhstan!! His pronunciation is currently astounding us…
Those of you who have done this can relate, those who have not, you just wait… It will be one of the most wonderful, touching journeys you ever have!!
