Monday of Week 2

Hello to All!

We have now started the second week of being in Armenia. Payson is still adapting to non-stop care. You she really likes to cuddle with us now and she is not so upset during feeding time. She was crying between each bite of food scared that I wasn't going to give her more food. Now she just cries very hard initially, but is calming down once we get started. She is pretty laid back at most points during the day. She hates getting hot and all the buildings that we have to go in are not air conditioned so if she gets too hot she gets fussy. She still sleeps at night like a champ and at times just likes us to lay her down in her crib and let her be alone to just play. She is laughing alot more now. She actually laughs from the belly instead of just grinning.

Sunday was just a day to hang out. We spent some time in the apartment and went to the big weekend market. None of the goverment buildings are open on Sunday obviously so we just hung out.

Today we went to meet with the minister of justice to get our Hague Adoption Certificate. This is just a formality. We then had lunch in front of the Cascades and Caleb played on a playground for about 2 hours. He loved it. Payson just chilled in her stroller watching everyone play. We then went to one of the government hospitals for her "medical review". This too is just a formality. They took her blood on Saturday and checked for contagious diseases then a doctor briefly looked at her today. The doctor signed off stating that she is a healthy baby so we can take this to the US Embassy when we have our interview with them. Later this afternoon, I will go pick up Payson's Armenian passport. At this point, we are just waiting on the US Embassy to give us our interview date. We are really really praying to be out of here by this weekend. We love Armenia, but feel that it is time to get home and get Payson adjusted to life with us in Prattville. And of course of I have two boys wanting to get back for football season :) (Lions and Auburn). Everytime we get in a taxi Caleb askes, "Are we going to Auburn now to watch football?" Please pray for a quick US Embassy process. (BTW, we met 2 spouses of US Embassy employees on the playground today. Their children were playing with Caleb. We told them what we were doing and told them we would be going to the Embassy soon to get our VISA. Maybe they will pass it along to their husbands that they met us)

Love from Armenia,
Jennifer