The temp was above freezing today in Khabarovsk. The street crews were working on the side street right outside of our window, which led to hours of entertainment! Here’s a grainy shot through the window of the backhoe scraping all the winter snow off the road and putting it in the dump truck… (Sorry 3 kids and just me I wasn't going outside for the perfect shot!
It was a great day of bonding with little gal. She LOVES the boys and follows them everywhere. They are great big brothers. For those waiting, we did receive little K before the 10 day appeal was up, those from Orphanage #1 are NOT getting their kids until after the 10 day… It’s been a long wait for them. It’s entirely up to the Orphanage Director and it’s done on a case by case basis, but they are saying #1 is pretty consistently NO. You do get to visit every weekday but it may change your travel plans a bit knowing this so it’s a heads up.

We had a great dinner tonight with Martha and her daughter Ella, who leave for Moscow tomorrow! And with new friends Dawn and John who have a little girl in #1 and are travelling on the same flight as us to Moscow. We will have 3 little girls all around the same age running around the next 2 weeks, as Tiziana gets back tonight from Vanio with her little gal too… Very surprising to see all the girls around here… Isn’t anyone adopting boys anymore?