Dec 21 -- a good internet day

Howdy from the hinter lands!

The temperature seems to be on a steady decline and we are piling on the layers. Sveta and Viktor had to go back to Birdichiv to get the paperwork re-done because they had a stamp on them that the director of the AC didn't like. In this country it is all about the paperwork. Apparently the same it true of the US. We found out yesterday that we will have to have and addendum to our home study saying we are fit to be parents of a 16 year old. We are still also waiting on the renwal from immigration which will allow our court date here to go forward. Keep praying!

We appologize for no posts yesterday -- bad internet day! We think this internet place is actually running on DIAL-UP!!!!!! No wonder we are having problems.

Things with Gideon continue to move along. He had his first real fit (and it was a doozy) last night. Mama put him in time out and that sent him over the edge. He screamed and Cried for 15-20 minutes. The good thing was that he wanted to be in my lap, let me rock him and sing to him. When he was finished he took a cracker from Papa and stayed in my lap. I think that counts as progress. Today we were able to say "No" to messing with the light switch (the time out offense) and he left it alone.

N continues to spend the day with us. She enjoys teasing her brother :-) and taking care of us. She has fallen into calling us Bruce and Lori and that is fine with us. She also thinks Bruce is funny and tried to get him to finish off 2 12" pizzas by himself. He wisely refused and then she call him a bad little boy for not cleaning his plate, laughing all the time.

And now what you have all been waiting for: Sizes (sorry for the metric)
Gideon: As best we can tell on a wiggly boy
Height 92 cm
Waist 57 cm
Head circumferance: 49 cm
Inseam: 32 cm
Rt Foot: 14 cm
Lt foot: 13 cm
Waist to floor: 50 cm
Mid back to wrist (arm bent) 38 cm

N
Height 160 cm
Bust 95.5 cm
waist 81.5
hips 91.5
waist to floor 99
midback to wrist 74.5
Inseam 74.5
Head 53
Neck 35
Shoe size 37.5-38 (European Sizes)

The other families have had their court dates and are now in their 10 day waiting period. We are just waiting period. (rim shot please!)

Okay getting a little punchy! Bruce is rolling his eyes at me. As today was our first day on our own, I think we did pretty well. We took a taxi to the orphanage and then walked to a cafe for lunch. We then walked to the internet place. When we are done here we will walk back to the hotel. Bruce assures me it is just a couple of miles from here. I'll let you know tomorrow :-)

Sweet dreams my friends we will post more tomorrow (hopefully)

Peace of Christ,
B,L,N, & G