Thursday

We visited Thomas today. The next time we come, on Saturday, we will be picking him up for good. We spent our time outside. I asked for his baptism certificate since he wears a little cross necklace around his neck. The orphanage couldn't find his certificate but did give me his Christening gown. I call it a gown, for lack of a better word, but its a simple woven white cotton shirt with some embroidery. A real treasure for future years. After our visit, we went back to the office to fill out the six documents needed for the US Embassy to add to our documents we brought from home: our home study, employment pay stubs and last three years of tax returns.

I'm going to try and upload a video of a room at the Kuskovo estate to see if I can do it, in preparation for when we can post pictures and videos of Thomas.