Fun in Moscow Today

Hi Everyone,
We had a great day in Moscow today. We love the President Hotel, lots of great amenities and the room is good for kids. We have a suite, so there is lots of room. The breakfast buffet is wonderful and with the way these kids eat, it is perfect for them. Caroline is all about the fruit and pancakes and Chase, well Chase is just about anything that he can get in his mouth and eat! The kids are doing great and having so much fun, they are soooo much fun to watch, it is unbelievable that they didn't even know each other a week ago; they are pretty much inseparable now! After breakfast, we we're picked up by our coordinator and driver and driven to the clinic for their physical, Caroline didn't throw up in the car, yeah!! I met the famous Dr. Boris and he was great with the kids, both have gained weight and height and got a clean bill of health. He has some strange opinions on things though, he thinks Caroline needs hernia surgery for her "outie" belly button because it could interfere with her ability to have a normal pregnancy later on in life! Not something I have ever heard of, but whatever, they both passed, have all their parts and we can now move on to the final stage of this trip and get to go to the US embassy tomorrow and get their tickets "outta here"!

After the medical appointment, we went to Red Square for the traditional photos of the kids in front of St. Basil's. They were so good and looked so cute in their jeans and jean jackets, we got ton's of compliments on how adorable they are and it seemed like we attracted just about the entire United Nations to us with these kids. We had people from Tel Aviv who spoke Spanish (very strange) want to know all about them, Americans who thought they were twins (huh???) but the best was when this group of Chinese people asked to take pictures of themselves with the children and then demanded that Gail and I be in this picture as well! They loved the family concept, we're still cracking up at that one. Another adoptive family was with us when this happened and they took pictures of the Chinese guy taking pictures of us, can't wait to get them from him and share them with you all as this was toooo funny. After all the picture taking, we went to GUM department store and wandered around and window shopping stopping for some cokes. Caroline is such a little diva, she couldn't stop looking at all the platform and red glittery shoes, her head looked like it was on a swivel. Chase on the other hand is all about the food. He nearly steals other peoples food off their tables as we walk by! They had their first ice cream cones and all they could say was "mmmm, mmmm, mm, mm, mmmmmm" We had to teach Chase how to eat his as he just went for the cone and took a big bite out of the cone and needless to say, all the ice cream came out thru the bottom. We finally headed back to the hotel for naps as the kids we're really tired with the eight hour time change and I have learned that naps are the best thing that anyone ever invented for new moms! After the naps, we went and got carry out pizza for dinner and came back to the room to eat it. Another teaching lesson for these kiddo's on how to eat pizza - amazing that this is all so new for them; they even had to be taught how to ride an escalator as they have never seen one!

Tomorrow we are planning on hitting Arbat street for some shopping in the morning and then we are to be at the embassy at 2 in the afternoon and after that we are done!! All that is left is to pack and come home! Cannot wait! Gail and I are so sick of wearing the same outfits over and over again, we were thinking of switching clothes just to feel like we are wearing something new! Can't wait to see my washing machine again.

We are off to bed right now, will write more tomorrow with some more pictures.

Miss and love you all,
Jane