Privet, Tyler!

There are only a few words that we actually know in Russian, and "privet" is one of them. For those of you that haven't brushed up on your Russian, it means "hi". After waiting almost three months we finally got to see Tyler today. We arrived at the orphanage this morning to be told that visiting hours had changed and to return this afternoon. Needless to say, we were so disappointed. Oh well, what is a couple more hours? We returned to the orphanage this afternoon and were so excited to see him. He was a little uncertain as to what was going on but within five minutes he was smiling and giggling. He has a few more teeth, walks on his own, and has lots of hair. They purposely left his hair long so we can get it cut the way we want it to be cut. Despite the temperature outside being 16 degrees Celsius, he was all bundled up with an undershirt, a long-sleeve shirt, a sweatshirt, some girls' tights, and a pair of jeans. He won't know what hit him when he returns to "Chez Shepley" given we like to keep our house nice and cool ( aka an icebox according to D. Hall). He hasn't gotten much bigger since we left. We brought some clothes to try on him and all the 18 month clothes are still pretty big on him. We were allowed to play in the "sensory room" today so we were able to be down on the floor and really play today. He loves the little "Chuck" truck we brought with us. Oh, he also seems to love the Goldfish crackers we brought in - he was double-fisting and stored lots in his cheeks, too. Tomorrow, we have our visit and then we have to prepare for court. The last Canadian couple's hearing lasted six hours. We're hoping our hearing will only last the typical two hours! Apparently we have a so-so judge, so keep your fingers crossed for us!