Day three

Another mostly good day with one tough spot. First Katerina slept through the night which was nice. Hopefully she will do that at home, when I too will be able to sleep through the night.

Day started with me leaving Kelly and Katerina at the hotel while I went to pick up Katerina's passport and drop off documents at American Embassy. This was easy enough although I felt a bit guilty at the Embassy. The adoption people are able to just walk by the locals waiting in line for visas to visit the states.

After completing this, our driver Victor (really nice and kind man who I found out was an officer in the Soviet Navy during the Cold War) took us to a beautiful tourist site. At Moscow University, an amazing school, we got a great view of the entire city. I will post some pictures in a post in a bit. It was cold and windy but worth it for the view of the school and the city. we then went to the free market where we be bought the remaining gifts and souvenirs we needed to get.

Then came the tough spot. We had suspected the past day that Katerina may be constipated. Well this afternoon she finally had her go. We were finally able to take care of that and her demeanor afterwards was amazing. She has been happy since we got her but the change was an even happier little gal and ready to play like crazy. We will be keeping an eye on this going forward but hopefully, now that the toughest part is done, she will be fine moving forward.

Tomorrow is the big day. Once we have our meeting at the Embassy, we will have the green light to bring her into the USA and have her become an American citizen. We will post more after that.

Pictures to come soon of the sights. And Katerina in the next couple of days.

Will also add, I was on hold with Aeroflot trying to get Katerina a ticket for about 45 minutes when I got disconnected. That was annoying.