Freak me out Friday..can you believe it's our 6th Friday here??!!!

It's FREAKY FRIDAY, but no, that doesn't mean I turned into Leeza and she turned into me, like that funny movie, Freaky Friday. I was pretty freakin glad to take a hot shower this morning though!! I am not really freaked today, but I am suprised that we've been here 6 weeks as of today! We have known precious Leeza Grace for 6 weeks today! It has gone by so quickly, but we've also seen so many changes in her-so I guess that could be freaky, but not in a weird way, just in an amazing way!!!

Poor Leeza is really congested. I feel so bad for her! I guess the iodine didn't work. She is stuffed up and coughing a lil bit, but I only heard her cough when she was trying to eat. For the first time, she ate VERY little for lunch. My soup girl barely touched her soup. She did like her rice and beef (it looked pretty good, I have to say!) and her tea though. We were given a prescription from the doctor to take and get filled at the pharmacy. It's 12 doses whatever it is, and it was pricey...5000 tenge, or about $50 US. They didn't let me use my insurance card to pay the $25 copay..HA HA! We will bring it tomorrow so she can get started on it and get all healed. I was noticing that all the kids have some snotty nose action. I am sure they all give it back and forth to each other, just like at school and daycare! The weather is changing cooler, and it seems like that makes everyone get a cold. Thank goodness, Sean and I have been terrific! Sean has even been doing his work the past 2 days with no fights! Yay!!!

Despite not eating much, we had a fun visit anyway. We went back to the playroom and it wasn't locked (yay!). I like it better than the visitation room because the mat is way softer to sit on than the floor in the visitation room! Leeza cried when I first set her down, but she warmed up quickly in my lap with her toys.
I kind of expected her to be whiny and cryish today, but she wasn't. She was a really good mood,actually.







Sean cleared the way in the ball pit so she had fun sitting inside it again. I love the way that her and Sean play together. She clearly adores him. I hope that he doesn't turn into a jerky big brother when he gets home. :)









She had a hard time eating her milk and cookies too. It's hard to drink your milk when you can't breathe out of your nose. It took her a looooooooooooong time to drink it all down today, but that was ok with me, because that is more snuggle time for me!!

Joe leaves today!! yay!!! He has been a real trooper trying to find all the things I want him to bring. He was in my closet last night on the phone with me trying to find my tan sweater I wanted. He coudln't find it anywhere. Finally, he said...Are you sure you don't have it with you? OH YEAH, IT'S HERE! SORRY!!

I also had him going thru Leeza's closet too...but he is extra challenged to bring my wish list since the wonderful donation for 2 Hearts for Hope is one 48 lb suitcase. I wish smooth flights to my sweetie...we are soooooooooo excited to see him! Leeza is too!!!
Joe almost didn't get his visa...incredible story. It will be just another example to share with Leeza how blessed we all our that she is our family. I will copy an email from the Assistant Stork, the courier we use to get our visa's from the embassy in DC.

So... you want another story to add to your future reminiscing about the adoption? Sit down first. When I got to the Kaz Embassy, there was a woman seated, waiting for them to finish her visa. So I went to the window and gave the young man my pick up slip for your visa. He was gone for quite some time. In the meantime, the woman who also works at the consulate came up to the window with a visa and puts it under the glass. I asked her "is that mine?" She said no, and nodded her head in the direction of the woman who was sitting and waiting. Now, here's the weird part. The woman looked over the passport and visa. She looked at it a long time. I asked her if she knew what to look for in reviewing a visa. She said "yes, I think". So I said the most important things are to verify the name and the passport number. She looked at it some more, then left. I gave the woman behind the glass another couple of visa requests. She processed them and then asked "did you say you have a pick up?" I replied that yes, I did, and that the young man was helping me. So she disappeared to go check on it. A couple of minutes later, she and the young man appeared saying that they gave the other woman your visa because they thought she was with me. Remember, the woman looked over the visa and passport and didn't even notice it wasn't hers!

ARRGGHH!

So, I ran from the consulate looking all around. Didn't see the woman with your passport. I asked another courier if they saw someone in a black skirt leave and they said "yes, she went thataway." I ran down the street and thank God, she was waiting for a bus. Got your visa!

WHEW!