Day 4- Visa picture

Today we took N on a walk to get her visa photo taken! The worker that came with us said it was the first time she had been on a walk outside of the orphanage. This is mind boggling. We asked Caroline if she could imagine being in her house her whole life and never going on a walk! It makes me realize once again that what we are doing for her is going to be the only way she will ever experience life and everything it has to offer! She is very delayed in her speech, however, she can understand everything she is asked to do (in Bulgarian) and can imitate gestures. So I guess we will be trying some sign language with her!! She is not potty trained as I had assumed she wouldn't be, but she is a wonderful sleeper! Point for me! 

We went over all the official paperwork that will be presented in court on our behalf and reminded that it will still take another 3 months-ish to get everything complete. Traveling in June would be perfect. I would love to bring the kids over if we can pull that off, but it will be expensive! 

Tomorrow we say see ya later to our new princess. It will be so hard to leave her here, even if they do love her and take great care of her... We are just ready to start our new normal. Matt has been so good with her. I think she has already wrapped herself around his finger! I am mostly good for pretzels! I think we need to learn a new method of distraction though! LOL

Funny story... We had the best cab driver tonight, bless his heart. He couldn't speak much English, we couldn't speak much B and he didn't know where we needed to go, even after we showed him the card! It was an expensive ride, but well worth it because we had so much fun laughing at ourselves for not being able to communicate! Thank God for my iPhone, I learned to say "turn left" (Naliavo)! 

 

Chow chow!!