Back in Semey

After a very long flight we are finally back in Semey!

We landed in Almaty at 4am and caught the 8am flight up here, and went right to the baby house. We headed up to Nathan's room but he wasn't in there so we headed back outside and saw him as he rounded the corner. He saw us right away and came running!! So much for worrying about whether or not he'd be happy to see us. :) He leaped into my arms, just like old times, and he was making this excited sighing noise...so precious! We played outside for a bit and then headed in to the bonding room because, yes, it's cold here.  There are two other families here right now bonding with two little boys from Nathan's room so it was great to see these kiddos that we know with parents of their own.

We played again in the afternoon and then headed out to dinner for our one night here. At our coordinators suggestion we decided to let Nathan stay in the baby house until this morning since we are staying in a hotel and don't have enough bed space...plus we wanted to catch up on a little sleep since we raced straight here. That all means that we will pick him up this morning and head to Almaty in the afternoon. We have so much to do and I am praying we get it all done. We still need to talk to his caregivers about his schedule and likes/dislikes, whether he sleeps at nap time, etc. We also want to pick up a cake from the yummy bakery here and deliver it to his room. There are also lots of pictures of his rooms and his roommates that we want to take. It will be an exciting day for everyone! Praying that his transition goes as smoothly as possible...