Kemerovo- day 18

Yesterday was Friday the 13th and I didn’t even realize it. Chad’s back is really bothering him today and I am not much better with my toothache. We make quite the pair. Today the coordinator called here to the hotel when Chad was showering and I was in the dining area on the internet. She said she got too busy yesterday to make it with the documents for us to sign. Instead, she left the documents at the Department of Vital Records for processing and we are set to go there at 9:15 Monday morning to sign whatever necessary and acquire the birth certificates. After that we are scheduled to go the police department to get the necessary stuff for their passports. We will then return to our hotel to get things packed up for the boys. Dr. Ludmilla asked us to arrive at the orphanage at 3PM after the boys have had their nap. Here I had hoped we could pick them up before the nap so that they would sleep on the three hour ride back. Oh, well after all of these months of waiting and the 18 days of being in country we are just glad to finally be parenting them.
After speaking with Anna on the phone, we headed out for lunch to Traveler’s Café for the breakfast. We got our cookies for dessert later. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at the Benetton store for gifts for the girls. We had already shopped there last week when we got cute little hats for the boys. We also stopped at the upscale cosmetics and perfume store on the corner by our hotel. They had everything from Clinique to Chanel. I attempted to use my limited Russian and Ipad translator to find out several of the young clerks spoke English. We got some lotion (it was a mid-priced brand in the states) as both Chad and I have had dry skin and been sparingly using the lotion I had packed for the boys (it is Aveeno for baby sensitive skin). I would have liked to stay a bit longer as I really like perfume but Chad was ready to leave and most of it was pretty pricey anyway.
Tomorrow we plan on going to the market to get stuff for the when we have the boys. We won’t get back from the orphanage on Monday until after 7 so we will have to eat quickly and then get them showered as their normal bed time is 9pm. It will be interesting to see how that goes! Two days! Ten days until we come home! : )