Krasnoyarsk!

We made it to Krasnoyarsk around 12:30 PM (Saturday) after 6 hours of delays in Moscow. Our original flight was supposed to leave last night at 9:45, but rain & lightning storms caused all kinds of problems. First, we were delayed until 1:30 AM & they kept changing the gate number. Then it became a delay until 2:30 AM....in the middle of all of it we started talking to the girl sitting next to us. She & her mother live in the States, but are from Kras. They were on their way to visit her grandparents & were so helpful with translating all of the flight announcements for us. It was nice to have someone to talk to in English & have their help!! They were so excited to hear that we are adopting from Kras & gave us their e-mail to keep them posted on how things are going. They also offered any help to us if we need it while we're here & they leave only a few days before we do. This was definitely a bright spot in the middle of the airport chaos :)

I got really airsick during landing which was not fun. When we got to the baggage terminal we were greeted with hugs from Y and S (our facilitator & driver). It was SO GOOD to see familiar faces!! All 3 checked bags made it (YAY!!) & we were headed to the apartment. I got carsick right before we got to the apartment, but I am doing better now. We are getting settled in & then we're headed to the grocery store. The apartment is very secure & cozy. We'll post pictures when we get a chance. Y and S own the apartment & keep the basic essentials here for all of their adoptive families. They even have a cell phone here with their numbers programmed for us :) We have a kitchen with everything except a dishwasher (I'll deal!) & there's a small European washing machine in the bathroom (they don't use dryers...it's all about air drying). They have a portable crib for when we get the baby & some toys. There's a park right outside our window, too. It's really nice here...NO SNOW!! Everything is green & the temps are in the 60's...so nice compared to the 100 degrees we left at home in CA!

We have today & tomorrow to rest before we see the baby on Monday. W will do court prep with Y after that then it's court on Tuesday!!! We will be sooooo relieved when that part is over! Thanks for your prayers. We are 4 days into the trip...only 25 to go!