Today is Tuesday, the eve of the Kazak holiday, Women's Day which is a three day-long celebration. Our day began early with a group morning visit to the Delfin Baby Home to surprise Dr. Irina with a fruit glazed ice cream cake and two beautiful boquets of flowers. She was so grateful and toasted the three American families with a beautiful speach that brought tears to our eyes. She said we were forging a union between our two countries and that she hoped that our children grew up to know that their country did not abandon them as their mothers did. Julie will certainly know that she always has a home here, as well.
Our visit with Julia this afternoon went beautifully also. She is too cute to describe and brought tears to our eyes again when, after playing with her parents, she fell asleep in Carrie's arms as Carrie sang Edlewise from The Sound of Music! She is able to roll from side to side, grab for objects with both hands and follow sounds with her eyes. Oh, and she smiles constantly~ this big, dimpled toothless smile! She is captivating and weighs 6600 grams or about 14 lbs. Her height is 60 cm. We live for our daily dose of Julia! Tomorrow we begin a new schedule, from 9:00 - 11:30 AM and we are curious about her morning temperament. The time flies when we are together! That will open our schedule for afternoon walking tours of the city.
We ate at a Russian Pub and had stroganoff, and mushroom chicken. Rice, potatos and vegatables are ordered on the side. Like everything we have tried, the beer here, Bajithka, is also delicious and is ordered by number from 0-9 depending on your preference for alcohol content. It costs 83 Tenge or about .70 per bottle. Breakfast is included in our hotel arrangement and we have tried different plates every morning, deliverred to our room.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, we will visit Julia early and then stroll the outdoor markets which are indescribable and a lot of fun! We will bring home pictures. Please comment on our blog site 'cause we read it every day!
Love to you from across the world~ Carrie and Brusky
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John and I are just eating up every word that you are sending. We can't wait to meet Julia!
I found Kostanay, Kazakhstan on this National Geo Map I thought folks might like to see where you are.
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Carrie, Hey I have been emailing you and have received your emails. Hopefully you will get them. I can't wait to see Julia and enjoy reading about her and your adventure.
Love and miss ya,
Reesa
Just showed Franny the blog and she says hello and can't wait to meet your sweet little Julia. I also can't wait to meet this little angel. Keep the wonderful stories coming as we look forward to reading them daily.
Miss ya lots,
R
Howdie Doodie! Love your blog and can't wait to see pictures. When can you post them? Today was Dad's Birtday and I know he must be grinning from ear to ear. Love you all. Ned and Kate
This is great! Plus, Julia will just get better and better every day. And, the facilities at Delfin are pretty hard to beat.
Interesting how people there enjoy the outdoors at 20 degrees F while we complain and complain.
Say hi to Olesya. How is her baby? Has she run out of Craisins yet?
There is an Italy trip meeting next week at Renaissance. I'll let you know how it goes.
Hi again, I printed the blog and gave it to Dad today. He seemed to be amazed by it all. How is the weather in Kazakhstan? What is your hotel like? Stay safe and give Julia my love.
All my love,
Aunt Donna
YOur diary is priceless! Julie/Julia is one lucky lady! And this whole reality sounds like a dream come true!! You have a whole village here waiting for our turn to celebrate with and for you!
Love makes the world go round!
XOXOX
"Aunt" Dale
Good Morning loved ones, snow here in NJ. 10 Deg....The sun is shining on your blog...We're collecting comments and pages from your notes so that you have more to add to the scrap book that is your Julia Marian -and we wish Happy Birthday to your Dad - You write to fill in all the questions and we look forward to reading daily. It's the Julia Diaries .....by Miller/Heintz or Heintz/Miller - we can hear your voices...and your warmth and love -Two from the Home Team - Dee & Tom
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