Last day with our girls

Today was our last two visits this trip. Hopefully we will be back in Febuary to bring them home. I think the girls knew this was our last visit. They both ignored us when they came in the room and just walked around and looked at the other families. We we took out toys to play with, they came around to us, but were both moody and hyper. It was so very hard to say bye to them.

We met with Lumilla (the Guardian lady) again today and received history of both girls. Vicka has a brother and sister in the older childrens orphanage. They are both visited by the mother and are not available for adoption. Sadly, her mother has never been to visit her. When Serguey and Lumilla went to get a release from the Grandparents, they did not even know Vicka had been born. They signed away their rights as they are very poor and live a 2 room shack with Vicka's uncle, aunt and her aunt's 2 children. Serguey's says that Vicka is the spitting image of her grandfather.

Alyssa also has 2 siblings, they both live with their mother and grandmother. Her mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her. They also signed away their rights as they are too poor to care for her.

On a funnier note, two Russian gentleman tried to pick me up today - of course Rich doesn't see it that way! We went to dinner with Serguey and the two other families at a nice seafood place. They had a dance floor and a gentleman tried to get me to get up and dance with him. When I told Rich, he said OK, and just turned back to the others and continued his conversation - everyone at the table got a big laugh from this. There was also a guy in the cab today on the way to the baby home who kept starring at me with a big toothless smile, and then he didn't want to let go of my hand when he shook it. Now if that wasn't an attempt at pickup, then I am really out of touch.