SDA appointment

Our appointment went well, we barely made it!  We have 3 clocks and each one said a different time.  When Nico called us to say our taxi was downstairs we were just getting dressed and then traffic was crazy.  So we didn't have to wait at all, Yulia met us outside, hurried us up the stairs, introduced us to Serge and then we went right in to the office.  At first they couldn't find our little boys file, so they flipped through  a bunch of different binders and finally found him.  It is weird to see such an archaic system in this day and age, there were shelves full of binders labeled by year, they are all full of children needing homes.  Most of the papers we saw were handwritten, no computers in site.  I recognized alot of the kids from Reeces Rainbow, Serge took down some information on some of them.  We were asked about our jobs and why we wanted to adopt and then we were shown our girls file first.  There was a color xerox picture on the front of when she was a baby, she looks pretty much the same, she had alot of hair!  There was also a picture of her at maybe 1 or so that I was able to take.  It is poor quality, the color has faded but I am so grateful to have it!  We were told she was abandoned at the hospital, has no known siblings, and her mother was born in 1987- father unknown.  For our boy we found out he was also abandoned at hospital, no know siblings, mother and father unknown.  I was able to take his baby photo too, he was tiny and thin with those big blue eyes.  There was no court decree in his file, I think saying that he is eligible for adoption, so that may take some extra time to get.  Serge didn't seem concerned about it so we'll see!  Our team of facilitators were very busy today trying to get other families dossiers submitted before the government here shuts down.  We came back to the apartment afterwords to change clothes and then we went for a walk to check things out.  We went to a market down by TGI Fridays, VERY interesting!  I wish I could speak the language better, there were some things I would love to try.  Fresh fruits and Veggies, pickles, spices-they smelled so good as you walked by.  You can also get pretty much any kind of meat there, rabbit with the furry little feet still on, cow with the tails and hoofs still on, fresh caviar, smoked fish, you name it they've got it!  We walked around for a while and then came back to the apartment, it is COLD and windy and I have a cold.  Tomorrow we hope to go do some sightseeing before we pick up our papers at the SDA.  We haven't decided if we are going to our region Friday or Saturday.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!