What a day yesterday was! After very little sleep, Sasha drove us to the lawyers' office. We ran into Denise, Scott, and Connie in the lobby, as they had just finished their meetings.

We spent almost two hours with Gulzhan, going over paperwork and our schedule. Everything is progressing as planned. In fact, we may have the opportunity to fly home a day early.

From the lawyers', Sasha drove us to the Ramstore, a Super Walmart kind of store, inside a big shopping mall. We bought a couple things and had a quick lunch because we needed to get to the airport!

We left for Petropavlovsk, a 4 hour flight at 3:00 p.m. We flew on a very small jet plane with fold down seats. The flight was incredibly smooth. We landed on an icy runway, but you never would have known it!

At the airport we were met by Marina, our translator, our lawyer and the driver. We were in a hurry, because we were going directly to meet Cameron!

We drove up to an unimposing building and were let inside. We took off our coats and were led upstairs to the playroom. There was little Kostya/Cameron in a playpen, playing with some toys. Thousands of miles, a ton of paperwork, months of prayer and anticipation, and there he was in front of us.

I said hello to him, but he was much more interested in his toys. I picked him up and held his little body in my arms. I held him up, his face to my face and he reached out and touched me.

We brought him over to the couch and sat him in our laps. Cameron loves his Daddy's glasses and big nose.

Our visit was short as it was past Cameron's bedtime.

The driver brought us back to the hotel and we checked in. We are in a very nice room, with a big bed, a refrigerator, and a good sized bathroom. We had a pleasant pork dinner in the restaurant in the hotel.

Tom and I were both dead tired and conked out quickly. I woke after a few hours with a headache. But after a couple aspirin, I got a couple more hours of good sleep.

Marina is picking us up at 9:45 to return to the Baby House for our next visit with Cameron. For the next two weeks, until April 3, we will visit him from 10-12 and 4-6 daily.