So anyway... From the Baby House we drove to the store, where we usually get our food. It in fact has much more than food. I have seen everything from clothes, lamps, small appliance to tables where lottery tickets are sold. We bought two boxes of chocolates to give to the ladies in the hotel restaurant, and Dr. Ludmilla, who has been Cameron's physician.

We wanted to get a bottle of Kaz champagne for Bob and Marya, so we next went to a "package store." Besides the champagne, we also purchased a bottle of Merlot.

Now it was time to go to the Baby Store. The name of the store is Kampus, and we had seen a commercial for it on a Kaz TV channel. While there we bought a pair of tights, a bottle, a pair of booties, and a small squeaky toy.

And lest I forget, our actual fir stop had been the Internet room. We wanted to tell everyone about our most Tremendous Thursday.

We are quite hopeful that we will learn this morning that Marina met Schesada (our lawyer) at the train, and that we now possess Cameron's passport. I believe that she will also have our plane tickets back to Almaty. If we hear this good news, we will be able to pick up Cameron at the Baby House and fly to Almaty!

Cameron was very happy to see his mama and daddy this morning. We were excited to tell him we had his passport and all of our plane tickets, so we can leave at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. I brought Cameron's outfit, so he will be dressed and ready to go when we arrive. Amazing! In less than 24 hours, we will truly be a family.

We went to the Internet to see if everyone had read our message about Cameron. We then went to the natural history museum, which is on Constitution Ave. (For those planning to visit, just be warned. In one room there are jars of "pickled babies", not for the faint of heart.)

One more visit and one dinner to go.

Cameron must not have much of a nap, because he was rubbing his eyes soon after we took him to the Music Room. We had stopped on the way to his room to give bubbles to the older groups. We also had a picture of Cameron with two of his caregivers to give to them.

Cameron was in a walker when we got to his room, scooting around. We went to the Music Room and Cam was falling asleep a little after 4:30. He slept for about 30 minutes. His bottle arrived at 5:30, which he downed in short order. Soon it was time to take Cameron to his room. Tom took a picture of Cam lying in his crib.

A stop at the store, and it was back to the hotel for our last dinner. We gave the ladies in the restaurant the box of chocolates and thank them for taking care of us so well.

After dinner, it was time to pack for our return to Almaty. With a relatively small amount of grunting, we managed to shove everything into our bags.

So, here we are. We will have breakfast at the hotel and then do the last of our packing. We are to meet Marina in the lobby at 12:45 p.m.