Day 5: Groundhog Day

We had another good visit today though they still didn't let us go outside.  The nanny said it was too cold.  I wanted to tell her that he is dressed in tights, jeans, an undershirt, a regular shirt, a sweatshirt, a ski jacket and a winter hat.  Nuclear weapons couldn't penetrate that, much less the cold weather.  But whatever.  We'll stay inside in this tiny little room with nothing to do.  =/

Charlie had a verbal explosion today.  He was not only speaking in complete sentences but he also used multiple English words that we have been working on all week.  Now mind you that we still don't understand 90% of what he is saying but at least now we don't understand in complete sentences!!!  The nanny allowed him to walk with us to the gate again today and when we got there the nanny told him it was time to say bye so he could go eat and nap (between the words we are picking up and the pantomiming we are starting to at least get the general idea of what people are saying).  He very obviously told her, no he was going with us, in a car and then on a plane.  We were very excited that he was so excited to come with us.  Hopefully this means Gotcha Day and the trip home will go smoothly.

It's beginning to feel a bit like Groundhog Day here.  The days are all the same and though we've been here less than a week it feels like a month.  Today we got up, ate breakfast, got dressed, did a load of laundry, drove 30+ minutes to the orphanage, visited Charlie for two hours, drove back to town, ate lunch, walked over six miles, went to the grocery store and walked back home...and it was only 4:00 pm.  Yesterday we watched like three movies.  Don't get me wrong, we adore Charlie and love spending time with him but it is time to go home.  Fortunately we got our plane tickets home booked last night so at least there is an end in sight.

I'll end with a some pictures that we took on our walk around town today.  We found some very pretty spots and great photo ops.