Gotcha Day, The Sequel

Today was a much more low key day though it ended up being no less stressful than the day before.  The two things on the agenda today were the first embassy and medical appointments.  They ran into traffic on their way to the first appointment of the day so after ALL that traveling and the late night and the stress of will he sleep through the night or wake up screaming every half hour, poor Brent and his mom had to start the day without any coffee.  I. would. have. DIED.  Or someone else would have.  It's a good thing Brent is a tougher man than me.  He managed to start the day with a smile.

The day continued in the way it started - filled with hurdles and an enormous lack of coffee.  We found out that Aeson's name got spelled wrong on his passport.  Not a big deal, we'll just fix it, right?  WRONG!  Turns out The Grinch is working the desk at the passport office these days.  The woman, for whatever reason (maybe her shoes were too tight???), staunchly refused to redo the application and spell his name right.  Our facilitator promises, in the long run, this isn't a big deal so we finally said screw it and Aeson is now officially "Aison".  At least for Ukrainian passport purposes.

(Aison...Aison...does that rhyme with bison or is it still pronounced A-son...?  BTW, it never occurred to either of us that Aeson's name sounds astonishingly like A-son.  A son for the Sanders.  Aeson.  We aren't that clever.  Someone had to point it out to us.)

The second hurdle of the day came at the doctor's office.  Aeson has apparently had several recent enough TB tests and one or more of them has come back positive.  Now he obviously does not have TB (you can test positive on the skin test without actually having the disease) but the doctor needs a chest x-ray before she can clear him.  And, yep, you guessed it, the x-ray machine is broken.  The doctor is hopeful it will be working before the second embassy appointment on Friday.  Let's hope because, without the medical clearance, Aeson cannot get his visa.  Without the visa, they can't fly home.

Grr.

Despite the aggravations of the day, Aeson appears to be adjusting well.  He slept through his first night out like a champ and, from what I've been told, went straight to bed tonight.  He hasn't had any major meltdowns and he's even starting to warm up to MeeMaw.  =)

They got to spend some time at an indoor playground today and finally have some fun.  After that it was time for dinner, a quick round of Legos and bed.

Aven drew this and a number of other things for Aeson, packed them in his suitcase and made Brent promise to give them to him once he picked him up.  This is Aeson posing for photographic evidence that Daddy did what he was told.  

 The girls and I are holding up well although we miss them and cannot wait for them to get home.  God made sure today that we knew we were being taken care of in their absence.  The staff at our amazing day care gave us these gifts today.

Every staff member wrote a short note inside one of the books and tonight the girls and I read both of the books from cover to cover.  We are so very blessed to have such a loving village ready to swoop
 in whenever we need them.  They love our girls and Aeson as if they were their own.

Not much on the books for tomorrow thus far unless the x-ray machine magically fixes itself overnight.  (If y'all could just go ahead and add that miracle to your bedtime prayers this evening, we'd really appreciate it.)  They are going to try and find something fun to do like maybe visit the aquarium.  Hopefully the breakdowns continue to limit themselves to medical equipment and everyone wakes up smiling again tomorrow.  And hopefully there's coffee.