Back in Russia

Hi, all. We're back in Russia for what we hope is not the last time, but the next-to-last time. We arrived yesterday, played with the girls today, will see them again tomorrow and have a date with the Russian judge on Wednesday. We know you've sent many prayers skyward on our behalf lately and I'm asking you not to let up right about now! We need every bit of positive energy going out there for the girls!

Today we played with them in the little play area outside the baby home. It was great, minus one skinned knee incident. :) They are definitely sisters and know it and have this great interaction that's amazing to watch, even when we don't know exactly what they are saying to each other! They had this whole routine down at the merry-go-round where one would ride, one push, then one would say something (most likely, "Switch! My turn!" or "Me now! Me now!" or something) and they'd switch. We made lots of animal sounds today as we'd taken a book and a puzzle with farm animals. We have learned that Russian dogs "say" arf arf instead of woof woof but we're hoping that the moo moos, neigh neighs and quack quacks translated internationally.