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Mark and Carrie, Your son is brilliant! Did you know he was bilingual? He was just practicing for Nuriks homecoming so they could share chips together. Who would have thought that we were wrong in assuming that he was just asking for crackers? Such a smart boy you are Mikey!

We haven't gone to see our boy yet today for his birthday. Still a few more hours but the internet is working well right now and we even got a few emails off which is a luxury we don't get too often. We will try to celebrate a bit although I don't think it will be a concept he understands. We were told that we could of course bring toys but no cake since they worry about the cream? So, it will be cookies for Nurik and some balloons and a toy or two. I think that we will try to celebrate his homecoming and just wait for a big 4 year old birthday when hopefully he can understand a bunch more.

Everyone has been asking about what is left for us here. After our court date, we will still have a 16 day waiting period for the court papers to be filed. On the 16th day, I believe we get to bring Nurik to our apartment while we wait on his immigration papers. This will also take a few days. Then we will fly to Almaty for all of his Dr. appointments and the rest of his INS papers. This can take about a week also. SO, we are still looking at mid-late March for our return to USA.
We are so blessed to have some contacts in Almaty now (former Hodags (school mascot) from Rhinelander) so they have offered to show us the town and I am sure Nurik will enjoy playing with their girls. Kirsten was the one who gave me the valuable contact solution!

Another question has been in regards to Nurik's name. We will continue to call him Nurik (Nurboulot) here and over time will maybe shorten it to Nick though Pat thinks Nick Nurik, Private Eye, "I carry a badge" sounds really cool.....yes, we still have our sense of humor here, you have to!

Sizes are probably 3T but he is shorter as Julie said and may have to have some pants rolled up which is pretty much what they do here.

We will probably keep Nurik out of the "public" for at least a month or so until he feels comfortable in his surroundings. After we feel that he is ready for more integration, We want to have a big party to celebrate his adoption and all of our great family and friends! Maybe it will be in May since that is birthday and anniversary month for Pat and I.

Hope this answers a few questions.. Still loving the comments...Thanks for the long ones Kristina and Julie! It is definitely a weird experience transitioning from Nanny to Mommy! Love you guys! K-Pat