RESPONSES TO SOME COMMENTS

There isn't a lot going on so I thought I would respond to some comments. I love hearing from all of you but I haven't responded to all comments. Jacob is napping so I'm going to try to shortly.

Sonya - Maybe we should have told UK the Beck's were coming over here 2 weeks ago. We would probably be home by now. :)

Pam - Thanks for the words of encouragement. Please excuse me - but I'm not sure who you are. Can you please let me know? Thanks!

Tammy - I would love hear all about your plans for your adoption and if you are planning to have a blog. If so, I would love to have the address. You can email me at simsfamily3@gmail.com until I get home then I will resume using my old email address of sims121@charter.net. Good luck with your adoption and if you want more details that I haven't posted on the blog please feel free to contact via email or phone. My number is 256-878-6591.

Carolyn - I haven't taken many pictures lately but will try to send some soon.

Karen - It sounds like I will miss being able to meet you while in UK but would love to when we are both back in the states. Right now the plans are for me to be in Simferopol on Tuesday. My apartment was up the hill from TGIFriday's but I moved yesterday. I'm not close to anything I know. I can see St. Andrews from my balcony but it doesn't look close. My cell number here is 380973884839.

Melissa is right, the international calling cards from the states doesn't work in Paris or UK. The calling cards in UK are expense (so I'm told). Calls to the US on a UK cell phone is .60 per min. and between 9PM - 6AM it's .30 per min. Local calls are .14 per min. All incoming calls are free. Skype.com is the best!!!!! If you don't have a laptop you can still use Skype at any internet cafe, but I would setup an account at home before traveling. Much easier. You can type in your account name and password in English but the rest of the site is in Russian, so remember with everything is on the site. Skype is the best lifeline home.

Melissa - I got the best night's sleep night before last. Probably because I was exhausted from 2 days in Simferopol. Whatever the reason I am grateful.

From the time I started writing the blog I have moved to Ben's apartment and have washed clothes. I have never been so happy to wash clothes in my life. :) The clothes aren't too stiff once I iron all of them. Not so happy about that part. Ironing, ugh!! Now the towels are another story. They are stiffer and scratchier than the ones in hotels at home.

I will mention Plan Z to Sasha. He will find it humorous.

Sara, Anthony, & Abe - I know you can relate. I am doing fine. Less than a week to go. You are so right, I am not alone - as Christa mentioned I have a Wall of Prayer surrounding me.

Lauri, Hunter, & Haley - It's great hearing from you. I got the shopping done you requested. Jacob helped. :) Amen! UK has had me & Jacob long enough. I'm pretty confident that will be headed home Thursday. I hope you are coming through on the 19th since it's Sunday & I will be off work. The 20th I will be at work unless it's in the evening. Remember if you need to stay with us you can. I look forward to seeing you and Hunter and meeting Haley.

Alisa - You said it!! It stinks!!!!! I'll give you a call after we get settling in at home and we can have a play date for the kids.

Beth - I'll call you late Monday when I get more information. I still have to talk to Sasha for you. Maybe I'll see you Tuesday. Hang in there, you are in my prayers. Tammy is great. I was glad to hear you were spending some time with her.

Jacob is finally eating more. Yesterday for breakfast he had dry cereal, shared a bowl of wet cereal with me, most of a banana, Pringles, and goldfish. I think that's all. I got some snacks at the supermarket yesterday and he snacked quite a bit yesterday afternoon. He had mashed potatoes for supper. He fed himself some of it.

Today he had 3 bowls of cereals, small of course, but still a lot of him. He had some juice, some Pringles, and some little crackers. I'm now about out of cereal so I will be headed back to the supermarket today for more. That's great.

He slept 13 hours last night, then gave me the worst diaper ever!!!! I had to revert back to the orphanage tactics of cleaning poopy diapers. They hose them down with a water hose. Literally. I use the shower head on him, then gave him a bath, which the orphanage didn't do. So I guess that wasn't too bad. James, you are lucky you aren't here or you would have had diaper duty on that one. Oh, yeah!!!

Jacob is doing so good taking his medicine. The last 5 times I have given it to him he hasn't even whimpered. Knock on wood.

Well, I'm going to make a couple of phone calls, then try to nap. I will post tomorrow when I have news.

We love and miss you all and look forward to seeing you all soon!!!!

God Bless,

Teresa & Jacob