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Penny & Chris Goeppner are in the process of adopting two children from Russia.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Hello!

Hello from Moscow! It's about 7:15 here and we just finished a mediocre but cheap dinner of microwaved pizza.=) I don't think it was suposed to be microwaved but oh well. We decided to go to the market down the street for dinner instead of paying $70 for dinner at the hotel. It was a very nice market, I think we'll visit it again on our way back with the kids.
The medicals were a breeze. We saw 8 doctors each of which we spent 2 minutes with answering boring questions. One of the doctors asked if the crocodiles are a nuisance, how random! The best part was that I didn't have to have a breast exam! We left our clothes on, praise the Lord.=) The worst part was waiting for the doctors to arrive and then for them to complete our paperwork. We were very hungry and thirsty. It took about 2 hours total. For all PAPs waiting, don't stress about it. It was a piece of cake.
After the medicals we came back to the hotel and then walked down to the market for our dinner. Did I tell you we're at Hotel Tverskaya? We were supposed to go to the Rennaisance but for some reason we ended up here. It's very nice and everyone speaks english for the most part. We got a free upgrade because they were out of regular rooms so we're in a suite. This would be great for the boys since the bedroom is separate. Maybe we'll be blessed with a suite when we come back.=)
Well, that's the extent of our day today. We're going to have a tour tomorrow at 11am and we're looking forward to it. I'll let you know how it went.

3 Comments:

At 1:11 PM , Blogger Mary Gerber said...

Wow! I had no idea what you guys were up to these days. I found your blog by bouncing around from ali mondocks blog. Anyway I think you guys are awesome and will make great parents! I'll definetly be adding you and the adoption to my prayer list.

 
At 9:52 PM , Blogger 3 became 4... said...

Thanks for sharing so much! It really helps us to prepare. We are praying for you guys and are so excited to hear the big news!
-Lyn Franks (AWAA Yahoo group)

 
At 8:41 AM , Blogger Stacy said...

What a relief about the medical exams! Thanks for letting all of us who are waiting know. That's one less thing to stress about!
STacy

 

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