He's Very Pretty!!!!

Hello from Day Two of Operation Neil, Part Two. Man are our bodies screwed up.
We went to bed around 11pm local time, which is 11am Nashville time and about 3:30 in the morning, woke back up.
And naturally we did what anybody would do in our situation, you guessed it, we popped in Fever Pitch.
We eventually went back to sleep for a couple of hours, but by 8:30, we were up and ready to go.
We went to breakfast, went for a walk (although it wasn’t a long one because it’s frickin cold outside), grabbed some lunch, and got ready to go.
Natasha picked us up at 2:00pm and we were on our way to the baby home to meet our little boy for the first time.

Quick Quiz

For 50 points, can anyone name a funny moment the last time we went to the baby home for the first time?
That’s right, the dreaded shoe covers. And I’m happy to report they still don’t fit my feet.
I stretched them to sort of cover my feet and as we walked to the directors office, the lady that greeted us at the door was following us, staring at my feet, and saying something like, “you know what they say about the size of a man’s feet…torn shoe covers.” (In Russian of course)

Quick Quiz #2

For 75 points, can anyone name the name of the doctor who is caring for our boy. I’ll give you a minute to think about it……….that’s right Natalia!! Anyone two for two on the quizzes?
So we sit in Ludmila, the orphanage director’s office. Natalia, the doctor and Natalia/Natasha, our translator are ping ponging back and forth the medical reports. Natalia would say things in Russian, Natasha would translate in English.
Do you remember the scene in Saved By The Bell (did you know I went to high school with Tiffani Amber-Thiessen) where the history teacher who spoke at the speed of light was reviewing for a test and all the students were burning up their papers because they were writing so fast?
Well that is exactly how you can visualize Brandy trying to keep up. It was quite comical.
After 15 minutes or so, they were done giving us the rundown of his medical history and the last thing on the list was, “he’s very pretty.” (Brandy underlined that on her notes)
They asked us if we had any questions…we said no…they then said are you ready to see him.
We replied yes, and five seconds later, the door opened, and in walked a man about 55 years old with sideburns and about the height of my mother. (5’4” in case you were wondering)
This was the carpenter who had perfect timing. All of us cracked up in hysterics when he walked in. Poor guy was just returning some keys and had no idea why we were laughing at him.
Anyways, about a minute later, in walked the caretaker with our little man. I think “pretty” was a perfect way to describe him. Blonde hair, blueish-grey eyes, two dimples and a smile that lit up the room.
And this kid is a chunk. He’s either going to be a defenseman for the Preds or a linebacker at USC.
We were hooked right away. We couldn’t wait to get him to the playroom and hang with him.
He took to both of us immediately although he bonded with Brandy a lot more than me, which is fine.
He laughed, he cried (he’s teething), and he just hung out with us, playing with toys. His favorite by far was a tambourine that he shook from hand to hand. Maybe we have a musician on our hands.
We got to play with him for nearly two hours before they came in and took him for his dinner.
We must say, the immediate feeling we had of how perfect he was for us, was overwhelming.
So now we’re back at the hotel. We are going to have dinner with the German couple we met yesterday. They went to court today and are officially parents. So we’re excited to hear all about it.
Natasha will pick us up in the morning and take us to the notary public where we will do the official “petition to adopt.” The process will be rolling and the only thing left will be to wait for a court date.
We will then go to the baby home again at 2pm and will get another couple hours with our man. We can’t wait.
Thanks to everyone for your prayers for this day. We both know they have been answered.

Until Tomorrow,
Brandy and Coby

P.S. This is Brandy…..It was amazing to see this little boy, he really is pretty!! I also wanted to say that my Saturday morning ASK’s given by Pat at the speed of light REALLY helped when writing everything down that the Dr. was giving!! Keep praying the way you all are, they are being felt and answered and today was proof of that!!