Holding Pattern...

We are in a perpetual holding pattern. We have learned that our little one should be releases tomorrow to the baby house. This means that we can hopefully start seeing her on Thursday at the very earliest. Her health is still their first concern...as it should be. We are going a little stir crazy though. We watch a lot of DVDs, which I don't mind but it just doesn't occupy enough of our time. Today we were touched by a little Delhi Belly (or whatever its Kazak name is). It wasn't too bad but we are now being extra diligent when it comes to ordering food. In this instance we think it was the raw onion that was on top of the Shashleek we ordered last night. We now try to order it without this onion...they have a new waiter here and his English is really good. I made him blush by complimenting on it. In terms of paperwork we are almost finished...we are waiting for the province of Saskatchewan to send an important form to the Canadian Immigration people and to our Agency (keep your fingers crossed for us). It should be smoother sailing after that...meaning less for us to worry about (not nothing but you know me...I'm not happy unless I have some sort of stress).

You all wanted pictures and here are a few more...

This is Andrew retrieving our coats from the upstairs. He didn't realize that he brougtht down the "Please Clean the Room" sign with him. We (Julia, Nadia and I) all had a good laugh about it.


This is a building bulit during the Soviet occupation. It has the date it was bulit on the side and emblems that have been left to fade off. It is one of the nearest buildings to our hotel.


This is our hotel. It may not look like much but this is one of the fanciest hotels in Kyzylorda. It is only bested by one other. It is quite clean but a little stuffy. We don't have much for ventilation in our room besides our window, and opening the door to the hall (which creates a minor draft). The people here are quite nice and go out of their way to try and understand when I speak English to them. And NO I don't act obnoxious and try speaking louder if they don't understand me. I get much more active with gestures.


This one is just for fun! I have been playing with my iSight camera within my laptop. It allows me to play with the pictures before I take an image. Quite fun. Just to show you how bored I really am. Hopefully we get to see our little girl on Thursday...all we do is count down hours until then.

Oh! Yesterday we went out for Shashleek (the cause of the tummy troubles) and while we were waiting for our driver outside the air quality got worse and worse. It smelt like someone was burning a massive amount of plastic. Both Andrew's and my lungs were burning by the time we got back to the hotel. I have never been so happy to be in a stuffy but clean smelling place in my life. Just thought you would like to know.