Last Trip Day 2

September 29, 2009 is going to be a special day for our family. In the "adoption world" people call it Gotcha Day (which I read somewhere can stand for God Ordained This Child's Happy Adoption Day)or Forever Family Day. This morning we had breakfast, waited at the hotel while German ran some errands, went to the Vital Statistics Office where we picked up the Adoption Decree and Logan's birth certificate, ran some more errands, had lunch at our favorite German restaurant that we eat at every time we have come to Kaluga, checked out of the hotel then off to the baby home. German dropped us off for about 40 minutes and we spent some time with Logan and the caretakers before we left. They changed him into the outfit we brought (pictures to come), we took some pictures, received his feeding/sleeping schedule from the head doctor and then said our goodbyes. Then we buckled him in the car seat PRAYING that we would have a smooth ride to Moscow. He was PERFECT!!! Didn't cry once. We have also heard that a lot of children get sick in the car, so we had paper towels and plastic bags just in case - but Logan didn't get sick at all (thank goodness). He just stared out the window, looked back and forth at us, played with a toy we had brought and slept. It was wonderful. German kept saying how surprised he was that he was so good! After a 4 hour trip (we arrived at 8:30pm), we made it to German and Marina's and tried to get settled in our room. Since he hadn't eaten dinner yet, we figured we should feed him. So we gave him some mashed potatoes and a bottle. Then it was time for bed. So, we laid him down, turned off the lights and then laid down in our bed. Then we hear the CUTEST laugh - over and over again. We buried our heads in the pillow to muffle our own laughs. Then came the clapping. Then he started standing up in the crib. So, we would go over, lay him back down again, he would give us the HUGEST smile and we would go lay back down again. The laughing, clapping and sitting/standing up would start again. This went on for about 20 minutes and he finally went to sleep. So, we are trying to find things in our suitcases using the light from the laptop. We are off to take Logan to the doctor tomorrow morning and then we have the afternoon to hang out. We wanted to give you all an update and promise to post pictures tomorrow. DASVAYDANYA!!!