Navy day in Vladivostok

Well I just got back from seeing the sights, and there were alot of sights. It was Navy day a huge holdiay in Vladivostok, after all it is a port town and Vladivostok used to be a closed city to just the Navy. The weather was very overcast and breezy and perfect for walking and seeing the sights. We must have walked and climbed stairs for hours. I definitely got my exercise today, but it was so much fun. I like to study the people and look at there faces and wonder what they would look like if they had a little easier life, and all of the blessings that we take for granted.

As you can see we found a monkey picture vendor. He was so cute and if I could bring him home I probably would. Elena is my interpreter and she was not so crazy to help hold the monkey. I saw my first reindeer today. It looked just like what we picture pulling Santa's sleigh. The kids were taking rides on him. He was very cool. I wished for Jillian today, but hopefully they will have the reindeer and monkeys when we come back.

It is now 4:00 in the afternoon and I so want to go to sleep, but don't really want to wake up at midnight again. That makes for a very long day. Tomorrow is the big day. Wow, it is very strange to think about meeting your child for the first time. I am going to focus on not looking scared to death since she does not have Nonny to run to, like Jillian did. I am so grateful for all of your prayers. Until tomorrow. . . . . . .