Day 6: "My mom"

We are still here :)   Every day shows us something new about Asa and his life at his orphanage.   This morning we were in the playroom (as usual) and Asa ran over to his friend Bakyt and took his hat.  He ran back to us and put Bakyt's hat on my head.  He then turned and yelled to his friend something in Russian.  Every adult immediately turned to Olga, our translator, and we asked, "What did he say?"  You see, Asa has some pretty funny things come out of his mouth and we were all on the edge of our seat to know what he had yelled at his friend.  And I was in tears when she said, "Bakyt, your hat is on my mom's head!"  And yes, I asked her to clarify, "He really said, "My mom"?"  And three times she confirmed, "Yes, he said MY MOM!" 

 

The other day Asa and Bakyt were playing and teasing each other and all of a sudden Asa raises his fist to Bakyt and yells something.  All the while with a grin a mile wide.  And again, we ask, "What did he say?"  Our little king had just told his little friend, "I'll show you!"  It was hilarious!  And since then we have seen the two of them do that to each other several times.  It is their playful bantor and so cute!

 

We went to the bizarre today during our lunch break to do a little shopping.  The shoes they have been putting on Asa are too small so we found him some shoes.  They are cute little tennis shoe sandal type shoes and have a Russian word on them, like the brand or something.  I asked our translator what the word said.  She said, "It means like ruler or king."  How very fitting for our little king!

 

Yesterday we met with the director and went over Asa's medical file and records of his time in the orphanage.  We learned somethings that give us a little insight into how he came to the orphanage as a tiny baby.  We learned that the orphanage director gave him his name, Vladislav K, and some more about his hip dispasia.  It is so frustrating and heartbreaking, we were shown the most recent Xrays of his hips and he will need surgery very soon after we get home to repair damage that NEVER would have happened if he had been home with us 3.5 years ago.  I wish the people making all of these decisions would understand that REAL live children have lost priceless years of their lives in these institutions and irreparable damage has been done to so many of them physically, emotionally, and neurologically.

 

Asa continues to open up more and more to us.  It is all making us long more and more for the day we walk out of the orphanage with him in our arms, and for that day that we have him home with us forever.  We have been told that court for us *may* happen May 28.  Please pray that as we wrap up our bonding time, that paperwork would flow seamlessly, judges would find favor and grant fast court dates, and children who wait would be sustained.

 

We love all of you!

mike&karla&Asa-Vladik