On our way in to see Liam, I saw some children playing outside the babyhouse on the playground. It was -two this morning and probably around zero when we went for our visit. I went over to take a picture of the children playing and they all hid from the American. If you look at the picture, you can see a little boy on the top, ducking. Pretty funny.
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Poor Liam, his eyes are still not better. He kept scratching them. He clearly was not happy. We asked them to put the drops in both his eyes. We played for a good amount of time and then he was done. He just wanted to be held and then he snuggled in. It was probably the last time we will see him until we pick him up on Tuesday. They are not sure if we will be able to have a visit tomorrow as court is in the morning and then we have to go to the records office in the afternoon. Hopefully, we will be able to sneak a quick visit in. We'll see.
After our visit, we went sight seeing. First, we went to the maternity hospital where Liam was born. He was born on July 16, 2008 in Maternity Hospital #2. We took a lot of pictures to show him when he gets older. It looked like a decent hospital from the outside. Bigger than I thought. It was kind of ironic that there was a family outside leaving with their new born son. They were all on the stoop taking pictures as we were taking our pictures.
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On the way to our next stop, we approached railroad tracks. A rail road worker crossed right in front of our car. We thought this was weird since we were driving and could have hit him. What we did not know is that there was a train coming and the crossing lights were not working. Olga let out a yelp and Misha stopped. We asked if they have gates at crossings and she said normally. It was a little scary at the time, but we all laughed.
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Our next stop was a cool Russian Orthodox Church. It is only 10 years old as the original church was destroyed. The new church is interesting because it looks like a log cabin. The inside is beautiful and very ornate. In Russian Ordthodox Churches, there are no pews. Everyone stands during the Mass. The altar is unbelievable. Not at all like the Catholic altars. There were beautiful and very old pictures everywhere. I'm glad Misha brought us there.
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Our last stop was to the village where Liam's biological Mom lives or lived. We wanted to take some pictures to show Liam where he came from. It is a small village(suburb) in the country. The village is right next to a river, which is now frozen. People actually drive their cars on it. I guess there is too much snow on it for ice skating. We are so glad we had the opportunity to go and see this village. We are pretty sure Liam will be asking about his background when he gets older.
We have been practicing our speeches for tomorrow. Obviously, Keith has a lot more to remember than me. It is to bad we can't bring in notes. Hopefully, everything we be fine and by lunch time tomorrow we will be the proud parents of Liam Joseph Izzo.
See the children hiding inside
Maternity hospital #2
The train we were up close and personal with.
Russian orthodox church
The altar
Frozen river that runs through village
Our favorite chips
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