A good night last night!

We had our first full night alone with Nastya. Our translator has gone back to Kiev for a few days to finish some paperwork which needs to be in place preceeding our court date. As Kieth and Candice have shared here we are in for a long journey yet. As they say they know what we are in for as they have been here and done this. Thanks so much for your words of encouragement as we know we will need them.
Getting back to last evening we took a walk down to a pizza shop for some supper. I ended up carrying her most of the way. We probably treked about 2 and a half to 3 km's. Fortunatly she ways just about 50 lbs. Now thats a good thing but I would be lying if I said it wasn't a good thing to see our apartment once again. To tell you the truth I really belief that this piggy backing and shoulder rides have been our greatest moments of bonding. It seems that in this she is starting to trust me and be more comfortable with me. If being her chief mode of transportation is a means of breaking the ice then thats cool, no pun intented.
I'll tell you one thing that you notice very quickly around here is that when it comes to driving its literally each man for himself. The way the streets are layed out here you have the right to pass anywhere anytime. Further more you are able to make u-turns as well , anywhere any time depending on traffic flow. As well there are cross walks here but basically this only indicates where you should cross, some abide most don't. Besides that once your on the sidewalk nobody is slowing down. What I mean is you basically dodge traffic to make your way to the other side. This I find really strange because as I am sitting in the passenger seat and we approach a sidewalk loaded with people I'm hitting the brake, meanwhile our driver seems to speed up if anything sometimes laying on the horn just to give everbody a heads up. Now at the intersections where there are lights in place you can feel pretty safe getting across but no lingering even then. All part of the way it is here. Amazingly I have only witnessed a few accidents , its truly a wonder there aren't more.
Anyway we are really looking fotward to the weekend as we will have Nastya all to ourselves. Should be good for all of us. We are planning to find a hair dresser tommorrow and get her done up. Maybee a little shopping, whatever we feel will work to make a fun day for all. It can be a bit of a roller coaster ride in this bonding process and I find I have to be able to put my feelings on the shelf. For now its all about her and her feelings. I mean even last night when you think about it , we had a normal evening and a normal am of getting up , getting ready for school,etc,etc. For her this may have never happened quite this way before. The transition for all of this will certainly take time. One thing to mention , she did sleep very well and we kind of wondered if that was going to happen our first night together, so this was a very good thing and certaonly a step forward. Well I going to shut it down for now. Take care all of you and we so much appreciate your comments and encouragement. Love and miss ya much, Randy