First Trip Out and About

Today was a pretty quiet day. Rich had to go out with Dimitri to get some paperwork for Haylie's registration. That was the last we have to do. Something else to complete her registration needs to be done on Monday, but Oksana will do that. After that we are apparently finished. She told us we could actually go home Tuesday instead of Thursday, so we are looking into changing our plane tickets. If it's not too much, we will head on home. The apartment is prepaid and of course there is no refunds, so we will have to eat 2 nights if we do leave early--but will sure be worth it. I'll keep you posted.

We stayed in most of the day. We did go out at noon because the cleaning lady was supposed to come then. So we bundled Haylie up in the pink marshmallow suit and used the Hip Sling. It is most assuredly easier than just carrying her, but she is still a load if walking very far. Which we did. That stroller sure would have come in handy!!

We walked over to the Old Arbat area which is a pedestrian mall-like area with lots of shops and restaurants. We probably walked about 1/2 mile to you guessed it, McDonalds. We weren't sure how Haylie would do for her first restaurant experience and knew McD's was kid friendly. Only thing was, they didn't have one single high chair anywhere. I fed her before we left, so she just watched us. She did really well. Next we walked next door to the grocery store in the area. It was a really nice, two story store, with a flat escalator you can take your shopping cart on--pretty neat. We just bought some bread (no white wonder bread here), yogurt, juice, and water.

I also got what I thought was butter for the fresh french bread. However, turns out what we got is some kind of dry cream cheese-like concoction. Thats what happens when nothing is in English and I can't read Russian.

Don't think my little girl is feeling very well. Can't tell if it's from teething or maybe a ear infection. She's just be lying around most of the day and pretty fussy. A dose of tylenol perks her up. She didn't eat much of her dinner either. But is still using the little potty like a champ--I can't get over it. She can't walk yet, but is pretty well potty trained!! Hopefully she'll feel better tomorrow since we are going to try and walk down to Red Square (where again the stroller would have come in handy!!)