She can’t resist my charms forever

Last night Mee and I had our first full visit with Chloe (two hours). At first it looked like it would be an extension of the first visit (the night before) when Chloe essentially gave the impression that she thought I was a creepy man and wanted very little to do with me. One good thing to come from having a creepy man in the room is that she turns to Mee for safety and security. Said another way, I am facilitating the bond between mother and daughter. But after about thirty minutes she began to warm to me and at one point, when I put out my arms she came to me. Then I was done, caput, finished, and completely wrapped around her tiny finger.

Around the second half of the visit she even began to laugh and smile a bit. It is incredible how smiling and laughing changes her face completely. I am looking forward to creating a world for her where she mostly smiles and is rarely sad.

Mee and I are starting to get on schedule as far as when day is and when night is. We are getting used to the food and even starting to explore the local markets. It is pretty tough in this city–no one speaks English. And when you begin to mispronounce the little bit of Russian you memorized to ask for a loaf of bread they start rattling away in Russian as if they said a whole bunch of words real fast, we would be more likely to understand some of them. We don’t. We just kind of shake our heads and keep saying “da (yes)” and “spat-see-ba (thank you)” over and over. I’m pretty sure we got a great deal on our goat though. It was owned by a little old lady who only milked it on Sunday’s.