Poteat Russian Adoption

Friday, May 19, 2006

Unexpected early morning excitement


We received an unexpected wake up call and instantaneous knock on our door this morning( Saturday May 20th) at 5am. To our surprise, Andre had arrived to take us to the airport. We had nothing packed and we were still basically asleep. All he said in his stern voice, over the phone, was "are you going to Moscow" and I replied after regaining my composure from being asleep "I thought we were supposed to leave at 5pm" sternly he replied with his thick accent " Reg! Open the door!". Andre does not have a great deal of patients. As I tried to locate my pants, I was in my boxers, Andre kept banging at the door eventually awakening Ethan and creating total chaos. I answered the door with only jeans on and he said "Let's go to the airport" and I gave him a pretty confused look and said " I thought we were supposed to leave at 5pm not am" at this point I was beginning to believe he was right as he had looked at our tickets the night before. I picked up a crying Ethan and got the tickets and itinerary and showed them to Andre. Like an angel, calmly smiling, Andre replied " I very sorry, go back to sleep". For a split second I wanted to wipe that smile off of his face. The calming effect of having Ethan in my arms made all the difference.
In the end I was not mad at Andre, just relieved our flight was in the evening, and we could enjoy a peaceful morning with Ethan. After all, without the help of Andre, the adoption of Ethan may not have been possible.

3 Comments:

At 12:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good story! I know you were both relieved that you didn't miss your plane. By now, I hope you are all safe and comfortable in Moscow.

We are all well and happy here. Every morning I rush to the computer to hear from you and have my morning "happy cry". I think I recognized the clothing Ethan is wearing. I'm so glad he had not outgrown the clothes. If you think of anything you will need for him when you get home, let me know and I'll have it there for you when we meet you in Raleigh. The whole family would like to be there, but we do not want to overwhelm Ethan.

Keep posting....We love hearing from you! God's blessings and much love are being sent constantly your way.

 
At 11:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think thats a pretty funny story.. but i'd be pretty ill!... I wanna see Ethan on Thursday, I mean me and Logan are his sisters.. and hes gonna be with the half of the family when we go to the beach, its better to start that now so he'll be use to it:).. and the party too!! Their will be at least 130 people there! I love you and hurry HOME

 
At 8:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

He looks so much like Reg in the picture of him wearin the plaid shirt!
Don

 

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