The 2 week mark |
In
only a week I’ll find out all these things and more. May 10 is the tentative day for the
court hearing and if all goes well, I’ll pick her up that very day. This coming Thursday is the date for
“pre-court”. This is
where I present all my papers to the chief judge and he gives me (hopefully)
permission to set the court date (May 10 is an estimate).
Today,
there wasn’t much of a visit with Annabelle because Dr. Natalia came by to 1) review Annabelle’s birth
history and what is known of her birth parents and 2) to give me an overview of
what questions I will likely be asked in court. She came to the baby room and it bodes
well for this single mom that while we talked Annabelle just hung out on the
mat on the floor by and did okay, she didn’t cry or fuss very much
– until of course my genius kid saw the bottle come in and then by God
she was NOT in the mood to wait for that. So the end of the meeting with Dr.
Natalia found me feeding Annabelle on my lap while
trying to write down her many and varied diseases at birth. It reminded me of
this movie in the 80s starring diane
keaten where she’s trying to juggle a career
and a baby and she has to interview a client with the kid on her lap. Same deal here.
I
will not go into the story of Annabelle’s birth parents here. That will be her story to tell
someday. But I will tell the story
of why Dr. Natalia chose her original name Aida. Dr. Natalia
had a book of Russian and Kazakh names that she had been using to name the
babies. She said she just went down the list. So I think in January there are a
lot of Andrei’s and Alexandra’s and by December the babies are
stuck with Zhania or something. Anyway, she said she had just run out of
names from the book. And when
Annabelle was born she was so tiny and ugly. So Dr. Natalia
decided she needed the boost of a name of a very beautiful and strong
woman. There is a woman here in Kokshetau who is a “head of society”. She is renowned as a lovely woman and a
leader. Her name is Aida. So Dr. Natalia
chose to name my scrawny ugly duckling Aida in hopes that such a name would
help her grow. Isn’t that a
great story? And the theory
certainly seems to have worked since she’s sprouted like a weed and boo-tiful to boot.
In
the few minutes left after Dr. Natalia left Annabelle
and I continued to work on sitting up.
I think she’s “sticking it” a little
longer…. Okay, maybe not. She’s definitely not a weeble baby.
Day 14_files\Day 14 Sitting Up.MOV
Day 14_files\Day 14
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