We got an email from our coordinator on Friday and she told us that another family with their agency is travelling to Kaliningrad this week. She says "we are awaiting news on your case though I realize we may still have to wait a while."

What does that mean? I have no idea...guess we are still at the no news is good news stage.

In the meantime, Andrew's birthday was yesterday and I got him a little Virginia Tech Hokie jersey and pajamas for the baby when it comes :) Hopefully, they will fit. Wish we knew if it was going to be a girl or a boy and the age so we could start decorating the baby room and buying things.

Or so we have been told...our coordinator here in the states said that she has not heard anything from Yuri over in Kaliningrad, but she says that is okay.

So, while we are waiting, I decided to post a few pics of Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea :)

The first pic is our first view of the airport in Kaliningrad...we were a little nervous when the propeller plane taxied up to the "gate".

The 2nd picture is the view from our room at the Hotel Kaliningrad. So much traffic at all times of the day or night. No air conditioning, so we had to open the windows, but it was too loud outside to sleep.


The picture on the left is of the Cathedral of Kaliningrad...built on an island with a moat all around it.