Ahh yes, another fall season and waiting for the holidays to come! It is so weird. The days seem to zip by, blink and it's over but it seems like we submitted our...
I truly do feel like the luckiest mom in the world. I think about all my children (bio, adopted, step) and wonder why was I so blessed. My husband and children are all so...
This year our lovely little 10 yr old girl, is in 3rd grade. School started last Friday and we are off to a great start! She loves her new school (we pulled her out of ESL) and...
So it's been a while since I've journaled, I guess I owe my faithful readers (LOL) some updates Well, we began our domestic homestudy, since that is what we...
I must be crazy. Getting a grip on the finances to start another adoption isn't easy. Aside from having recently bought a new car (which we put off for 2 yrs longer than we...
We are ready to adopt again! Things have been going so wonderfully with our little girl, we want so badly to bring another child into our family. This time, right...
I forgot to share one more thing about our silly girl and my new car. We bought the car while she was at school. When I picked her up from school , she "oohed" and "ahhed". She...
Well, our baby has been home for about 8 weeks now. Attachment and bonding are going beautifully, we are definititely a family. Yana has been in school now for 3.5...
Because of the recent discussion on the FRUA board about packing and last minute travel, I wanted to share our packing list and some thoughts. Unfortunately I couldn't upload...
So the birthday "party" went well. She was a very happy girl. When we got to Ray's Splash Planet, however, we had to wait to get in because as my Dad put it "They had a Caddy...
In the 2 weeks that Yana has now been home, her English and understanding of English has increased tremendously!! I mean, I am telling her things without miming the...
(Oops! I should have posted this yesterday ) I just wanted to let everyone know that on Friday night Dan and Yana arrived home safely. Since then we have been having a...
I know we are not getting as many hits on our blog as we were when I first announced we went to Ukraine but it looks like we are still getting a few hits. Hopefully someone...
Today the 10-days (for any appeals) are up and the final court decree has been issued. There is no changing their minds or some distant family member popping up now to make an...
Oh my goodness! I just saw pics of the 2 groups of children coming over through the US-Russia Global Exchange summer hosting program and let me tell you, they are a great...
March 6, 2006 Today was a good day, though I’m not sure how much was done for the adoption. Unfortunately the Department of Education hadn’t signed off on the...
Didn't know we were going to get on the computer so my full upate is on the other computer. Do not expect to get online again until we are back in Kiev, hopefully next week....
Today we spent the day with our princess. We woke up early, drank coffee with "Mr. Big" and talked about Ukrainian history and present day issues; it was all so...
So at 4 AM this morning, we left Kiev and headed for the town. It was approximately a 6 hour ride through farms, farms and more farms. The town is extremely...
Guess what, we just got back from the National Adoption Center (NAC)!!! Yes sir/ma'am, we did get in a day early. After Dan hung up the phone with Jim the other phone rang and...
Dan just unpacked 5 lbs of oatmeal from our bags LOL I wish he'd leave the 170 granola bars home too but I think someone thinks there is some kind of food shortage...
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