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We're home 28 Dec 2006 | 03:43 pm
Our flight leaving Kiev on the 24th was very late so we didn't make our connecting flight at JFK. So, the airline put us up for the night and we woke up on our first Christmas morning with the boys in...
We get the boys tomorrow 18 Dec 2006 | 12:30 am
We pick up the boys tomorrow afternoon. We plan to get Nicklas first and then on to Nathan's and then hopefully straight to the train station. Our train leaves for Kiev at 7PM so think of us as you ar...
We're coming home in 11 days...hopefully 14 Dec 2006 | 04:58 am
We tried to rebook our flights for December 23rd but the plane was full. The earliest we could even possibly get home with Delta was on December 26 and that wasn't certain. We REALLY wanted to be home...
The boys are ours! 10 Dec 2006 | 05:28 am
The boys are officially ours, well pending the 10 day waiting period, but the court approved our adoption effective December 6, 2006! We don't actually have them though. We still just go to visit them...
General Observations about Ukraine 6 Dec 2006 | 07:16 am
I've wanted to post this for awhile and today seems like a good day to do it! General Observations 1. The people here are very friendly even if they don't make eye contact with you on the streets. Th...
We're still doing well 4 Dec 2006 | 05:57 am
Hello everyone! We're still doing well. The boys are responding well to us and we have fun with them most days. Some days are a struggle though. It must be confusing to them. They've been told that th...
Our days and the boys names 28 Nov 2006 | 05:06 am
Our days are starting to take on a routine now. We take the bus and then walk about 15 minutes to Artur's orphanage and visit with him from 10 - 12 each morning. Then we take the bus back and the stat...
We're in Donestk and finally found an internet cafe 26 Nov 2006 | 08:23 am
however, we aren't sure how often we'll get here because at the moment we don't know where we are. :) Everything is going well. We visit daily with our 2 boys. Artur, our 2 year old, is in the baby h...
We're here! 17 Nov 2006 | 04:27 am
We arrived safely in Kiev on Monday. We're enjoying the sites and the food too! The best news is that we have a referral for two kids; both boys, ages 2 and 5. We leave tonight and drive overnight abo...
5 Days Until We Leave! 8 Nov 2006 | 03:51 pm
The days are going by very quickly now which is good because we're pretty much ready to go. We are working until Thursday so we plan to start our packing and run errands on Friday and then finish up e...
