tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85340612076772116632011-12-28T14:15:28.198-06:00Welcome to our blogspot. We are adoptive parents who began our journey in Sept 2004 and spent +2 years navigating the challenging process of International Adoption. Please join us in our family adventure as we begin our lives together post adoption from Ukraine and live out our family dream. Pamela & BrianBrian, Pamela, Angelinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506685224790129612noreply@blogger.comBlogger941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534061207677211663.post-26306583716845369032011-12-10T11:59:00.001-06:002011-12-10T12:02:24.628-06:00

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Create a collage

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Enjoying Fall TogetherDigital scrapbooking design made with Smilebox

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This is a slideshow video we put together in 2007 to celebrate the Anniversary of our first Gotcha Day. We presented this to about 50 friends in Dalian, China. It is about 35 min long.

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I watch Angelina settle into school this year and I'm so proud of how she always gives her best! I pray for you everyday Honey Bee. Keep up the good work!I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.Abraham Lincoln

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Stop in for breakfast A' la AngelinaAngelina is now cooking french toast and scrambled eggs. She loves to help out in the kitchen and as you can see she cooks up a mean breakfast!

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Angelina started a dance class two weeks ago and absolutely loves it. She has a half hour of hip hop and half hour of ballet. It's hard to get pictures during class but I'll try to get some and post them.

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Angelina said the sweetest thing to me today. She said " You are the Greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life!" Oh baby girl I love you and hope you know that I feel the same way!!!!!!!

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"Mom, your not allowed to wear those fancy jeans at your age!" "Why do ladies wear brads?" "Do these shoes look fancy on me?" "Mom can I borrow your purse?" "Why did God make Ass a bad word?" ❤ A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. Honore de Balzac

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This digital scrapbook generated with Smilebox ~Still just a precious as the day we met them Angelina,Olena & Lyra came together again to celebrate a special sisterhood reunion in the Tennessee Smokey Mountains. With all three families gathering to celebrate the special weekend our good times and laughs were superabundant! As we reflected on memories of years ago we all agreed that our

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Angelina in the Hospital just before she had her adenoids removed on Friday March 11, 2011

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Photo slideshow created with Smilebox

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Scrapbook created with Smilebox

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Make a Smilebox greeting

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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Make a Smilebox postcard

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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Happy 4th Birthday to Angelina! We spent her birthday in Iowa visiting relatives and Uncle Dan took her for her first tractor ride on a refurbished IH Farmall. Make sure you wait for the "interview" at the end!

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Angelina & Momma returned to China in April for a few weeks of down time. We readily slept away our jet lag then we packed our bags and were off again, this time with Daddy to the Philippines. We met up with friends Lisa & Mickey Caverly and there two darling children & had a fabulous time. We hadn't seen the Caverly's in over two years so to be able to see them again mad the trip extra special

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During our Chicago visit we headed south to Kentucky and camped with friends that we met in Ukraine while adopting Angelina. The Kissack's & the Warchol's were adopting there 2 little girls at the same time & from the same orphanage as we did and we were meeting for our first reunion. We were so happy to see them all again and meet the Kissack's four boy's. Angelina was in heaven running around

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Pa Ferrazzi & Fabrizio Ferrazzi (he came all the way from Rome!)The Ferrazzi KidsAngelina & KatelynEaster Eggs!Dancing with Uncle TonyAngelina & Pamela's Spring in ChicagoOur trip to Chicago marked the beginning of spring and brought us some inclement weather followed by many happy moments. We started by landing on a nice sunny day and the weather went down hill from there, we had thunderstorms,

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Samantha & AngelinaSamantha, Britta & AngelinaThe American School started a Montessori pre-school program for 2,3 & 4 year olds. Angelina's first day in this program was March 3rd. She was so excited about her first day of school and talked about it for the entire week leading up to the big day. Now if we can just bottle that enthusiasm and hold on through primary, middle, high school and

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Father & DaughterMother & DaughterLeading a pack of new friends!In mid-February we took a week and traveled to Penang, Malaysia for the Chinese New Year Holiday. I had earned 6 free nights at any Shangri-La hotel in the world based on business travel over the last year and the benefit was going to expire at the end of February so we had to use them or lose them. Penang was a wonderful place and

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Happy 3rd Birthday Angelina!!!Grandma Jeanie, Cousin Caitlyn, Grandma FerrazziThe Singing Birthday GirlAngelina & Aunt LoriAngelina meets CactusFuture Idol?Angelina & Grandpa WhiteAngelina & PaAngelina, Grandma & Pa FerrazziBeautiful Desert SkyOk - first apologies. It is pretty bad (pathetic) that the final installment of these is nearly 4.5 months after Christmas, but I wanted to stay true to

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Hangin' with Grandpa & DadCousins

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She Loves her Necklace!Aunt Lori & AngelinaShe absolutely loves this Kaleidoscope

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Mother & DaughterMaking Chocolate Pie!Angelina cracking up Grandma!Aunt, Uncle & CousinsAngelina & Uncle MikeMommy & Aunt LoriUncle Mike & AngelinaGaela & Cousin ConnorAunt Virginia & Uncle Mike

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It has been an extremely busy +6 weeks since we returned from Christmas in the US. We finally moved into our new home two weeks ago and we are happy to finally be out of the cramped apartment we called home for nearly 6 months. Nothing like home! We knew it would be cold in Dalian, but had no idea just how cold. For the last 6 weeks the high has not crept above 28 degrees – in fact that

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Today Angelina turns 3 years old!!!! I will post picks later.

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Exactly 53 hours from the time we left my parents house until we arrived at the American School in Dalian, nearly twice as long to get back. Our flight into Shanghai was 5 hours delayed (arrived in around 12:30am Sunday China time) so we missed our connection to Dalian that left at 8:30pm. To our surprise there was a United employee holding a sign with our name on it as we deplaned. They had

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Seems Mother Nature and the Airlines don't want us to make it home anytime soon. Started with United Airlines cancelling our Friday morning flight and not finding out about it until Thursday afternoon. After several phone calls we got United to book us on a US Airways flight to San Francisco Thursday night so we could keep our Friday noon flight to China on United.....when we got to the check

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Not a bad guess in my last post, it was exactly 27 hours door to door from our home in Dalian to my parents house in the East Valley (Phoenix), we arrived yesterday afternoon (Wed) around 4:30pm. Angelina was a very good traveler again, not alot of fussing and she managed to sleep on each flight but was wide awake at 2am with me this morning. Of course there is nothing like Asian jet lag, went

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One year ago today (December 12th) we received the final court decree after the 10-12 day waiting period. It was another critical milestone in our 6 week adoption stay because it allowed us to begin processing Angelina's new birth certificate and Ukrainian passport - we could see the light at the end of the tunnel!Now we are one week away from flying to Phoenix for Christmas with my family and

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My best friend and best man, Mike Golec, sent me a very sad note today to inform me that our ASU classmate and very good friend Samantha Rizzo had been in a tragic accident on Thanksgiving weekend that took her life. Sadly she leaves behind her husband Slade (also our classmate) and two young daughters.Anyone that reads this blog please take a moment and say a prayer for her family. She was

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"I feel....ohhhhhh preeettttty goooooodddd!"The proud parents and daughter!Blowing out the Gotcha Day candlesToday marks the one year anniversary of Gotcha Day!! So on Wednesday night Pamela and I hosted a party for Angelina to celebrate, the party included about 40 of our friends and their families here in Dalian. It was a fun evening and we really enjoyed ourselves, especially Angelina who

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It seems the only way I can load these is from work, so sorry for the delay with yesterday's initial post.For the second straight year we spent Thanksgiving outside of the US. Last year was special because we were in Ukraine right in the middle of our adoption. It has brought back many memories over the last couple of days reading the blogs of families that are there this year. As those

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Finally beginning to get our countless video DV tapes onto the computer, so I thought I would post a brief video of Angelina singing her ABC's. Hopefully, this works.....make sure to turn the volume up as the sound is not the best.Just a curious question to the other adoptive parents out: have you ever noticed any behavioral changes in your children (less than 3-4yo) as you approached the

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November 17th, 2006It was one year ago today that Pamela and I arrived in Mykolaiv and met Angelina. The photo above is the very first moment the three of us met and as we stood in the foyer with Sveta (while ~16 kids swarmed around) I kept asking Sveta "Is this her? Is this her? Are you sure?" The feelings we went through that day were indescribable....the waiting period of over 2 years, the

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As today marks our 1 year anniversary for arriving in Ukraine, we thought it would be neat to post a list and share the key dates leading up to Gotcha Day. Many great memories come back when we think about what was occuring in our life one year ago. Take a walk down memory lane with us and click on the November and December posts from last year - sometimes it seems like along time ago and other

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Angelina, Pamela & Irene (friend of Cam's family)4 things about today, November 13th: 1 year ago today we left for Ukraine, Angelina became available for International Adoption, my friend Cam Yee's birthday and this is our 50th post. Enjoy the pics from our trip to the Great Wall on Pam's Birthday, October 17th.Brian

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The Clan - 20 of us touring BeijingEntrance to the Forbidden CityForbidden CityAngelina in the Forbidden City"The world is my playground!"Cameron Yee & BrianTemple of HeavenOn October 16th Pamela, Angelina and I met a life long friend of mine Cameron Yee and his family in Beijing. It was a great trip and several in the group I had not seen in over 15 years so it was a great reunion of sorts. A

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We wanted to post some additional photos from our trip that I did not get into the previous post. The sunsets we saw were amazing and we had alot of fun trying out our new camera that Pamela bought in the US over the summer. Enjoy!Oh yeah, we spent Tuesday, Wednesday (Pam's B-day) and Thursday in Beijing. A very good friend of mine (Cameron Yee) was visiting with his family from the US &

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I got way behind on posting the photos from our regional leave trip to Malaysia (Borneo), but I am including them here. As you can tell, Angelina absolutely loves the water and cannot get enough of it. It was one year ago this week we got the email from our US adoption facilitator about our appointment in the Ukraine - it hardly seems like one year has passed us by.......On this trip to

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Eating for Angelina is an event and she is a very stubborn girl during this time - her listening skills fall way off. So when moments like the following occur the easy route for the parents is to grab the camera and make sure she keeps her food on the table! She loves Chinese noodles - maybe too much.....

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Something about no alarm clocks, no cell phones (left my charger in China & Pam's does not work here), no meetings, no traffic, no horns, no pushing, no shoving and ultimately the sun and the sea makes your mind move in directions that is not possible when strapped with the routine of everyday life. Until this year we had not taken a real vacation in years, so we are appreciating this

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Yes those are cornfields and there are ALOT of cornfields - just no John Deere Combines to be seen!For 10km we saw farmers selling fresh fruits so we just had to STOP - we bought a kilo!Angelina & a new Friend (we had never seen a "light eyed" Chinese, but on this day we saw this fella with hazel eyes and 20 min later another with blue eyes!)Uncle Rock & Angelina (btw he is 6'-5")The

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Daddy's GirlWestin Brunch - Daddy & AngelinaA Rare Sunny Day in Shanghai (click to open)Nanpu Suspension BridgeThe Bund at NightShanghai Maglev Train StationShanghai Maglev Train - That is 258mph!Our Driver, his wife and 5 mos old baby boyOur Driver's Wedding PictureNight View of Shanghai (click to open)Our Anniversary DinnerWell tomorrow the movers come to pack our apartment...I wish it was that

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November 2006Our very first meeting and the day our lives came togetherDecember 2006January 2007February 2007March 2007April 2007May 2007June 2007July 2007August 2007We have been looking back over some pictures dating back to last November when we first met Angelina and I thought it would be fun to post a chronological sequence of photos. Amazing how quick children change in just a short 10

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Pamela emailed me the note below from the US Embassy in Ukraine. This is extremely disappointing news for all past, current & future Ukraine adoptive parents. I was not pleased (actually pissed) when I read it and feel obligated to post this information here for those that are in the process or planning the process of adopting from Ukraine.What is this government thinking?? Any government that

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Little Miss Maria Parker, born July 29th, 1999Little Miss Lila Yee, born July 29th, 2005Little Baby Hardgrove, born July 29th, 2007I have a workaround to access and post on the blog from China - I can now see everything unrestricted whereas previously I could only see the dashboard screen in Blogger. Thanks to a fellow colleague, no more excuses about posting info and pics! Thanks to John

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Check this series of pics out from the Shanghai Airport before we left for the US - A QUICK LEARNER SHE IS!!!Family with the Godparents (Pam's Sister Tina & Brian's brother Mike)Angelina with Grandma & Grandpa WhiteAngelina & Cousin KatelynWell, I am at O'Hare and thought I would get a post in before I head back to China this morning at 10:30.This last weekend was wonderful, it was great having

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Wow, just being away for 6 months and it is culture shock coming back here! Couple things I don't miss - the daytime news, watching tv and driving. The only news we see in china is via internet, the only tv we watch is what we download on itunes and well there is no driving allowed for us. We arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon about an hour late from our original schedule and 13.5 hours

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Our pictures from Father's Day weekend.

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For the last 3 weeks we have not been able to access our blog from Asia. I cannot get into view any blogs on blogger, been trying daily with no luck. I thought of a "back door" into our blog this morning so I hope this post works. If so, I will get some pictures up - just keep in mind I cannot "see" our blog as I am doing this, only view I have is the posting control page.I am hoping this is

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Daddy's GirlMaking FriendsI don't want to go to bed!! :-(Sweet Pea the next MorningSo HappyKickin' ItExploringShe ate 5 of these!!!Then we cut her off.......Loving the waterNow this is a downpour!!What a contrast.....rain to this calm & still eveningHere are a few more pics from our vacation, I had not downloaded everything off of my camera on the first Thailand post. Enjoy!

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Housing Complex @ Dalian American International SchoolIt is about 11pm Tues here in China and I am waiting for a teleconference with the US that starts in about an hour so I will be up after 1am awake at 6am to head into work by 7am. Decided to get on a update the blog to burn the time.The last month has been pretty busy for all of us and we just got back this evening from a 3 day trip to Dalian

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We arrived in Phuket, Thailand on Sunday to begin the Chinese May Labor Holiday and have had a fantastic time since we arrived. Not too bad of a flight from Shanghai (about 5 hours) and Angelina traveled very well again, although our attempted landing in Bangkok was something we don't ever want to experience again. The approach was very turbulent - even at low elevation it was worse than flying

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We made it, but it was close! I am so glad I checked the United website on Saturday night as I discovered our flight to San Francisco had been cancelled. I called the American Express Travel and they told me we had been booked on the earlier flight out of Portland @ 6:14am! It was after 10pm so we crashed for about 4 hours, but we were late leaving the hotel. Once we got to the airport is was

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First I want to apologize for the lack of posting.........we have been so busy since we left Iowa & Illinois in early March. I returned to Shanghai right after that for 2 weeks and have now been home 2 weeks getting ready for our big move on April 15th. Today the packing company was here to pack and ship our allotted items for China (next week they pack the rest of the house for storage here in

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The Bund in Shanghai from the Huangpu RiverOriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai from the Huangpu RiverThank you for the gift Melissa! Hand made in China!I love to eat!Welcome Home Daddy!Wheelbarrow rides with cousin CaitlinRiding with the cousins and watching DVD'sI love water! And cry endlessly when I have to get out! I am so cute!Bubbles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Center of Attention at Grandma Jeannie's

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After months of anticipation Grandma Jeanie finally gets to meet her Granddaughter "Miss Angelina". Jean(Brian's Mom) says "She's just so sweet". Well I have to say I agree.The week started out on a positive note with Angelina sleeping in her room and in her own bed, she had been sleeping in our bed and I was sure that it would take weeks to make the transition. Turns out it only took a few days

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Hi all, glad to see that you are still logging in to get updates on Angelina. She is adjusting so well to her new home, family and friends. On Thursday Jan 11th Grandma Ferrazzi (Pam's Mom) arrived into Portland for her first visit with her new Granddaughter. There was an instant connection for the two of them and by the time we loaded up and left the airport Angelina was screeching with laughter

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Angelina, Uncle Mike & Aunt VirginiaI miss writing on the blog, something I looked forward to with anticipation when we were in the Ukraine. Since we have been home it has been crazy busy and I have little time to devote to the blog let alone much of anything else on our long list of to do’s. That said, I am cranking out an entry now and as I write this blog I am on the flight to Shanghai (I am

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Hi everyone! 2007 is now here and what an exciting year it will be for us now that we are together as a family. As I watched Angelina sleep last night I thought to myself thank God she is finally home and what a wonderful way to start the new year. My spirit feels awakened and my heart overflows every time I see our little girl's sweet smile:) She has been keeping us on our toes and in stitches

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"Ahhh whipped cream, yum, yum, yum!""Give me some more of that Momma!""Yep, forget about the pumpkin pie - this is the best!""I know there are some more presents in here somewhere""This is awesome, thanks for showing me how to do this Momma!""Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled, Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the

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Orthodox Cathederal in KyivMore photos from the Orthodox MonasteryAngelina sleeping in our hotel in Munich - she loved staying there and enjoyed herself (so did Mom & Dad!)Sleeping on the Munich to Chicago flightAt home in her Oregon bed! She is sleeping so well...(at night only, still not taking more than a 45 minute nap)Thanks Aunt Cris! See I am a little froggy!"Hey Dad, what are you doing

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This is the picture that was in the file at the SDA when we selected Angelina on Nov. 15th. You can tell it looks like she has red hair and Pamela thought she looked like the Gerber Baby.CLICK ON THE MATRIX TO SEE LARGER VERSIONOverall adoption timeline. 815 days from start to finish!Angelina's passport picture. Not long until her hair grows out!We all arrived in Portland around 8pm last night

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Gaela in our apartment - she loves balloons!With Daddy's hat showing off!Really showing off!First bath from Mommy the day we left MykolaivReading up on the train with MommyGaela sleeping at 3am........1 of many sleeping positions - this little girl tosses and turns alot!Been a crazy couple of days, on the move since Tuesday morning and we can now FINALLY take a breath and wait for our flight on

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"See I told you I was a shopper, a happy shopper!""Check out this book Daddy gave me!" .............."What is this?" "I wanted a picture book instead.......oh yeah I did promise Daddy that I would start reading this book very soon""Are you still taking pictures of me?""Geez, come on already!""Hmmm, is this soap?"..."I am not so sure about this""This smile is because I THINK I am mischievous!" (

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"Momma, you are really throwing a party?"Wow these are good!Angelina hoisting her "pint" while Lyra wonders, "Why is he so close? Is he trying to take my cookies like his Angelina did?""Whassssuuuuppp! - You talking to me?"Mayhem while the children open gifts from the Warchol'sEarly Christmas!Natasha, Angelina and "Jaws" on their way to the MusicalThe Orphanage's Winter MusicalThat is Angelina in

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Lyra, Angelina and PammyFuture shoppers!Come on girlfriend let's go shopping!"Daddy, I am not so sure about this now - just wait in a few years I will be taller than you"First, thanks to everyone that has posted and left words of encouragement for Pamela, Angelina and I. The traffic on the blog has picked up over the last week and I cannot believe the locations around the world that have visited

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Thanks to Tonya for these photos she took the other day while we were all visiting. I wanted to post them for everyone to see. These little cuties lifelong connection began prior to their new families arriving at the Orphanage, but this connection and friendship has been galvanized over the last few weeks as we have all spent time together. Please visit their families blogs which are listed on

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This morning I finally finished reading the 2nd history book that I brought to the Ukraine. I decided to photograph the book and an excerpt out of the "Burden of Dreams" so if any of you are interested you have a visual of the cover, author's name and title. For those that are considering adoption from UA or those of you that may have already been in the UA - I highly recommend both of these

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Little Miss Innocent"Hey Grandpa, does this zip tie look like straw from the barn?"Her favorite activity with friendsThis is better than that zip tie Daddy!"Hey Daddy - I can take better pictures than you, if I could just get this open!"and yes, her favorite pout and eyeballing look - she has this one mastered!We are now into our 3rd day of the 10 day wait since court. The clock officially

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many mentioned the comparison - you be the judge, just be more congenial than the following story!Sveta arrived at the Orphanage yesterday morning around 6:30am. Pam was still sleeping and did not get up until around 8:30 so Sveta and I went over plans and got caught up on things. I had made coffee in our hot pot that morning (I am getting pretty used to the Nescafe Gold instant) and added milk

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Another family pic and Momma is glowing!Having a ball!Angelina's new found passion!She is practicing her orderliness, which she is a master!Should I take a break and have a sip? Yesterday Angelina started babbling more than we had heard her since we met. In our afternoon visit she broke out in a multitude of discussions. Some we understood and some we did'nt, but it was great we could'nt believe

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Yesterday we received word that our court will be held on Thursday @ 1pm. Excellent news and with a successful court proceeding the clock will immediately start on the mandatory 10 day waiting / appeal period. During this 10 days it will be more of the same that we have experienced over the last week or so - wait, wait, wait and wait some more. At the end of the 10 days Angelina officially is our

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Pam and I decided to burn the afternoon here at the internet cafes. Here is a collection of some additonal pics over the time that we have been with Angelina. You can see the spectrum of her personality in these pics. I also added some new features to the right, including some additional blog links to other families going through the Ukrainian adoption experience. Yesterday was more progress, we

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Sorry, no new pics today - just letters.I finally plowed through and finished reading Borderland by Anna Reid yesterday which is a comprehensive and vivid book about the last 1,000 years of Ukrainian history. It tells about how Kyiv was the birthplace of Slavic society for all of Eastern Europe, including Russia. The history of Urkaine is purported to be the bloodiest history of any country in

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Yesterday the internet cafe was open, but all of their computers were down or turned off, just could not get a straight answer in English! So my intentions of picture posting were postponed until today. We both fell asleep last night around 8pm and slept until about 8am. I started feeling under the weather yesterday so the rest did us good. This was the first morning that we did not visit

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We promised to post something related to the process now that we are beyond our SDA appt and the selection, but it is absolutely too confusing and seems to change daily. So rather than post something that maybe inaccurate we will just post as we go. Yesterday we went to have our petition to adopt translated and notarized here in Mykolaiv. Today we should get all of the pertinent paperwork back

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Day 4 cont'd: Our 11 hour train ride started on Thursday night @ 7pm. If our 2 bags and 2 large rubbermaid containers did not make us stand out among the thousands waiting at the Kyiv train station I'm not sure what else would have. Many pointed and chuckled - only if they knew that those 2 rubbermaids contained gifts and clothes for their country's orphaned children. I almost laughed at myself

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Day 5 Brief: This is going to be a short one as it is late and we are very tired. Later I will outline the 11 hour train ride and the details of today. Much better to post pics now so you can see our little Angelina! Yes her birth name is Angelina. She is so beautiful, healthy and full of life. She is shy now, but she began to warm up to us by the end of the day and gave Pam one of the sweetest

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Day 4: Finally I made it to the Internet cafe and after an hour of being on one computer and not getting into the blog I switched to one that I used the other day.....and bingo I am on and posting. Sorry for the delay in this post we were spent after yesterday - I did get a couple of emails out to summarize our appt.Click on the title above for info about MykolaivDay 3: Our appointment yesterday

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Day 2: For two people who thought we had traveled to many places, we finally found our challenge here in the Ukraine! I thought China would be a culture shock, WRONG! The simple things like figuring out how to get on the net while I sit in the Internet Cafe took all of 15 minutes and getting coffee this morning was a trip too - everything is in Ukrainian and neither of us know the cyrillic

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Well hello from 39,000 feet - just a quick note because I could and because I could, I did! Lufthansa has the Connexion by Boeing and it happens to be free on this flight - not sure that is always free?. No airport worries this morning, luggage not opened by security (which is good because the 2 large Rubbermaids were duct taped and strapped), flight on time and a couple of outlets to charge my

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Well it is almost here and I think we are both ready, emotionally and physically. Lots of last minute "do we have this & do we have that & what did we forget?!" Yesterday was a little upside down - met my Physician & notary to update all of my medical (expires on 12/9) then drove to Salem to have the State Apostille the documents. Turns out this weekend is Veterans Day and yesterday was a

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Welcome to our space and thanks for visiting. After years of considering doing a website I have finally taken the first step in doing something close to it - its not the fancy HTML version that I envisioned, but it will do for now and serve its purpose in sharing. Many of you visiting here are our beloved family and friends that have unconditionally supported us through our adoption journey. Over

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