We spent yesterday in Odesa, getting the paperwork issues worked out. It was a busy day. Odesa is about a 2 hour taxi ride from where we are staying. It made for a really long day. We are staying in a Christian Missionary -- it is a church and clinic and the upper floor is a place where missionaries and adoptive parents are allowed to stay. It is clean and quiet and we are grateful to be there.
Today we visited with the boy. He recognized us right away and ran over to us. We played outside - he loves music very much. We played music from Jeff's iPod and he would not put it down. He sang and danced. Just like daddy. When we left, he was not happy and sat down outside the door and pouted. It was hard to leave him.
We will formally submit papers to adopt the boy. Tomorrow we will be busy in Odesa getting the paperwork on his sister. We understand that she is not available for adoption, but need to verify and get all the paperwork so that the boy is released to us. If you think there is a lot of paperwork and red tape at Ford, you should come over here for awhile! :)
We will try and post a picture of the boy when we can. We just need to figure out how to do this in Russian. Bye for now, more on Tuesday.
8 comments:
Hi there, Wow, I am very touched. I sure hope it all goes well. I miss you and think that you are amazing people. Love, Sandy
Again, thanks for sharing your story. This is so wonderful, and I'm so happy for you both.
Not as exciting as your life right now, but back home, "Watch Your Language" went off without a hitch, although I don't think we managed to save the library. We were the very first show of the day, and we played to about a half house, much to our surprise.
Good luck with stuff this week!
Its 2am where you are and 6:55 here. Really enjoying this blog. Can't wait to see you both in person. Had fun at the theatre yesterday couldn't believe what a great turn-out they had. Justine rocked. We missed you but like John said the audience dug our show. Everyone was talking about how they loved the musical chairs and interesting staging. Best of luck tomorrow. Love Janie & Bob
Hi,
I ran across your site and and notice your adopting at the same orphanage that we adoped our 8 year old girl in 2003. We also stay at the clinic. Good luck with your adoption.
Our e-mail uacell(at)yahoo.com
I'm so happy to hear that everything is going so well. It's amazing how fast the connection with the little boy happened - must be kismet. :) Keeping a good thought here.
I know Janie and John mentioned it but I thought I'd just reiterate how well the play fest went. I couldn't believe how packed the house was - by hour two there weren't two seats together in the house (and it wasn't even raining outside). Not surprisingly, your scene was the best I saw - well imagined, well rehearsed...
Good luck with the whole paperwork thing - I'll be checking in to see how it goes.
Deb
Sounds like everything is going great! Best wishes!
David
I am so in love with you both right now. What you are doing is amazing!! I'm praying that all goes well. You will be incredible parents, and he will have ton's of love, not only from you but from all his "Aunts" and "Uncles" God Bless you both!!!
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