Today was another routine day, and day 10 of our waiting period! This coming Monday Sergei gets back from his family and Tuesday we hit the ground running. The plan is to go to the town where the kids birth certificates are and get them. The town is close to Lugansk, a town about an hours drive away. After that we will be doing various paperwork to get ready to head back to Kiev with the kids. We plan to get the kids Friday and take the train back to Kiev on Saturday and spend the next few days finalizing the kids travel documents so we can bring them home.
Today was another lazy day, we hung around the hotel and did nothing until it was time to see the kids. We decided it was best for Mom to stay at the hotel and for Dad and myself to go on to the orphanage so that's what we ended up doing. We had a nice visit like we always do and told the kids what the plan was and outlined what basicly was going to happen to them. Such as when we would pick them up and when we would head to Kiev and when we fly home to America. They are excited but I am sure they don't like leaving their friends, especially Kristina. After our visit we walked back and Dad nearly lost an eye to a tree branch, but thankfully, his ear warmer slid down when the branch hit it blocked the branch from hitting his eye. The rest of the night was spent as usual eating dinner and relaxing at the hotel.
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| Kristina's giraffe puppet. |
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| Playing in Lera's room. |
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| Playing in Lera's room |
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| Playing in Lera's room. |
I thought you were starting the paper chase on Monday (today).
ReplyDeleteJust got a chance to check out your blog, and it's awesome! I feel like we caught up on so much that we missed - y'all have been busy!!! We can't wait to meet our new cousins at the next family reunion! Carla & Lauren Snowden
ReplyDeleteHey Rowells! I just got all caught up on the latest here. I am so excited that your return to the U.S. is near! We have missed y'all and can't wait to spend some time getting to know the new Rowell kids! Kaden is everyone short there or have you just grown ALOT!?! Karen I know you are a super woman but leave the flying to SuperWoman! Seriously, I hope that you are ok from your slide down the icy slope. We will continue to pray that your journey is easy and safe!! We love and miss you ALL!! Michelle :)
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