HOME!
We had small reception for Katie at the airport but she was in surprisingly good spirits after flying half way around the world. She looked at Peter with a bit of puzzlement for a few seconds but when the flash from his camera went off she remember exactly who he was.
We were excited to show Kate her new home and are happy that she loves her new room. The whole house is a bit overwhelming for her. She keeps repeating “mine? mine?” in befuddled and bewildered Russian. She showed enough energy to run around the house a little and then announced she wanted to go to bed. Wow. What a day.
Hi. In 2010 we traveled to Ukraine to adopt a child. This blog was a chronicle intended for our families and friends but I've left it on-line for anyone else who may find our experiences useful.
"Ivan" was the "working title" we started using for our prospective child. Our adoption process took twice the time we were told it would so we were trying to free Katerina from the isolation of an institutional orphanage to our family. And we were trying to get ourselves back home too.
