Meeting Kate- Adjustment and Attachment
We are delighted that so many people want to meet Kate now that we’ve finally liberated her from Ukraine. However, for Kate this is a very big change. She is used to a very regimented routine at the orphanage and we will need time to develop one at home. Our biggest priority for Kate is to get her eyesight corrected. The other challenge that we face is that she needs time to become attached to her parents. As a child in an orphanage she is programmed to seek affection and attention from every adult (female) that she sees. In order to facilitate this we need time to bond and before you meet Kate we will let you know how the program works. Please no parties just yet. We assure you that she will be the life of the party in the long term.
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.
