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The Journey for Our Forever Child
July 2005
We made it home!
Wednesday, 20 July 2005 3:04 P GMT-04
Sorry I haven't updated this site since we have been home. It has been really busy around here, obviously. Sorry to leave those of you hanging that don't have personal contact with our family.The flights went well. Dasha was extremely excited t
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Last full day in Kyiv
Tuesday, 12 July 2005 3:11 P GMT-04
Tuesday, July 12Today was another day of "Hurry up and wait". But we were waiting on the final documents, the immigrant visa. This will allow Dasha to enter the U.S. and become a citizen when we go through immigration / customs in Detro
Last weekend in Kyiv. First weekend with our daughter!
Monday, 11 July 2005 2:38 P GMT-04
The last three days have been a bit busy for us. Sorry I haven't updated the site, but playing with Dasha was higher on our priority! But, I will revisit the last 3 days as best as I can recall.Saturday was an at-home, get to know each other kind
[Photo Album] Photo Album of Kharkiv & Return to Kyiv
Saturday, 9 July 2005 3:38 P GMT-04
These photos are from the past week and a half. From the time we met Dasha to today. We had very limited internet time with a real bad connection so I only posted some of the photos we took. Here is a larger selection of photos from this time.
Wednesday and Thursday in Kharkiv
Thursday, 7 July 2005 8:17 A GMT-04
Sorry I didn't post anything yesterday. We are running extremely low on internet time. We are down to about 1/2 hour left. I can recharge my account when we get back to Kyiv, but can't from here. So, Wednesday was a very full day. We did ou
Tuesday with Dasha
Tuesday, 5 July 2005 2:30 P GMT-04
Wow, it's 9pm local time and we just got home from a full day. We started the day as we have the previous few. Vitaly picked us up at 9:30, and we showed up at the orphanage at a bit before 10am. The kids were all still inside. We thought the
Another day closer
Monday, 4 July 2005 1:49 P GMT-04
Today we once again went to play with Dasha. We arrived about 9:45am. Her play group was already outside and she was playing with one of her favorite toys, the hula-hoop. She wasn't as excited to see us as she had been. I think she is just ex
Sunday at the Orphanage
Sunday, 3 July 2005 12:07 P GMT-04
We arrived at the orphanage a bit after 10am this morning. Dasha's group was already outside playing. We walked towards the playground where there were lots of kids playing. I was hoping to see Dasha before she saw us, so I could see her reacti
First outing with Dasha
Saturday, 2 July 2005 1:20 P GMT-04
Today was the first day we were actually able to take Dasha out of the orphanage. We needed to get some blood tests done, passport photos, and some clothes for her. We started the morning at about 8:30 when our translator and driver picked us up.
Friday in Kharkiv
Friday, 1 July 2005 10:13 A GMT-04
This morning we visited Dasha again. We were only at the orphanage at about 10am until about noon, but we did get some qualit y play time in today. Her group was just going outside to play when we got there. We met the group in the staircase as