| Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| We're back from Trip #1 |
We're back! We're trying to catch up on sleep, do laundry, unpack, etc. Wow, what a trip! I'm just going to do a quick overview and will give more details in the days ahead. We picked our kids up from MeMa last night and I'm ready to spend some time with them today. My son is asking to play dinosaurs, so I have a very important engagement.
Everything worked out incredibly! We had many travel issues to overcome and God smoothed every single one of them out. We had a great time, other than my husband's travel sickness. Our children are precious! The boys are very tiny. They will be 5 years old in June. They weigh about 26 pounds and the size 2T clothing we took fit them perfectly, a little big in the waist. They have some major dental issues, especially one of them(like nothing but a few rotten stumps for teeth). Somehow though, it made their smiles even sweeter. Dental visits are one of the first things on our list when we bring them home. They came right to us, played with us, sat on our laps, and after a while, hugged us. Those were the most amazing hugs anyone could ever ask for. They loved all of the play things we brought, especially the ViewMaster! We stayed busy for hours.
It was so difficult to leave them there. However, they are the "babies" of this particular orphanage and everyone looks after them and loves them. I know they will be taken care of and loved until we can get back to bring them home. We are already hitting the new paperwork very hard! We have a goal, it may be impossible, but it is our goal nonetheless. June 6 is their birthday. We want to have them home by then or at least be getting them by that date.
I'll fill everyone in on more details later. Right now, I have a dinosaur date! :-) |
posted by 6blessings @ 8:14 AM  |
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Wow Kim they are so tiny. But so happy they loved & hugged you both right away. Hoping the time flies and you get your next court date real soon.
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Welcome home. I'm glad it went well. Congratulations!
5 is such a sweet age. We had a 5 year old in the group that came here last summer. He had just moved from the baby house to the dietsky dom, so he was the youngest. And you're right, all the older kids looked out for him.
I'll put June 6th in my prayers. (My magic date is June 14th... I'm hoping for that anyway.)
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it seems pretty common to have dental issues when adopting older children. i'm not sure if you read this blog, but the kaufman family adopted two boys approx 4 and 8 i think and the older boy has seen the dentist quite a bit. check them out:
http://spaces.msn.com/kaufmanfamily2/
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What a beautiful post. I can just picture your new boys with their precious smiles. I look forward to reading about your trip.
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Wow Kim they are so tiny. But so happy they loved & hugged you both right away. Hoping the time flies and you get your next court date real soon.