Hi Everyone,
It is Monday morning here in Ukraine. We hope everyone had a good weekend.
The boys have picked up a tough chest cold. Andrea and I were asked to go to the pharmacy and pick them up some medicine after yesterday morning's visit. They have been battling this for about a week now but as of Saturday it had set in them pretty well and they were clearly not themselves. We did not even go to see them last night or this morning in hopes that some rest and the meds would make them better. We'll go up tonight to see how they are - if they are still under the weather it will probably be a quick visit once again.
Andrea has also picked up a cold although not as severe as the boys have. It was pretty funny watching her try to explain cough drops to the pharmacist! Actually all of the locals get a "kick" out of us and our hand gestures/pointing and my Ukrainian accent as we try and get across what we want. The girl at the pizza house laughs at us - as do many others!! Oh well!!
As the subject line says - we are only 2 days from court!! We have spoken with Olga and she is returning which makes us feel a whole lot better than having someone else finish up with us. There was some question as to whether Olga would be in Crimea working with Cathy Harris on her 8th and final adoption. One plan was that Olga would work with Cathy and we would use another translator but instead Cathy will be using a local translator and we get Olga back - YAY!
Assuming all goes well in court (no reason to think it shouldn't) we may take a few days during the 10 day waiting/appeals period to travel down to the coast of the Black Sea (Crimean Peninsula) just for a change of pace. This will probably be the only time we ever have this chance so why not take the advantage of the opportunity.
We are off to take a walk and see some new areas of town. We'll blog after court on Wednesday and let everyone know where we stand - we think we can actually see some light at the end of the tunnel!!
Take care.
C&A
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It actually seems like the time since you told us about your court date has gone pretty quickly -- of course, that is from this side of the Atlantic while I prepared for company and graduation, so I'm sure it's been different for you!
You must be excited to get court behind you! We are praying that things will go smoothly and believe that they will with God's blessing!
It's beautiful here today, about 75 and sunny, but apparently, according to "weatherman Ben", it is supposed to start to rain later and continue through Thursday. Since the weathermen are only correct about 25% of the time,(including "weatherman Ben") we'll see what happens!
Graduation went off almost without a hitch (explain later) but it was a very nice ceremony and evening.
Will tell you more another time.
I pray the boys will get healthy quickly and be back to their adorable, huggable selves very soon. (NOT that I've had a chance to hug them, which is driving me crazy!!) You better be telling them about me so they will "run into my arms" when they see me at your house! (ok, maybe that won't happen right away!!!)
Sending our love to you ALL. Be safe and be blessed.
Love, Beth, Joe and all <><
We will be thinking of you and praying that everything goes well for you all tomorrow. We are anxious to have you all home to celebrate and share the love that the boys are coming home with and to. Again, please let us know what we can get for you to help with the transition. I know that we need duplicates of everything that was personalized with Brady's name on it. Lucus needs his own stuff too!
Take care - lots of love!
I am thinking of all of you often and keeping you in my prayers daily. I look everyday to hear about your exciting days. Good Luck tomorrow! God Bless. Amy
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