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One Year Home! 16 Jan 2009 | 01:32 pm
Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday Rachel and I were flying home from Odessa, and yet it will be 1 year next week. It was a great year, full of ups and downs, but mostly ups. It was a...
Family pictures! 23 May 2008 | 12:09 am
We finally had our family pictures taken! My friend and co-worker Teri came over to our house to shoot our first ever professional pictures as a family of 5! She did an amazing job, and we spent all w...
First Mother’s Day with Rachel! 14 May 2008 | 01:41 am
Ukraine doesn’t celebrate Mother’s Day. Instead, they celebrate a Women’s Day, which is great in my opinion – it’s a holiday for all women, and you don’t have to be a Mother to enjoy the gifts and att...
Spring is here 8 May 2008 | 12:05 am
After the crazy week of mid-80s and another week of 40s, spring finally came, and the girls are having a lot of fun playing outside. Every time I see them on the swing set (luckily, we have 2 swings f...
Pen Pals 1 May 2008 | 06:53 am
While preparing for our trip to Ukraine, I virtually "met" Kelly, another adoptive mom. We had so many similarities in our trips – our SDA appointment was on the same day – November 20th, we both had ...
Weather in Rochester 23 Apr 2008 | 04:13 am
March 30, 2008. Temperature: 28 ° F April 3, 2008. Temperature: 54 ° F April 18, 2008. Temperature: 85 ° F (notice the lack of leaves on the trees!) Also we had some other "firsts" this week for Ra...
Spring break 16 Apr 2008 | 04:13 am
The spring break is here, and the girls are having fun. A couple of days ago we bought Rachel a new bike – something she wanted for a long time. She was SOOOOO happy, you can’t imagine. She repeated o...
Our Anniversary 9 Apr 2008 | 11:33 pm
21 years ago, on April 9, 1987, Oleg and I got married! We’ve been married for more than half of our lives, and we’ve met on the first day of school in first grade in 1974. Here is the picture of the ...
Gymnastics 3 Apr 2008 | 02:21 pm
This week both girls had open lessons in their respective gymnastics classes. Of course we made sure to make lots of pictures, and both girls were very proud to show us what they can do. Especially Ra...
2 months home 28 Mar 2008 | 12:49 am
We’ve been home for 2 months now, and it already feels like Rachel’s been in our family forever. She’s such a sweet little girl, very well behaved, trying to please us, always doing what she’s asked t...
