Dear Friends and Family,
Today is Tuesday, and we just found out our court date will probably be this Thursday. This is great news, as this is the earliest day that we could have gotten it. Happy days!
This would make the day that we get the boys legally...Christmas! That's the 3rd weird coincidence so far:
Oldest boy's birthday: 9-1-00, the same as Kelly's father
Date the boys entered the orphanage: 10-17-05, which was our 7th anniversary
Our Gotcha! Day: Christmas (maybe)
Kelly just had her best day yet here in Ukraine yesterday (warning: tear jerker ahead...) Kelly said "Ya Teeb-ya Lyoo-Blyoo" ("I love you") to the little one, and he paused, then said it right back! She's been walking on air ever since. He's said it a few times to both of us since.
It still amazes me how much these kids share. We got the older one some stickers, and he played with about 3/4 of them. When I took him back to his class, he took the remaining stickers, and had just enough to give one to each of his classmates. He was the hero of the day, as everyone was very excited.
Yesterday between visits we visited a neat monument, probably 60 feet high, commemorating the victory during WW 2. We also communicated to the driver that we wanted to be dropped off somewhere downtown so that we could walk around, which was nice.
I had another chuckle today learning about the food here. They are crazy about mayonaisse over here, with it being included in a lot of dishes or as a dressing by itself. Curiously, however, there's never any butter. We were at a nice cafe today that had an English menu, and I noticed butter was an item on the menu. Since we had a basket of bread, I ordered some butter. The waitress told me that it would be a 10 minute wait...while they made some!
Just to be fair, here's today's top 10 list:
TOP 10 THINGS WE DON'T MISS FROM HOME
10. Buying gasoline
9. Hearing local news from Detroit
8. Waiting to go to Ukraine
7. Snow (We're sure it's coming, though)
6. (Kelly) grading papers
5. McDonald's (because there's plenty of them here)
4. Pesky traffic laws
3. (Kelly) getting up every morning at 5:30 am
2. Having to drive ourselves
1. Christmas advertising since Thanksgiving
Peace and Love,
Bill & Kelly
posted by Bill & Kelly Woods @ 8:10 AM
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3 Comments:
To the ENTIRE Woods Family,
We are all happy about the news. Christmas now has one more reason to be special. Each child in the Orange room send a special gretting to all of you ethrough an ornament that they made. They are hanging on our tree in the room. We will save them for you.
With Love
Orange Room
PS: we have pictures to send, please let us know your email to send them to. Thanks.
We are so happy for you. We think about you eveyday and miss you. My mom and dad say HI and they will keep you in their thoughts. My mom showed me how to use spell check. I can't wait to meet your new family. What a GREAT Christmas present to all of you.
Mis you
Brianna
It is great news. I will be praying every day for you. I cried when I read it. It is the best news every. Laura read it to the purple room today and the kids were so happy they were jumping for joy. This is going to be a Christmas you will never forget.
Miss You
Pat
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