Category: Ukraine Adoption
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One Glimmer of Hope.
October 18th has become a very special day for our family. Today Lindsey and I celebrate our third wedding anniversary. I am thankful to our God for such an amazing wife and I love her so much! Yet today’s anniversary is shared with yet another exciting celebration as it was just one year ago today…
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Ending our Journey in Ukraine.
This afternoon marks our final post from Ukraine after living in this country for 37 days. Today we had lunch with Melissa deLlanos (adopting Timothy) and the Bachman’s (adopting Marina) which were two families we met when we first traveled to Ukraine. They are a few days behind us and won’t be leaving until Saturday….
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Embassy Day Two
Jackson is starting to get into a routine with us and today was no exception. Little does he know we are about to rock his little world in two days and throw him into a totally different time zone! We woke up this morning and played. Jackson is struggling with seeing Scott and I as…
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Embassy Day One
Today Jackson woke up before the sun did, so we had to enforce the “no getting out of bed until the sun is up” rule again. We put him in our bed and he proceeded to poke Scott’s face for the next hour until our alarm went off. Haha! It cracks me up thinking about…
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Lions and tigers and alligators… Jackson goes to the circus!
Today was a fun day with our son! We learned the hard way that Jackson is no longer scared when he wakes up in the morning and he feels comfortable getting out of his suitcase and exploring the apartment by himself! Oh my, haha! We also had to institute the rule that if the sun…
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Back in Kiev, Ukraine.
After a long night before of packing and trying to adjust to being “parents”, we got on the train early this morning at 7 A.M. and started the six hour journey back to Ukraine’s capital city. We spent a lot of time in Jackson’s home city and we will miss that place, even if there…
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Gotcha Day!
What an incredible day the Lord has given! After over a long year of prayers and putting our full faith into our Almighty God, the moment came at last! Today we took our beautiful son, Jackson Scott, out of the orphanage to be with us for the rest of our lives! Praise God! You can…
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‘Twas the Night Before..
Tomorrow is the big day! Scott and I officially become parents and we take Jackson out of the orphanage for good. We are so excited, but it seems bittersweet at the same time. He has been in this place for two years and the nurses have cared for him for two years. We have a…
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An Emotional Day!
First – check out the post from yesterday about our official Adoption Day. I just posted it tonight, as we were tired and I didn’t have time to post. So, today was another unexpected day outside of our routine. This morning we woke up pretty late because we were up late last night taking time…
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An orphan no more! Official Adoption Day.
Well, this day went NOTHING like I imagined it would! Tatyana said that she would pick us up this morning at 9:15 to sign some papers. I had no idea that we were going to sign ALL the paperwork today to make Jackson ours! It was a full day and we didn’t get back to…