Coming Down The Mountain

Today was pretty routine (in a good way).  Got up, had some coffee, connecting via the magic that is the internet.  It's still strange to catch people as they're going to bed, when we're just getting up!  Ate lunch at the flat, went out to the orphanage to spend time with Kayleigh and Michael at the orphanage.  Got the soccer balls out and kicked them around for awhile.  Came home and had dinner.  Pretty routine for now until the adoption finalizes and we bring them "home" with us as they have school until 2pm at the orphanage and still have to go to class.  Today feels different though.  Each day we've been working to get them adopted and to get situated and settled here in Zhytomr while we go through the adoption process.  Now it feels like we're shifting to talk of taking them home with us, preparing to get their new paperwork, and to fly home to Texas.  We did all the stuff we had to when we got here, all the paperwork to complete the dossier for court, had our court date.  Now we're 7 days into the 10 day waiting period to finalize, then it's new birth certificates, passports and visas!  While we have truly enjoyed the adventure that has been our adoption trip, I can tell that we're starting to look forward to wrapping this up and going home with our new extended family!  And for those who have inquired, I fixed the PayPal button on our blog page so that's back up and working, thanks :)