Today was a great day! After 40 days and 40 nights in Ukraine, snow and sun, ups and downs, praises and prayers, we are officially the parents of Kayleigh Mariya and Michael Andrew Tansey! It goes without saying we are very, very happy!
It was a long day as we loaded up in the car with the facilitator and did a whole lot of running around. It is amazing how much paperwork there is. Court house, notary, orphanage, birth certificate office, orphanage, notary, passport office ..... you get the idea! Took a ride with Kolya and Nikolai to buy some doors for the orphanage. Waited in the truck for awhile waiting for documents, Nikolai starts trying to talk to me. No english at all. I tell him in Ukraine I don't understand. Get a big laugh when he says it again slower and louder with hand gestures. We kid Jodi all the time for this! We had dinner with our facilitator and driver (long day for him too!) then out to the orphanage for more time with the kids there, and tradition of bringing cake or candies to share with their classes. Met a nice Christian couple that comes to the orphanage a lot to spend time with the kids, turns out they are Kayleigh and Michaels godparents as well :) Now thinking about an early bedtime, because I am mentally wiped out!
Welcome to our blog! We are so excited that you would take the time to follow our adoption journey! Thanks for coming along for the ride as our adoption of Kayleigh and Michael was completed in May 2012 and as we embrace our new world of parenting five teenagers!
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