STILL WAITING...

We have spent 9 days with the boys and they just get cuter each day. They recognize who we are and come to us immediately. One of their little friends points them out to us if they are in a play pen. Most days we see them twice. We see them once from 9:30-11:00 and again 4-5:30. Yesterday it was almost 6 pm and I think the caregiver was trying to tell us that it was late for their afternoon snack. What they don’t understand is if they are telling us something like when or if they have eaten we don’t understand. We just nod and smile. Sometimes we speak Spanish by accident. We don’t have an interpreter with us at our visits. We plan to have one at a couple sessions when it gets closer to the time for transition to our care. We are still waiting for some final tests to make sure they are cleared for adoption. Of course the Ukrainian way caused a significant delay and what we thought would be a couple days is now a week for the results. Everything is just a little bit harder here. I’m not sure if that is homesickness or just acknowledgement of the situation. Not having the language at our convenience has been very difficult for Greg and I. Small phrases only go so far, then the hand signals start. We just got a cellular connection to our laptop so we can keep you up to date more often. Sorry there has been some down time but it has been tough for us as well. We look forward to sharing more with you soon. Greg also found a guitar at a local shop so he has something to keep him busy. We will take it to the orphanage as soon as we get some children’s songs worked up. Greg only knows Bob Dillon and Tom Waits songs, so those won’t work. I know you are all dying to see the boys and we will do our best. You can email or respond to the blog now and we will get your messages. We love to hear from you all so don’t be shy. We will respond to as many as we can.