Hello all,
Well our day started out with Oksanna calling and waking us up to tell us she would be here to get our passports and immigration information because she found out late yesterday that we need Ukrainian Police Clearance. Now I know most of you are thinking the same thing all of us our that Interpol should cover the Ukraine...I dont know the answer we are just doing what they are asking for...here is the catch...if we do not have this clearance by 3pm August 7th then we go ahead and go to court and then when we get the paper we have to go back to court and start our 10 day waiting period over again..UGH...So they told Oksanna to check back at 12..she did nothing...they told her to check back at 4...she did nothing...so we have 1 more chance in the morning at 11 to check...please pray it is there......we need this to go through the first time...school is going to start at home and football games...and work...and work....we just need to get home....Other than that we decided we were not going to sit in the apartment and watch TV all day so we picked Madison up and brought her back so she could take a shower and put medicine on her rash, then we headed out and we walked her for 3 hours...shopped alittle and ate lunch and then just sight seen. It was nice but so hot I thought I was going to sufficate at one point....have I mentioned how I hate to walk...Anyway we got back to the apartment and we practiced English and then let her turn on the movie....she did come up to me today and say I am thirsty....and she always says thank you now...so that might not seem like a big deal but it is so nice to hear her voice...we can go hours and never hear a word...ha...but we are sure she knows what we are saying...she laughed alot today...which is good..sometimes we wonder what is really going through her mind....We did find out she became an aunt...her oldest brother's wife just had a baby...so her sister went to the town they were born in to help out....I feel sorry for her sister because it seems like eventhough they have had a bad family life...she seems to be the one to try to hold them all together as much as possible...it is sad but again it just shows her strength and the love she has for all of them....I guess she was the mother to them all when the real mom wouldnt do it....When we got ready to take Madison back we told her this time tomorrow she will be our daughter....she just smiled real big and it was nice to see her happy....she has had a bad couple of days because of the rash she is very self conscious and she doesnt want us to look at it or help her...I guess that just comes from never having anyone to help her when she is sick or hurt...she thinks she can only rely on herself.....she did let Jeff cut her pizza today...2 days ago he tried to help her cut chicken and she got angry....we didnt even think that she has never used a knife...she didnt know how ...another thing she didnt know how to do was tie her tennis shoes...she has never had shoes that tied...how sad....she also let Jeff do that for her..but her release of her defenses and to ask for help doesnt come easy...she just dont know how to depend on anyone...today alittle girl came up to us at the orphanage and she had fake fingernails on 4 fingers...they were real long and red...she is 11...while she was standing there one fell off and Madison made a gross face as she picked it up and pressed it back on...I didnt understand the face until our translator laughed and said she was holding her nails on by chewing gum out of her mouth...talking about improvising.....Give that girl a home and family and she will do something with her life..ha...We let Madison know we would be back in the morning early to get her bring her back to get a bath and get ready for court...and ofcourse take pictures...she is getting tired of the camera also..lol....we tell her the grandparents get mad at us if we dont send pics....Well please pray tonight we really need that paper in the morning...we will let you all know how it goes.....hopefully the next time we blog we will have the countdown started....
Love
Donna and Jeff.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Wednesday August 5. 2009...WE GOT A COURT DATE
Hey everyone,
Well the day has not been without some trials and tribulations. We started out by going to pick up Madison at 1100. When she came out to us she looked bad and she felt clamy...then Jeff noticed on her arms a rash, well she never wants you to look at anything so I try not to pry and I also didnt want to make a big deal because I didnt want them not to let us have her and put her in the hospital. So I waited till we got in the car and she lifted her arm and she was covered in a rash...I mean covered...I had Oksanna ask her what it was and the doctor told her it was allergies and gave her pills...I have no idea what they are but she has them. She says they dont itch but I think they do she just wont complain. We went to the express mail place to pick up our papers for the judge. Then we went to see our favorite judge...He wasnt receptive to Oksanna's visit. He wouldnt even talk to her. So she came out...very frustrated and told us to go on home she was staging a sit in...ha...girl after my own heart...So we stopped at the supermarket to get some items and then to get tomatoes at the open market and home...It was a miserably hot day today...I honestly can say today is the first day it was hard not having air conditioning. We came in and I told Madison to get in the shower and clean herself and this would probably do her skin good. She did and then I have some cream that I helped her put on and she did it very willingly. We then talked about what are plans were today as far as practicing the 5 sentances she was taught yesterday, I would roll her hair and she could watch THE MOVIE...She is very happy here except if you make her practice English...she tends to get very disgusted if we make her repeat...we can tell this by the massive eye roll that accompanys the louder pronouciation. I also told her today to say thank you to dad and she did and then rolled her eyes behind my back..then Jeff laughed so I couldnt even get on her....At 2pm I couldnt stand it anymore and I called Oksanna....she was in tears...the judge wanted more paperwork and gave us a court date for Aug 19. I told her not to cry it was not her fault we would deal with it...She said NO....and she is AWESOME..she found another judge to take our case and we have court................................................FRIDAY AUGUST 7 2009 ....yeah.........We are estatic...so is Madison and so is Oksanna...poor girl....so that helped the day and then it was time to leave so we went outside and was waiting for our ride and let Madison call Luda and it is so nice to hear her talk and laugh because she is so silent with us unless we make her and then it frustrates her so we dont do it to much...our attitude now is she will have to soon enough and she is able to learn and that is all that matters....Jeff and I decided to take a walk this evening now that is has cooled off and kinda reflect on our trip and our plans for the next 2.5 to 3 weeks....we will let you know how that comes out....So we are thankful for the prayers and it seems, atleast for today, we are closer to getting home with our Madison...and seeing our babies at home...ha...Thanks again and we will keep posting everyday....
Love
Donna & Jeff
Well the day has not been without some trials and tribulations. We started out by going to pick up Madison at 1100. When she came out to us she looked bad and she felt clamy...then Jeff noticed on her arms a rash, well she never wants you to look at anything so I try not to pry and I also didnt want to make a big deal because I didnt want them not to let us have her and put her in the hospital. So I waited till we got in the car and she lifted her arm and she was covered in a rash...I mean covered...I had Oksanna ask her what it was and the doctor told her it was allergies and gave her pills...I have no idea what they are but she has them. She says they dont itch but I think they do she just wont complain. We went to the express mail place to pick up our papers for the judge. Then we went to see our favorite judge...He wasnt receptive to Oksanna's visit. He wouldnt even talk to her. So she came out...very frustrated and told us to go on home she was staging a sit in...ha...girl after my own heart...So we stopped at the supermarket to get some items and then to get tomatoes at the open market and home...It was a miserably hot day today...I honestly can say today is the first day it was hard not having air conditioning. We came in and I told Madison to get in the shower and clean herself and this would probably do her skin good. She did and then I have some cream that I helped her put on and she did it very willingly. We then talked about what are plans were today as far as practicing the 5 sentances she was taught yesterday, I would roll her hair and she could watch THE MOVIE...She is very happy here except if you make her practice English...she tends to get very disgusted if we make her repeat...we can tell this by the massive eye roll that accompanys the louder pronouciation. I also told her today to say thank you to dad and she did and then rolled her eyes behind my back..then Jeff laughed so I couldnt even get on her....At 2pm I couldnt stand it anymore and I called Oksanna....she was in tears...the judge wanted more paperwork and gave us a court date for Aug 19. I told her not to cry it was not her fault we would deal with it...She said NO....and she is AWESOME..she found another judge to take our case and we have court................................................FRIDAY AUGUST 7 2009 ....yeah.........We are estatic...so is Madison and so is Oksanna...poor girl....so that helped the day and then it was time to leave so we went outside and was waiting for our ride and let Madison call Luda and it is so nice to hear her talk and laugh because she is so silent with us unless we make her and then it frustrates her so we dont do it to much...our attitude now is she will have to soon enough and she is able to learn and that is all that matters....Jeff and I decided to take a walk this evening now that is has cooled off and kinda reflect on our trip and our plans for the next 2.5 to 3 weeks....we will let you know how that comes out....So we are thankful for the prayers and it seems, atleast for today, we are closer to getting home with our Madison...and seeing our babies at home...ha...Thanks again and we will keep posting everyday....
Love
Donna & Jeff
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tuesday August 4th The Phone Call
Hi everyone,
Well we started the day off early. We went and woke Madison up in her room at 7am because we had to have her back at 8am...That was a bummer but we were happy she got to stay. She is very pleasant in the mornings and she made her bed and folded her PJ's and was ready to go by 730. We left her in hopes we could go back and get her this afternoon. Jeff and I were exhausted. We are so ashamed to say but we came back and laid down and slept. Its not like us but I guess between the stress, the time difference and trying to talk to the kids at home in the evening we just havent been gettting good rest. So when we got up we called to see if we could go get her and bring her home to make dinner. They said yes we could have her until 8 if we fed her. Deal....We got her home and we decided before we put that movie back in that we needed her to work with us on some English. So we did she learned 5 new phrases today..She did great. She also read her emails. I decided I would cook dinner tonight....well lets just say Madison and Jeff were working on the computer and I wanted to listen so I forgot about the chicken frying and all of a sudden she pointed to the hall and it was smokey so we all ran to the kitchen and you couldnt see anything and we all ran out coughing and she and Jeff were laughing about how bad I cook and I told her to follow in my footsteps and she will never have to cook a meal...Lesson 1 of 100 from Mom. Anyway I managed to pull it together and we had a good dinner and she watched her movie and she managed to say Thank you in English all day which is an accomplishment...not because she cant because she wont...She started watching the movie and we got a PHONE CALL from Galya saying that we have INTERPOL CLEARANCE and it should be here tomorrow. Yeah....that means we can go to the judge and ask him for a court date...please all prayers tonight that he gives us one very very soon....we need it...we need to get home to our family, friends and jobs. After that we just goofed around with her and then it was time to take her back..that is the worse part of the day but hopefully not much longer...she is so ready to go...and we are so ready to bring her home.
Jeff and I are feeling especially light hearted tonight because we hope tomorrow will bring good news. So many day's now with no news has been hard. We have depended on each other and emails and Madison and of course home to help us keep it together. Some days are good for him and bad for me and it switches. We are just thankful we havent had any horrible moment's on the same day. Ukraine couldnt handle it. Plus as bad as it is for us we just think about everything she has endured and our bad days are nothing. So I will close now and hope we have great things to report. Now...Just a side note about yesterday...I was gone from the apartment all day and managed to only have to find one tree to lean against...HAHA
Love
Donna and Jeff
Well we started the day off early. We went and woke Madison up in her room at 7am because we had to have her back at 8am...That was a bummer but we were happy she got to stay. She is very pleasant in the mornings and she made her bed and folded her PJ's and was ready to go by 730. We left her in hopes we could go back and get her this afternoon. Jeff and I were exhausted. We are so ashamed to say but we came back and laid down and slept. Its not like us but I guess between the stress, the time difference and trying to talk to the kids at home in the evening we just havent been gettting good rest. So when we got up we called to see if we could go get her and bring her home to make dinner. They said yes we could have her until 8 if we fed her. Deal....We got her home and we decided before we put that movie back in that we needed her to work with us on some English. So we did she learned 5 new phrases today..She did great. She also read her emails. I decided I would cook dinner tonight....well lets just say Madison and Jeff were working on the computer and I wanted to listen so I forgot about the chicken frying and all of a sudden she pointed to the hall and it was smokey so we all ran to the kitchen and you couldnt see anything and we all ran out coughing and she and Jeff were laughing about how bad I cook and I told her to follow in my footsteps and she will never have to cook a meal...Lesson 1 of 100 from Mom. Anyway I managed to pull it together and we had a good dinner and she watched her movie and she managed to say Thank you in English all day which is an accomplishment...not because she cant because she wont...She started watching the movie and we got a PHONE CALL from Galya saying that we have INTERPOL CLEARANCE and it should be here tomorrow. Yeah....that means we can go to the judge and ask him for a court date...please all prayers tonight that he gives us one very very soon....we need it...we need to get home to our family, friends and jobs. After that we just goofed around with her and then it was time to take her back..that is the worse part of the day but hopefully not much longer...she is so ready to go...and we are so ready to bring her home.
Jeff and I are feeling especially light hearted tonight because we hope tomorrow will bring good news. So many day's now with no news has been hard. We have depended on each other and emails and Madison and of course home to help us keep it together. Some days are good for him and bad for me and it switches. We are just thankful we havent had any horrible moment's on the same day. Ukraine couldnt handle it. Plus as bad as it is for us we just think about everything she has endured and our bad days are nothing. So I will close now and hope we have great things to report. Now...Just a side note about yesterday...I was gone from the apartment all day and managed to only have to find one tree to lean against...HAHA
Love
Donna and Jeff
August 3rd Yalta
Hello everyone,
Well we set out for Yalta at 8:00 am . We have never gotten her this early but when we arrived she came right down and was ready to go. We made another stop to get Oksanna before we set out. Jeff Gordan asked us how we do in the car as far as getting car sickness and we said we would be fine but Oksanna brought medicine just in case...I thought how bad could it be....well..it was curvy and beautiful. We stopped a couple of times on the way there to take pictures of the view. It was awesome.
When we reached the top there were 6 or 7 observatory there and the view down the other side was amazing. The far side next to the sea falls off real fast and at the foot is Yalta and it is an amazing city. Iwill post a few pictures at the bottom of the blog. On our way down the mountain we stopped on the side of the road and fixed lunch. Jeff Gordan suprised us with pork, potatoes, tomatos and alittle grill to cook it on. Then on to town.
The beaches in Yalta are not what most people think of when you say beach, there is no sand its all rock, very small smooth river gravel type rock thats not to bad to walk on. It will burn your feet like sand. The water is beautiful, the wave's alot softer than the ocean. Madison has never been to Yalta, she has only been to Feodosia which is very nice but not the same as Yalta. She loves the water, I saw a large group of jellyfish and told her to stay away, so she swims up and grabs one goes to hand it to me. The jellyfish here do not sting, they look the same but not the same misreable results when you come in contact with one. We took lots of picture and then we all laid out for a while and enjoyed the relaxation, had dinner (left overs from lunch).
We left the beach and walked through town to find the Catholic church that was having a concert that night. It was a organsit and flutist who did ovatures from Bach, Mozart and many others that we couldnt understand their names. We sat on the front row because this was something Madison had picked to do. The concert was wonderful. We left the church to walk on the warf and look at the lights and boats. Madison was in awe. She got her picture taken with a pirate and by a fountain. That is all she asked for. She wont let us buy her anything except food. Not like when our other children were younger and take them somewhere like a carnival they would have wanted to play games, buy stuff and eat...ha...We wanted to be back by midnight because our elevator shuts off between 12am-6am and Donna refuses to do the steps so she would have choose to sleep outside. We started home and Madisons said she wasnt tired but we were not even out of Yalta city limits and her head was bobbing so Donna rested it on her shoulder and secured it for the ride back....Oh did we tell you we got to keep her last night....SUPRISE...we got back to the apartment and she went straight in and got her PJ's on we brought with us and told us night and she was out like a light...I was glad because we didnt know how she would do being away at night from the orphanage...The only bad thing is we had to have her back at 8am this morning so we feel like we are missing a day with her but it was nice to go wake her up this morning and see that pretty smile....We are going to go see her now and we will post more later today about our today visit.
Love
Jeff and Donna
Well we set out for Yalta at 8:00 am . We have never gotten her this early but when we arrived she came right down and was ready to go. We made another stop to get Oksanna before we set out. Jeff Gordan asked us how we do in the car as far as getting car sickness and we said we would be fine but Oksanna brought medicine just in case...I thought how bad could it be....well..it was curvy and beautiful. We stopped a couple of times on the way there to take pictures of the view. It was awesome.
When we reached the top there were 6 or 7 observatory there and the view down the other side was amazing. The far side next to the sea falls off real fast and at the foot is Yalta and it is an amazing city. Iwill post a few pictures at the bottom of the blog. On our way down the mountain we stopped on the side of the road and fixed lunch. Jeff Gordan suprised us with pork, potatoes, tomatos and alittle grill to cook it on. Then on to town.
The beaches in Yalta are not what most people think of when you say beach, there is no sand its all rock, very small smooth river gravel type rock thats not to bad to walk on. It will burn your feet like sand. The water is beautiful, the wave's alot softer than the ocean. Madison has never been to Yalta, she has only been to Feodosia which is very nice but not the same as Yalta. She loves the water, I saw a large group of jellyfish and told her to stay away, so she swims up and grabs one goes to hand it to me. The jellyfish here do not sting, they look the same but not the same misreable results when you come in contact with one. We took lots of picture and then we all laid out for a while and enjoyed the relaxation, had dinner (left overs from lunch).
We left the beach and walked through town to find the Catholic church that was having a concert that night. It was a organsit and flutist who did ovatures from Bach, Mozart and many others that we couldnt understand their names. We sat on the front row because this was something Madison had picked to do. The concert was wonderful. We left the church to walk on the warf and look at the lights and boats. Madison was in awe. She got her picture taken with a pirate and by a fountain. That is all she asked for. She wont let us buy her anything except food. Not like when our other children were younger and take them somewhere like a carnival they would have wanted to play games, buy stuff and eat...ha...We wanted to be back by midnight because our elevator shuts off between 12am-6am and Donna refuses to do the steps so she would have choose to sleep outside. We started home and Madisons said she wasnt tired but we were not even out of Yalta city limits and her head was bobbing so Donna rested it on her shoulder and secured it for the ride back....Oh did we tell you we got to keep her last night....SUPRISE...we got back to the apartment and she went straight in and got her PJ's on we brought with us and told us night and she was out like a light...I was glad because we didnt know how she would do being away at night from the orphanage...The only bad thing is we had to have her back at 8am this morning so we feel like we are missing a day with her but it was nice to go wake her up this morning and see that pretty smile....We are going to go see her now and we will post more later today about our today visit.
Love
Jeff and Donna
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sunday August 2nd Lessons Learned
Hi,
So today when it was time to go get Madison I wasn't feeling well so Jeff headed off by himself to pick her up. I felt guilty by not being there but I just wasn't up to it. I asked him to give me about an hour to get myself together and make the bed. When they knocked on the door she came through and gave me a big hug and then went straight to the computer to plug up her IPOD. ( her bday gift). Jeff checked the usage time and she has it going all night long. He asked her and she said yes. So it is dead by the time we get her every morning and she has now learned how to charge it. She showed us yesterday how she wanted her hair so I went to the market and bought some curlers, magazine, ice cream and the mistake. Let me explain the mistake that went over well with her and we looked like heros but not so good for us. There is a all girl Ukrainian band who also has its own TV show. I would asume kinda like Hanna Montana in the states. As I was walking through the market I saw this movie with the band on the cover called byaet kpyto Panltku 3 ce3oh ( 50 cepnn) so I bought it. When I handed to her she lit up like a xmas tree. Dad and her had been watching mama mia together but she handed to him and mama mia was history....It wasnt for about 2.5 hours that we finally got suspicious of how long the movie was and the fact she hadnt blinked the whole time. So we got on the handy Russian to English translator and typed in the title and to our suprise we bought the entire 50 episode series of season 3 of the hottest Ukrainian TV showing running right now. There you have the big mistake...We could not peel her from the TV..We finally paused it for her to take a shower then it was back on...she watched it all the way through the great lunch Jeff fixed and we paused to read emails and practice English. So dad says there is going to be a limit because he felt mistreated today....his lip is dragging...Jeff and Madison went to the market today and bought stuff and made real mash potatoes with fresh garlic, real butter and sour cream, stuffed peppers, greek salad and fresh bread. It was delicisious. The tomatoes here are so sweet same flavor as home but sweeter and wonderful. We have only had meat twice in a month so Jeff is fixing chicken tonight because I think some protein will help my mood and health. Veggies are good but this girl needs some meat... We are going on a day trip tomorrow and it doesnt have anything to do with the adoption because we are still waiting so we thought we would go see Yalta and we get to have her all day and into the evening we are so excited. Look out beach here we come...actually the beach is only half the trip the mountains, the sunset and the zoo there. She is looking forward to it. She has never been and we bought her a beach towel and she asked if she was going to get to wear her new suit ( that Connie gave her) and use her towel. We told her ofcourse. Zach is sick at home but I know he is being well cared for but thats hard and could be why I am not feeling well. The mom in me feels like I am letting him down not being there but he is fine and understands and Madison told him hi today and he said she sounds like Luda...I like it...ha...Trevor, Josh and Allison are doing well and we are so proud of Josh and Allison they have really stepped up to the bat and we know they will be great parents. Trevor starts college in a couple of weeks. Good job Trevor we are proud of you. I pray I am home he has been stressed about how to do everything...I think they are realizing just how much we do. Zach's first football game is the day after school starts and he is trying to get everything he needs ready for that the annual family potluck was Saturday and he said it was weird not having us there but he hing out with some of his friends and their parents. I am just proud he has gotten past the fear from the broken femur last year and has decided to play. Our parents are all great and have been a life saver we could not still be here if it wasnt for you all, we love you and appreciate everything you do...all of you....I told Jeff the other day I needed to get you all some sovieniers to take home and he said we are a granddaughter...ha...The rest of you thank you for your continued prayers please dont quit if anything maybe say an extra one for a quick court date. Thanks for reading...we will be home as soon as we can
Love
Jeff and Donna
So today when it was time to go get Madison I wasn't feeling well so Jeff headed off by himself to pick her up. I felt guilty by not being there but I just wasn't up to it. I asked him to give me about an hour to get myself together and make the bed. When they knocked on the door she came through and gave me a big hug and then went straight to the computer to plug up her IPOD. ( her bday gift). Jeff checked the usage time and she has it going all night long. He asked her and she said yes. So it is dead by the time we get her every morning and she has now learned how to charge it. She showed us yesterday how she wanted her hair so I went to the market and bought some curlers, magazine, ice cream and the mistake. Let me explain the mistake that went over well with her and we looked like heros but not so good for us. There is a all girl Ukrainian band who also has its own TV show. I would asume kinda like Hanna Montana in the states. As I was walking through the market I saw this movie with the band on the cover called byaet kpyto Panltku 3 ce3oh ( 50 cepnn) so I bought it. When I handed to her she lit up like a xmas tree. Dad and her had been watching mama mia together but she handed to him and mama mia was history....It wasnt for about 2.5 hours that we finally got suspicious of how long the movie was and the fact she hadnt blinked the whole time. So we got on the handy Russian to English translator and typed in the title and to our suprise we bought the entire 50 episode series of season 3 of the hottest Ukrainian TV showing running right now. There you have the big mistake...We could not peel her from the TV..We finally paused it for her to take a shower then it was back on...she watched it all the way through the great lunch Jeff fixed and we paused to read emails and practice English. So dad says there is going to be a limit because he felt mistreated today....his lip is dragging...Jeff and Madison went to the market today and bought stuff and made real mash potatoes with fresh garlic, real butter and sour cream, stuffed peppers, greek salad and fresh bread. It was delicisious. The tomatoes here are so sweet same flavor as home but sweeter and wonderful. We have only had meat twice in a month so Jeff is fixing chicken tonight because I think some protein will help my mood and health. Veggies are good but this girl needs some meat... We are going on a day trip tomorrow and it doesnt have anything to do with the adoption because we are still waiting so we thought we would go see Yalta and we get to have her all day and into the evening we are so excited. Look out beach here we come...actually the beach is only half the trip the mountains, the sunset and the zoo there. She is looking forward to it. She has never been and we bought her a beach towel and she asked if she was going to get to wear her new suit ( that Connie gave her) and use her towel. We told her ofcourse. Zach is sick at home but I know he is being well cared for but thats hard and could be why I am not feeling well. The mom in me feels like I am letting him down not being there but he is fine and understands and Madison told him hi today and he said she sounds like Luda...I like it...ha...Trevor, Josh and Allison are doing well and we are so proud of Josh and Allison they have really stepped up to the bat and we know they will be great parents. Trevor starts college in a couple of weeks. Good job Trevor we are proud of you. I pray I am home he has been stressed about how to do everything...I think they are realizing just how much we do. Zach's first football game is the day after school starts and he is trying to get everything he needs ready for that the annual family potluck was Saturday and he said it was weird not having us there but he hing out with some of his friends and their parents. I am just proud he has gotten past the fear from the broken femur last year and has decided to play. Our parents are all great and have been a life saver we could not still be here if it wasnt for you all, we love you and appreciate everything you do...all of you....I told Jeff the other day I needed to get you all some sovieniers to take home and he said we are a granddaughter...ha...The rest of you thank you for your continued prayers please dont quit if anything maybe say an extra one for a quick court date. Thanks for reading...we will be home as soon as we can
Love
Jeff and Donna
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Saturday August 1 Relaxing at the apartment
Hi everyone,
Hope this finds you all well. Our day started out very early this morning as the neighborhood dogs believe they are roosters. The sun comes up here around 5 am and between 510 and 517 there is the daily do fight. I sounds awful but obviously they live for another day because for 9 straight now some dog walks in another dogs yard and it is on...If it isnt the dogs its usually Zach to chat or Trevor to ask me something...no telling what I have said yes to because it takes me a minute to gain my composer. They talk just long enough for me not to be able to go back to sleep. Its ok I love hearing from them anytime. So our car was to be here to get us at 930 like usual to pick Madison up. She told us yesterday she just wanted to hang out at the apartment and take a shower, do her nails and hair so that was the plan. We just wanted to stop at the market to get a few things we needed. As we were walking out we got a call from Oksanna asking us if we would pick up a couple of things for the school they had requested. We did and then we went on to pick her up. She was waiting for us when we got there. Always ready to go. She hugged us and we got our directions on what time she had to be back and we were off. We went to the outside market to pick up dinner and some yogurt for Madison. She found a CD she wanted so we got that and we headed back..Again as the last few days she ran in took her shoes off and went and got some socks.. then pounced on the bed and started reading. I told her if she wanted to go ahead and take her shower while dad cooked and I mopped the floor then we could get her hair in rollers. She was happy too and was in there for 40 minutes..lol...when she came out I rolled her hair while she took off her old nail polish and then while we waited for her hair I polished her nails...then we finished her hair and she looked like a doll...she just kept looking at herself....dad made lunch and she ate stuffed peppers and salad. She loves salad with mayo. She doesnt like coke or fish...then she and dad loaded her new CD and established a email address so her brothers and grandparents can email her. She played solitaire on the computer she is just still very gun shy with the keyboard. We sat and watched a movie and she tried her new bathing suit on it fit and she loves it. We chatted on the computer with online translation and it gave us a chance to ask her questions about her life, school and her feelings on leaving her friends. I asked her if she is sad when others get adopted and she said happy for them but always want a family of my own. I also asked if she feels like she will miss it and she said no. Lots of information that really helps Jeff and I know what she is thinking since she cant verbalize it. Once while she was typing today a pop up came up on her screen and I was in the kitchen with Jeff and she yelled "mom" I went runnig. Her voice is so soft until she needs it to be something else. The days go so fast when we have her and soon it was time to take her back and she didnt really want to but she got up and put her shoes on and grab her goodie bag dad puts together everyday for her that consists of a juice drink, cookies, chips, gum and pistacios. She says its for her to sit around and talk to her friends in the evenings and its fine with us knowing she has something to snack on. We drove her back, checked her in and told her we would be back in the morning be good and we love you...she always smiles so sweet. We came home ate more peppers because my husband rocks in his kitchen skills and now I am updating the blog and he is snoring...Hope all is well and we are going to see if she wants to take us to the church she gets to go to if a certain caregiver is working on the weekend. If she does then we will let you know how it goes.
Love
Donna and Jeff
PS. One funny story...I was fixing Madisons hair today and somehow I got it all mangled and tangled in a huge knot around the roller. It was stuck ...Jeff and I was both trying to get it loose but he was scared he was going to pull her hair and I was scared we were going to have to cut it out. The look on her face in the mirror looking at us idiots trying not to panic was priceless she was hating me right then and Jeff and I were laughing and he was saying this is why God didnt give you a little girl look what you have done...so we got it out but a huge mess of hair came with it and I was pretending like I was a ventriliquist saying...go throw it away dont let her see it...( sometimes I think she knows what we are saying she just acts like she dont so she dont have to answer us.LOL) anyway I didnt want her to see it or the adoption would have been off....ha..So when I got it done she looked so pretty and she just kept looking at herself and Jeff was joking and said well tell her goodbye because when she gets back and her friends tell her hair is pretty in the front but a hole in the back that will be the end of it...ha...there wasnt it looked wonderful
Hope this finds you all well. Our day started out very early this morning as the neighborhood dogs believe they are roosters. The sun comes up here around 5 am and between 510 and 517 there is the daily do fight. I sounds awful but obviously they live for another day because for 9 straight now some dog walks in another dogs yard and it is on...If it isnt the dogs its usually Zach to chat or Trevor to ask me something...no telling what I have said yes to because it takes me a minute to gain my composer. They talk just long enough for me not to be able to go back to sleep. Its ok I love hearing from them anytime. So our car was to be here to get us at 930 like usual to pick Madison up. She told us yesterday she just wanted to hang out at the apartment and take a shower, do her nails and hair so that was the plan. We just wanted to stop at the market to get a few things we needed. As we were walking out we got a call from Oksanna asking us if we would pick up a couple of things for the school they had requested. We did and then we went on to pick her up. She was waiting for us when we got there. Always ready to go. She hugged us and we got our directions on what time she had to be back and we were off. We went to the outside market to pick up dinner and some yogurt for Madison. She found a CD she wanted so we got that and we headed back..Again as the last few days she ran in took her shoes off and went and got some socks.. then pounced on the bed and started reading. I told her if she wanted to go ahead and take her shower while dad cooked and I mopped the floor then we could get her hair in rollers. She was happy too and was in there for 40 minutes..lol...when she came out I rolled her hair while she took off her old nail polish and then while we waited for her hair I polished her nails...then we finished her hair and she looked like a doll...she just kept looking at herself....dad made lunch and she ate stuffed peppers and salad. She loves salad with mayo. She doesnt like coke or fish...then she and dad loaded her new CD and established a email address so her brothers and grandparents can email her. She played solitaire on the computer she is just still very gun shy with the keyboard. We sat and watched a movie and she tried her new bathing suit on it fit and she loves it. We chatted on the computer with online translation and it gave us a chance to ask her questions about her life, school and her feelings on leaving her friends. I asked her if she is sad when others get adopted and she said happy for them but always want a family of my own. I also asked if she feels like she will miss it and she said no. Lots of information that really helps Jeff and I know what she is thinking since she cant verbalize it. Once while she was typing today a pop up came up on her screen and I was in the kitchen with Jeff and she yelled "mom" I went runnig. Her voice is so soft until she needs it to be something else. The days go so fast when we have her and soon it was time to take her back and she didnt really want to but she got up and put her shoes on and grab her goodie bag dad puts together everyday for her that consists of a juice drink, cookies, chips, gum and pistacios. She says its for her to sit around and talk to her friends in the evenings and its fine with us knowing she has something to snack on. We drove her back, checked her in and told her we would be back in the morning be good and we love you...she always smiles so sweet. We came home ate more peppers because my husband rocks in his kitchen skills and now I am updating the blog and he is snoring...Hope all is well and we are going to see if she wants to take us to the church she gets to go to if a certain caregiver is working on the weekend. If she does then we will let you know how it goes.
Love
Donna and Jeff
PS. One funny story...I was fixing Madisons hair today and somehow I got it all mangled and tangled in a huge knot around the roller. It was stuck ...Jeff and I was both trying to get it loose but he was scared he was going to pull her hair and I was scared we were going to have to cut it out. The look on her face in the mirror looking at us idiots trying not to panic was priceless she was hating me right then and Jeff and I were laughing and he was saying this is why God didnt give you a little girl look what you have done...so we got it out but a huge mess of hair came with it and I was pretending like I was a ventriliquist saying...go throw it away dont let her see it...( sometimes I think she knows what we are saying she just acts like she dont so she dont have to answer us.LOL) anyway I didnt want her to see it or the adoption would have been off....ha..So when I got it done she looked so pretty and she just kept looking at herself and Jeff was joking and said well tell her goodbye because when she gets back and her friends tell her hair is pretty in the front but a hole in the back that will be the end of it...ha...there wasnt it looked wonderful
Note from Madison
Dear brothers and grandmothers and the grandfathers
I too want you come now. I very much looking forward to it. I love you.
Madison
I too want you come now. I very much looking forward to it. I love you.
Madison
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