Making Plans to Come Home

We've had a couple of wonderful days with Alexis. Pam was down with a cold today and didn't want to take the chance on Alexis getting sick so Stephen went it alone. He said the only tough part was trying to get up and down a couple of flights of stairs with a child, a stroller, a bag full of toys, and his backpack. Quite the juggling act.







We got our plane tickets reworked today. The two people we worked with at United (our cell phone disconnected one phone call) were absolutely great. Pam and I were able to easily change our flights and we were able to add Alexis without any problem. We're waiting for business class upgrades for all of us; in the meantime, United was kind enough to give the three of seats together in Economy Plus.



We have to get through Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and then Alexis is officially ours. We're hoping to take care of everything here on Saturday and travel back to Kiev on Sunday. We'll then have plenty of time to take care of everything there before our flights on Thursday. If we're lucky and finish early, we'll try to get out on Wednesday.

Thanks again to everyone who is posting comments to the blog. We apologize that we can't respond to everyone of them. Bob did have a good idea in recommending a Polaroid camera that makes photos in a few minutes. If you do bring one of these to an orphanage, please check before taking photos of children. We cannot take photos of other children or the inside of the orphanage here.






And Stephen would definitely recommend bringing a selection of cooking spices. We've been able to find fresh garlic, onions, parsley, and basil. But we haven't had any luck finding oregano, chili pepper, cumin, etc.

Alexis sends her love. God smiled on us the day he put her in our arms.