Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Pictures of the Girls

Hi All,

Well, I've tried to post here from my site but these cafe computers are too much junk for me to use reasonably. There are three pictures posted to my photo site on the right hand link.

The first one is of the four of us on Day one shortly after we met. The other two are of them on the Yalta waterfront. The only way I got these shots posted was by pulling them from an email message I had sent awhile ago. So for now, no more pictures until I find another internet cafe. There is supposed to be one in Alupka but is run out of someone's apartment and I haven't found it yet.

What news since I last posted...

We are on day 4 of our 10 day wait. For those not in the know, it's not totally official until we pick up the papers on Monday from the court. The court has granted us these children but until the 10 days are up, we don't have the paperwork.

Both girls are doing great and want to get out of here and start their new life. It's hard for them to understand why, when the court has given us the go, for them to still be at the Internat. Each day we have to tell them they have to go back and they really don't want to.

It looks like we'll have to process the passports through Simperofol but we are looking at staying in Alupka. We haven't asked if it's alright for the girls to still go to school while we are waiting for the passports. We will have the girls in our flat and have them go to school each day, if allowed. We hope to take one day and sightsee with the girls. Also, there is supposed to be a play or something like that that we have been invited to but dont' know when.

We are haning in there. Time is dragging slowly for us and we are ready to complete this process. For travel sake, I'm in no hurry to get home but want to get the girls into a steady environment ASAP.

We showed the girls pictures of Virginia's brother's wedding. They are excited to meet the family. They use the word "Class" to refer to something cool or classy. They kept using the word when seeing all the cousins they have. So, Bill, any plans in the making for this holiday season. We know the situation and we're there ourselves.

We sent away for plane tickets for the girls today so we are hoping that the 9th will be on target. If not, this is going to get expensive real fast. I've been keeping a log on our computer for their memory book, just no way to post it here, for now.

Hope all is well with the world and all is going well here.

Once again, we wanted to say thanks for the comments and emails as they do mean a lot to us.

Cheers from Yalta...still,
Chris and Virginia

2 comments:

Carrie said...

Your girls are beautful. Congratulations. After following your blog for a while, it is so nice to finally see their faces. Best of luck to you getting the rest of your paperwork finalized so you can finally come back home. Your inability to post the pictures may have to do with the size of your pictures. You may want to try saving them with a smaller resolution. I have heard that for the Internet, 72 ppi is the highest quality that makes sense.

adoptedthree said...

They are absolutely beautiful!!!!
Congratulations!~