Had a busy few days and now I'm finally relaxing I ame such a home body poor Heather wants to go see the city I just want to sit and write in my journal. we have done so much in the last few days the word hurry up is not in the vocabulary here so when you go to do something like even just go to the bank you wait and wait as the lady behind the window takes her sweet time 2 hours in a bank is a long time. things are so different here. most places have security guards that buzz you in lots of security here.

Monday is gotcha day Monday I will have my little boy in my arms to dress as I wish, to feed as I wish, to play with as I wish, to take where I wish, noone to tell me what to do or not to do with him. just his mommy just me until his daddy comes to get us on the 27th.

We will be so excited to see Mike I really miss him we have never been apart for more then two days and we talk all throughout the day I miss him but I know he is taking good care of our kids and they need him, it's funny to hear that he made corn bread  last night. can't wait until our family is all back together.

So the plan for Monday is to go get Vahnya and then go get Anya and come back to the apartment. I know it's going to be so new to the kids but we are so happy Heather and I that they will have each other to play with .you can go read the post Heather wrote about today here http://fillmoresjourneytoanna.blogspot.com/2011/03/long-but-wonderful-day.html
Monday is the big day.

I got to see Vahnya today....

first day trip 3

go read heathers post on her blog about our day today ,I'm too tired to write.I write about it tomorrow.
http://fillmoresjourneytoanna.blogspot.com/

Today he is A Nine

Today the 10 days is up and he is legally and truly a Nine! Thank you Jesus! We will be there soon to get you sweet boy, hold on just a few more days!

 

read Heathers blog

Please go read my friend Heather's post on her blog. It is the same way I am feeling.
http://fillmoresjourneytoanna.blogspot.com/2011/03/feelings.html?showComment=1300079805883#c5141269270838856191

I will be flying out on the 15th without Mike I will meet Heather in Chicago and we will continue from there to do everything we need to still do to get our kids. Then our Husbands will meet us on the 27th to bring us home on the 1st.
Mike and I have never been apart like this we do everything together, I am going to miss him so much that it hurts.I'm going to miss the kids too and I know they will all miss me. But I know that this time will go fast and soon we will have our little boy home. I know that Jesus is with us where ever we go and will watch over all of us.we will be a family of 9 soon.

one year

Today it has been one year since we said yes to adopt our sweet little boy and I don't think I can say anything better then this, please go read Madison's and Amanda's posts his big sisters. 
 http://from-myheart-toyours.blogspot.com/2011/03/tomorow-will-mark.html

http://thesunshinebehindtherain.blogspot.com/2011/03/year.html


OH and today is my birthday! and in 5 days I will be going back to get our boy to bring him home forever.

happy boy

so sweet

they call him Sunny boy in his baby home

Vahnya Josiah Nine

                  
                    Vahnya Josiah Nine 
            March 1st 2011 at 12:00 p:m 
                    He became our son.

 

                                  

COURT AT 11:00 AM

We have court at 11:00 am please be praying for us that our words will come easy when the Judge asks us questions,that the judge has favor in her heart for us and that we come away from court today with a new little  NINE !

Happy Birthday Amelia

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
To my baby girl Amelia (Mae Mae)who is 5 years old today.I know we can not be with you today but we are working hard to bring you back the best birthday gift ever,your baby brother! We love you so so much sweet baby girl.HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

3rd visit

I don't think I will ever be able to put into words how much I love this child!

2nd visit

 We are so messed up with our time we were up skyping the kids till 1:00am 2:00pm the kids time and then we slept till 8:30, breakfast is from 7 to 10 so we needed to get ready and go eat breakfast. We don't know if we will get to eat again today so we try to fill up on breakfast. We love their breakfast buffet here, it's so good. We got down stairs at 9:30 had 1/2 an hour to eat before Boris and E were picking us up to go see Josiah. We got done just in time.
 It was snowing and all the roads that were clear yesterday where white today it was so pretty.
We got to the baby home a little after 10:00. We went in, no one was around this time the hall was still,maybe because its Saturday, we walked right to Josiah's room and E peeked in to tell them we were here, They told her like last night to go up to the closet room(they don't call it that we do lol) so we go and wait it was so hot in there that E opened the window. We again could hear him coming up the stairs. When he got to the door he took off running and ran straight into my arms with huge smiles, it felt so good! He was so happy to see us and it was different then last night, he was so happy to see us maybe happy that we came back.
I gave him the duck that I brought him from home that sings the ABC's. He loved it, played with it for a long time.  Again he only wanted to sit on Mikes lap and at one point he looked right into Mikes eyes for a long time touching his beard with both hands and talking to Mike. It was so sweet I just couldn't help it, I started to cry. I have prayed for so long for that moment I so wanted Josiah to love Mike over anyone else and want him first. I know it sounds silly but all the other kids always wanted mommy 1st as babies you know mommy is food to an infant lol so of course they want mommy first. but this time I wanted that for Mike I wanted him to feel the love and the bond of that and it has happened. I can not express how blessed I feel. I will never forget that sweet moment.
we spent the rest of our time playing, he did eventually come and play with me and he would look me straight in the eyes as if he were studying me. I would sing the ABC song along with the toy and he would just look at me so sweet. It was a really wonderful sweet day today, my heart is so full.

little store

  After we got back to the hotel we were hungry but didn't want to go to the restaurant in the hotel so we walked over to the little store across the street. We didn't ever go there last time so this was new for us. As you walk in there are some stairs to go up. This store like all the stores here is underneath some apartments. At the top of the stairs there is a lingerie store with all different type of nylons all up on the windows and night gowns and stuff inside this little shop, reminded me of how a concessions stand looks but with lingerie hhaha. Then you go up some more stairs and into the store it is a grocery store What it reminds me of is the organic section of a grocery store at home, you know where they have shelves of things but only 2 or 3 choices of types or brands. Unlike in the  US where you get 20 choices lol. This is how I think all the grocery stores are here,  E took us to one last time and it was just like this so simple again taking me back to the 40s or something. I can't help to think how do people live like this? with so few choices? but that is an American talking we are so spoiled with junk! so we found a few snack things, we got these pretzels type things and some crackers some chips, water and Pepsi oh and some chocolate yum yum ! junk food!.but they also had on a shelf Easter baskets and a few stuffed toys that you push the tummy and it sings a song in Russian I have no idea what it is singing but I thought it would be neat too get Josiah something like that to have as a keepsake. I didn't get it but we are going back today and I will.