BIG DAY AND GREAT FRIENDS

Today is an important day. We have our court appointment at 3:30pm. This is when the judge will ask us a few questions (why we want to adopt in Ukraine, etc) and then grant us our request to adopt Katrina. But it's not over. Then we have a mandatory 10-day waiting period, which means one week from Friday she will officially be ours.

We are very fortunate to have another American couple with us, Sherry and Justin. They are from 50 miles south of San Antonio (in the general area where Jerry, Stephen's brother, used to live). Sherry and Justin are adopting Kyle, an absolutely beautiful 4-year-old boy. Sherry and Justin had their appointment in Kiev to select Kyle the day before ours. So, they have been one step ahead most of the trip. They arrived in Artemosk a day earlier, got to meet their new child a day earlier, etc.

We are staying in the same hotel and sharing rides to and from the orphanage. It's great to have lunch with them everyday, talk about home, and share the adoption experience. Sherry and Justing have a daughter by birth and also wanted a son. We can certainly say that Justin and Sherry are very lucky because Kyle is a wonderful little boy. Kyle is equally as lucky... Sherry and Justin are magnificient people.







We are only able to spend our morning time with Katrina today because of the afternoon court appointment. This morning was great as we had no temper-tantrums!! But we're sure we'll get a couple tomorrow as we continue to work with Katrina. She is truly wonderful and very happy, and we are lucky to have found her. She even pooped for us today. This is quite a breakthrough as she had yet to use the bathroom with us prior to today.

Enjoy some photos of Katrina and know that we'll be celebrating this evening after our court appointment.