Progress To Date (Part 1)

Since this is our first post, we wanted to give  a brief summary of the progress toward adoption through the end of January 2010:

Early November 2009:  Contacted New Horizons for Children about hosting from the Ukraine.  Completed application, reviewed pictures/bios of children, we all fell in love with Elena and asked if we could host her.

Late November 2009:  Begin the Home Study process with Tonya from Options 4 Adoption.

Early December 2009: Continue with all the paperwork for the Home Study and prepare for Elena's visit with us beginning December 13th.  We are so thankful for the many people who donated money and clothes toward Elena's hosting visit.  Our goal was to be finished with all the interviews and paperwork for the Home Study before Elena's visit.  We were able to meet this goal.  We also begin complying paperwork for our Ukraine Dossier, which is needed to make an application to the Ukraine government to adopt a child.

December 13, 2009 - We are all excited as Elena's flight arrives in Atlanta at 8:30 PM.  First we were blessed to watch Hannah and Micah in our church's (Genesis Bible Church) Christmas Play.  They were both ornaments.  Micah was a baseball "slugger" and Hannah was the Statue of Liberty.  Given all the time we spent preparing for Elena, we did not put the best costumes together for our kids.  The play was great and all the kids did wonderful.  That night we were off to the Atlanta Airport (about 35 to 40 minutes from our home in Johns Creek) to wait for Elena.

 Here is Hannah as the Statue of Liberty

 

Micah and Daddy waiting at the Atlanta Airport

   

Hannah playing games with friends at the Airport