This
was the first picture we ever saw of Erika. Papa Dima sent it to us so
we could show Sarah what her friend looked like. She missed her so
much. After they saw this picture, both girls wre jumping up and down,
"Let's Adopt her! Let's adopt her!"
So we did. :)
The girls and I were reminiscing about when Erika and Sarah first met in the airport. Erika was shocked that Sarah couldn't speak Russian and Sarah INSISTED "I never talked like that!" LOLSo we did. :)
We had such a great adoption experience in Ukraine, even with all the stresses that come with International Adoption. We were going through some of Erika's life book and I thought I'd share some of the pictures. :)
The people at the bottom are from our church. They went to visit her before we were able to get there! On the right, Papa Dima is getting a hug. The bottom left, I am getting her ready to break out of the orphanage....They strip them down right in front of everybody. :(
The middle picture of us.... yeah, we were EXHAUSTED and waiting in Atlanta for a final flight home. Erika took that one. :)
More random pictures. The one in the middle was published in our agency's magazine. But they are no longer in existence. :(
She likes to see this picture so she can remember her feet. :)
In this video, she had no idea what she was saying.... Every time we said "Cheese" she would break out into the song we were teaching her. LOL
5 comments:
So so precious. :D
Wow! She has already lived such a very full life. *hugs for Erika* She is growing up into such a beautiful and talented young woman.
Sweet girl! She is very special!
Great "retro" - thanks for sharing some of her past - looking forward to a bright and exciting future!
hugs - aus and co.
Sweetie! Thank you so much for sharing these very lovely pictures. I wish I coulg get a comment for all of them!
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