Olegs now knows he’s coming to see us for Christmas and he’s so excited. Our friends who were in Latvia this week took him a letter and some small gifts from us. In our letter, we told Olegs that we had gotten permission for him to visit us over Christmas. Our friends told us that he was all smiles when they gave him his bag. We can’t wait to see his precious smile again. What a little cutie pie he is! We told him that Kristine will be coming too. We’re not sure if Kristine knows that she’s coming yet. At the time we wrote her letter, we weren’t sure if we would be hosting her. We’re hoping her children’s home director has told her by now.
When we talked to Kristine earlier this week, she told us that she had also received her letter and gifts. She sounded so happy. She also informed us that she would like us to call her “Kate” now. That is her new American name. Rob and I had decided we would let her choose whether or not she wants to change her name when we adopt her. Before we make the final decision though, we’ll give her a few more options to choose from to make sure we can all live with it.
When Kristine and Olegs were here during the summer, we played a game and asked them what American name they would each like to be called if they had a choice. At that time, Kristine wanted to be called Morgan. Since we have friends with a cat named Morgan and other friends with a daughter named Morgan, we had already decided that she’d have to choose again. Luckily, she picked something else on her own. Olegs had decided his American name would be “Batman” so we’ll have to convince him to choose again. It’s hard to explain to him that having the name “Batman” on his resume will probably limit his future career opportunities. LOL!
We continue to wait to hear when we'll be traveling for our first court dates in Latvia. As time goes by, it's looking less likely that we'll be traveling before Christmas. We're actually okay with that now that we know our kids will be here for Christmas. We can't wait for them to get here. It's gonna be one awesome Christmas.
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