Okay, sorry I’ve been slow with the updates. It’s like all of a sudden time is moving at lightning speed with not a moment to spare. We have lots of news. First of all, the kids will be here TOMORROW!!! Let the frenzy of activities begin! Rob and I still can’t believe it!! Secondly, we got confirmation that our first court dates in Latvia (for Kristine's adoption) will be on January 29th and February 9th. That means that a couple of weeks after the kids leave to head back home, we’ll be heading to Latvia!!! We’re in the process of securing flights. We’re so excited, but I don’t think our brains can fully grasp everything yet. We got so accustomed to waiting for things to happen that when they actually start happening we don’t know what to do. We’ll figure it out with help from our friends who have already traveled.
Right now we’re focusing on getting ready for the kids’ visit. Tonight I finished the last of our Christmas shopping. We laid out all of the gifts we got them to make sure they’re each getting the same amount of stuff. We don’t want any arguments about one of them getting more than the other. LOL! We got them backpacks, walkie-talkies (Olegs), handheld games, plug-in-play games for the TV, etc. Obviously, they won’t be able to take everything back. I think they’ll be okay with that if they know we’ll keep their things in their rooms for them until they come back. It just opens up a whole new world for us to be able to share Christmas with our kids. We are SO blessed to be able to have them here!!
Olegs and Kristine are so excited. We talked to Olegs again over the weekend. A funny thing has been happening lately. When we call the childrens’ home, sometimes we ask for Olegs first and other times we ask for Kristine. Well, lately when we’ve asked for Kristine, they’ve been putting Olegs on the phone. He still has that young boy voice so I keep mistaking him for Kristine. He promptly tells us “No. It is Olegs.” It was funny the first or second time but it keeps happening over and over. Hopefully, he hasn’t gotten a complex over it.
Rob and I (more me than him) had big plans of making a new welcome poster for the kids’ arrival at the airport. Well, by the time it was 11:00 and that blank poster board was still sitting there, we decided our old poster will do just fine. Actually, our new poster was only gonna say “Welcome Back, Olegs and Kristine”. The old one just says “Welcome”. Yes, I tend to get obsessed with these minor details but I’m learning to let it go. The kids won’t care if our poster says “Welcome” or “Welcome Back.” LOL!
I’ll try to keep the blog updated while the kids are here. We have lots of activities planned. First thing on the agenda is to take them to pick out a Christmas tree so we can decorate it together. Did I say how excited we are? I thought so!!!
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