Ocean time....

My parents from Oregon came to visit us, and went San Francisco and we had a really good times. Here is some pictures from ocean, and pier 39


at the ocean, with my parents and my brother and sister (baby is in a sling)


Pier 39



on our way to San Francisco

What we did this summer...

Here is few pictures from this summer

here is my 3 beautiful children (it's not the best picture of our baby)



I love this picture, boys felt to sleep(both taking a little nap)



our baby girl 2,5 month old



Our princess and daddy



Water ball fight, boys and daddy (we had already few water ball fights this summer, it's a picture from one of them)



At the park daddy playing with his Daniels






I will try to post more pictures later

Something I want to share...

In December 2009, when we were adopting DJ, we met one girl. We felt that she belongs in our family, we called her our daughter, she did call us her mommy and daddy, her family. At that time we didn't know when she will be available for international adoption(we only knew that she will be available later this year), so after we came home to US we talked to our facilitator, and we been told to write a request letter to SDA about this girl. Few month later we did, and were waiting for a result from SDA.
We were in contact with this little girl, we did call her, and a month ago we send her first package(some toys, clothes, and etc.) June 17 was her birthday, we called to say Happy B-Day, she was happy and we did talked with her that we will come this year to bring her home. We started to do some paperwork, and our home study visit was schedule for this Saturday but..... On July 1st I called her caregiver to see if they got a package/her b-day present, and been told that our little girl been taken out of orphanage to a "home foster system".......... No words, just a lot of sadness and tears on our end. We are heart broken, it feels like part of my heart was taken....
She never got her B-day present. There is more details to whole this story by I can say only that money were involved.
We missed our little girl, and praying that she will have a good happy life. What ever happens it does happen for reason. Only God knows why we met her, and why we are going through this now.

I shouldn't take her so close to my heart, I did accept her as my daughter, and felt in love. I was always thinking how and when we will bring here home, where she will sleep, and how will she like us, as her new family and etc.....

Just wanted to share, and maybe feel better about loosing our little girl(I am not sure if it's possible to feel better about this situation)



*still can's stop crying Please pray for me and our family, and especially about this little girl, so she will have good mommy and daddy(in foster home)

6 month home....

It’s been a really long time from my last post. I don’t’ even know where to start, we have so much new. Daniel James is done with school, but we still doing a little homework every day, just to keep up his English and remember how to write and read in Ukrainian. He has been a really good boy. And I think like with every kid we have our ups and downs, but no big problems with attitude or behavior. He been home 6 month and I can’t believe it how much he had changed. Sometimes we still have a little change attitude/behavior when other people/relatives around, but he is doing much better from when he just came home. He has good grades and already start picking up some English, it’s harder for him with English, because home we speak only Russian but he is doing great.

Daniel Dave is doing great, like a 2,5 year old boy. He loves his older brother, and following him everywhere.
Baby Elliana is just beautiful princess everyone loves her. She is getting really big, she is already almost 3 month old. Time is flying!
Here are some pictures from last 6 month with DJ!

San Francisco Zoo, my handsome little man



San Francisco Bay Aquarium



Jungle Restaurant San Francisco, Ca




Aquarium, San Francisco