Day 27

We had two great visits today with Sarah Vicka and Kaitlyn Gela. Sarah recognizes her name, but sometimes we have to add her Russian nick name (which is her middle name) and she uttered her first English word! Our communication is getting better and she is adjusting. With Kaitlyn Gela, we simply added the Kaitlyn, we played a lot on the slide, blew bubbles, colored a bit, kicked a ball a bit, and enjoyed cookies and juice. With Sarah, we had a small snack, shot each other with water pistols, played make believe, and I also gave her the "clips". She loved the pink and silver jewelry and showed it to all her friends and teachers. We also found some more clothes for the girls and so we should have enough to get us home because we just learned from Yulia that we should be able to leave early, either July 30th or 31st! Julia is great with getting documents taken care of and everything is proceeding smoothly. This means that we could be heading out to Kiev on the 27th (just after we pick up the girls) or the 28th, and only have to stay in Kiev for 1 to 2 nights! Of course, God still needs to arrange the flights for us... but we can't wait to get home. Well, I'm off to enjoy some birthday cake with the boys and Jennifer. Make sure you wish her a happy birthday!