Family reunion

Hello friends, this morning I was a mommy! I was able to make breakfast and help my little girl get ready for the day. She has been asking about her sister since the first day we saw her. So today we had a shopping trip planned and Dave and I thought we would stop by to see Alina and give her the option of joining us. As you all know we have been giving Alina time to be with her friends without us hanging around.(I am hoping that us not being around she will miss us) so we stopped by and Alina comes running giving her sister a big hug, and then momma and poppa. She squeezed me tight and said I missed you! Yes my plan worked. LOL! So I said we are going shopping to get gifts for the family would you like to go. She couldn't say yes quick enough. So we went to the post office to buy stamps(just as a collection thing) and David purchased 6 pre paid envelopes to give to Alina's friends so that they can write. Then off to the gift shop. This was the place that I was looking for. It had the authentic Ukraine made items like eggs, dolls, jewelry etc. The jewelry some was made of wood but mostly the jewelry was made of real stones not plastic like back home. I picked out a hand full of bracelets they are beautiful! The lady at the shop was glad to see us, we bought a lot of items! Now off to the fun center. First we ate then we played. The girls had a great time! They get along so well. When adopting 2 children from different places you just don't know how it will work out. Now our girls had the opportunity to meet and spend 4 days together thanks to the hosting plan through Frontier Horizon. It was a confusing time since we had 4 children at one time, but Alina and Tanya got along. I was a little concerned because Alina is the reason we started the adoption process, and Tanya was adopted first. Alina understood. She is a great child! Well back to our day, we had to take Alina back to the orphanage for the last time. We said our goodbyes and back to the apartment. Another day comes to an end. Tomorrow we pick up Alina Hope Quinnam and our family is complete.(For now) we will take a train on Sunday to Keiv. We have a flight scheduled for Thursday, and Angelina is sure we can keep it. We have to get tickets for the girls yet.(Just when you think your doing good on money) So hopefully we will be home next week end. This journey is one I am honored to have taken. My advice to those thinking of adoption is do it. The experience is incredible. We will blog tomorrow we have a busy day. Until then God Bless
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