An Orphan No More

Solnitchka

Alina's locker and orphan shoes

This is brief...but EXCITING developments here...

Alina will only spend one more night as an orphan. Tomorrow, she will officially be ours!! We will be in court at 2 pm tomorrow (Friday)!!

We should be in Kiev early next week and should be HOME by the end of the week if all goes well...maybe even sooner.

Love to all. Thanks to all for following, for believing in us and in Alina, and for the thoughts and prayers.

To say we are elated is an understatement. We are so grateful for this experience, for this child, for the opportunity to offer her life outside an orphanage--and to get to spend every day with her from now on.

She is a little treasure--a sparkling jewel no longer hidden away--who will be loved and cherished by a family of her own and all who choose to see her beauty and worth.

Going to get Alina's passport photo taken

More tomorrow...