A Look Back: One Year Ago (Post 1)

On this day last year, Chris and I were in transit between the United States and Ukraine, as we set out on our Adventure of a Lifetime. 

Chris, the more adventurous one of the two of us, was loving life.  I was already exhausted, and after days of intense travel preparations plus an awful flight from Chicago to Munich, spent 4 hours sleeping on an airport bench while clutching my purse.

MacGuyver Chris spent our layover in Germany trying to figure out how to get our phones or an internet connection to work so we could let our facilitators know that we missed one of our connecting flights and would be arriving in Kiev later than we'd planned.

Independence Square, Downtown Kiev

We made it into Kiev very late at night on April 7th, 2010 after leaving the States in the afternoon of April 5th.  

Nevertheless, we made it, and I plan on sharing some of the details of our time there.

I know that many people enjoy following adoptions, so here are a few families who will be making the same trip we did, and meeting their children soon: 

Local friends--The Archers (Shelly was Sara's third grade teacher)--leave this weekend to go get their daughter (Sarah, known on RR as "Jessie"). Please follow their journey here.

Blogging friends--The Whites--are returning to Ukraine after adopting three children last year, and have their SDA appointment the same day as the Archers to begin their process of adopting two more little ones (Johanna Cait & Cole, known on RR as "Leesia" and "Nick"). Follow their journey here.

Blogging friends--The Cox family--adopting Kareen--already have one biological daughter with Down syndrome (Bree) and are heading overseas soon for Kareen. They are just waiting for their travel date.