The first thing I need to do today is to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!!!
We got a few things accomplished today. We got Kailyn and Jacob's birth certificates. We also made our contributions to the orphanages. Our facilitator ended up going by himself to Donetepretosk. He will be back in the morning. We will then apply for passports. After that is all done in the morning, we will pick upthe kids. We had our last meal tonight as just the three of us. The lady came today and cleaned the apartment again. So we have a nice clean apartment ready for the kids. We will also pack up several suitcases tomorrow and send them back to Kiev with Sasha. We are trying to minimize all the clutter in the apartment and allow Sasha possibly to come back and pick us up. We can't get all the luggage and all the kids in his car. But if we send some back then we will be able to.
We went to the grocery store this afternoon. I think we are stocked up for them to be with us. We also got a small cake to share with Kailyn and Jacob's class when we pick them up. We met with both director's today and had a great visit.
I am not sure when we will get to post after we pick up the kids. I will probably have to come during nap time. I don't think we can be by ourselves with all the kids at one time. We will try to figure this out.
So don't fret if we don't post. You will just have to know that we are busy with the new family. We did find out that the earliest that we can come home is Sept 18 or 19th. The passport office is issuing passports now, but they only deliver to Kirovograd on Thursday and Mondays. We are too late for the Thursday delivery so we will be in on the Monday delivery. They don't know how early that the mail comes so we will have to wait and see if we leave here Monday or Tuesday. If Monday, we could come home on Thursday. If Tuesday, we would be home on Friday. So we will wait and see what happens. Not fretting. Just waiting patiently on God's timing.
Love to all
Kevin, Tammy, Jaryd, Jacob, Alyssa, and Kailyn