The girls both enjoyed their first Easter at home. They always love dressing up and felt beautiful in their dresses and sandals. We went to church and then enjoyed time with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins later. Sophia and Anastasia seem to embrace all the special occasions we celebrate here. They appreciated their treats from the Easter bunny and had a good time hunting eggs with their cousins. It is so easy to forget they have only been home eight months now.
Things are settling down a good bit for us. The girls still enjoy their preschool mornings (3x week). I went last Thursday to register all 3 girls for K-5. Hard to believe that we will have 3 starting school in 4 months! We are not sure how this will work out for Anastasia. She seems so 'young' still. We are going to try and adjust as needed. I did request Abby and Anastasia to be in the same class. With Anastasia being non-verbal, I prefer to have Abby assigned to the same class so she can help interpret sign for the teacher/aide if needed. Also, we will have daily feedback on how things are going! Abby will be our little 'spy'. :) We requested all 3 girls be assigned to the same 'pod' (group of classes). This should help me with any field trips, parties, etc... since the 'pods' stick together!
We are all grateful for the improved weather since the kids get to go out and play now! :) Sophia and Anastasia are healed up nicely from their surgeries. We are looking forward to making less trips to doctors! We do have Sophia's heart cath scheduled... May 5th. After that, maybe we will have a better estimate on when they want to schedule her open heart surgery. We are not looking forward to it at all, but are also ready to have it behind us!
Again... sorry for the lack of updates. I will most likely only update here randomly for now. I appreciate all of your concern for our girls' adjustment home! We are very thankful for all of the support and prayers! :)
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hi Christy!
ReplyDeleteGlad things are going well :)
Sounds like the girls are adjusting to their new life very well.
I just wanted to let you know that I met Anne Marie when we were in Ukraine. She didn't look well when I saw her, she had been crying and her face was all wet. They wiped her off when I came to see her, she was on her hands and knees in the playpen. She sat up to look at me, and she looked so sad. They totally discouraged me from even looking at her, saying "oh, you don't want THAT one, she is very ill with a bad heart" It was all very sad, and I can't get her out of my mind.
I realize this will make you sad too, but I thought you would want to know...
Take Care,
Jodi
That is so sad, but I am glad you shared it with me. I do pray that her family finds her soon! I know they are out there... I hope they will listen when God calls them... Did they let you take any pics of her? If so, will you email them to me?
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are home!!! Congrats!
I wish I had taken a photo of her, we were rushed to go pick up Artiom and head to the train. I got some of Taya, but not Anne Marie.
ReplyDeleteI'll be praying for her...
Jodi