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Friday, December 6, 2013

Twinkle , twinkle little star........


Nicholas, Daniel and Lucia played soccer until night today and then they decided to lay on the grass and to look at the stars. Nicholas gave a long and descriptive explanation about the stars in Russian.Daniel and Lucia agreed with him in everything , it looked like they understood everything he said.....maybe they did!(?)...... they are sooooo funny and sweet together , very entertaining trio!!!

Soccer..........goooooool!!!!


Soccer evening in our backyard today!!!

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Christmas projects....

11/03/2013
Nicholas is doing great!, Daniel and Lucia have been so good!! God bless them!, they are very kind and very patient with Nicholas. They try to speak in Russian to their brother and Nicholas is trying his best learning English .......... Thank you Lord for blessing us with our  wonderful children.
In these pics they are working today in Christmas projects,






Kids having fun.....


11/30/2013

These kids really know how to have fun together!!!! And , we are enjoying this honeymoon time.......three days home and so far still lots of hugs between siblings, sharing toys and just few little fights.....?..Praises to our Lord!!!!
November Florida weather has been just perfect!







We are home!!!!!!


11/28/2013
We made it home!!!! Right in time to get my turkey in the oven and to cook lots of carbs , salads and desserts for my family. We had our older kids with us for thanksgiving , it was great!!!! Our Nicholas was soooo happy receiving and returning so many hugs and kisses from his family!!!!....
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR....!!!!



Going Home!!.......


11/27/2013
.."Paca paca Ukraine!!!!!"......we are going home!!!! Thank you for Opening your doors and the hearts of your people to the Wallace family!!! We will make sure Nicholas will always be proud of his roots!!!! (I will post more pics from home the day after thanksgiving) 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND TO OUR REECE'S RAINBOW FAMILY





Got his visa!!!!

11/26/2013
Snowing in Kiev today!!!! 
We had a long 2nd embassy appointment today, but GOT NICHOLAS VISA!!!!! ....flying back home tomorrow early am . Hopefully we'll be arriving at Fort Myers Airport at 7:00pm Wednesday 11/27/2013!!!!! Yay!!!!!! Praises to our Lord!!!!!!

Soooo tired today.....

11/24/2013
...WHAT A DAY WE HAVE HAD!!!.....Our flight fom Odessa to Kieve was cancelled yesterday due to the weather (fog) , so we ( me and my super traveler son Nicholas ) had to take a slow car ride ( 6+hrs) through thick fog and made it to Kiev at 3:00am this morning , we slept for 3hrs and Eugene came at 8:00 to pick us up for our 9:00am Embassy appointment ,did our visa application and then went to US clinic for medical exam. We need to go back tomorrow afternoon to complete visa process.... 
I HAVE TO PRAISE GOD FOR ALL THE ANGELS HE HAS PLACED IN OUR LIVES : LUDMILLA, ALYONA , SVETA WERE SO CONCERNED AND SO HELPFUL MAKING SURE WE MADE IT TO KIEV SAFELY LAST NIGHT 
AND A VERY VERY VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LORD FOR OUR "ANGEL DRIVER TOLIK!!!" , he had no plans to drive last night to Kiev , specially in that fog, and I am convinced that it was just because of his huge Ukrainian heart that he offered to drive us in a night like last night!!!!......

...PLEASE keep us in ÿour prayers a little longer so I can finalize my son's visa process tomorrow and we can fly back home on Wednesday!!!

Now, time to sleep....so so so tired......


Praising God for his timing.....


(I wrote this one morning in Odessa , Ukraine , few days before our "gotcha day")

I hope this make sense bc I'm writing while walking to the orphanage this morning, but I MUST SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU:

..Our little Nicholas has two best friends in his groupa "Ruslen" and "Vitalik".They have been together in same groupa their whole life. According to the nannies these three friends always look after each other, they share everything they have , they hug whenever one of them is sad or celebrating happy moments (and I have witnessed this numerous times in the playground !!) . Well, today I was told that the nannies were very concerned few weeks ago , because
"Ruslen" had found a family , (n Italian couple that is adopting Ruslen and his older brother), and Vitalilk had found a family also! ( a Canadian couple that is adopting Vitalik and his little brother)....both couples had been in country since September visiting "Ruslen" and "Vitalk" getting ready to finalize their adoption soon because both families already passed court!!!!......... but, there was no family for our little Nicholas! ......until we came mid October!!!! . I was informed today that everybody in the orphanage was "extra happy" because these "three musketeers" will be adopted at the same time!........our Lord had it all planned !!!!!.......I look back now , and I think of all the time and energy I wasted worrying about best submission dates , best DAP dates ,best travel dates, etc....God is the only one that really knows BEST!....
Little "Ruslen" will go home to Italy in 2weeks , and Vitalik goes home to Canada in 3 weeks....
Below you can see "after court" pictures of "Ruslen" with his Italian parents and "Vitalik" and his little brother with their Canadian parents........GOD'S TIMING IS ALWAYS PERFECT!!!!! , We

(these kids parents) feel that we must keep the communication going , so these 3 best friends always stay in touch!....this will be a new version of "Extended Family!!!"

Praising our Lord today!!! While praying..Proverbs 16:9..."A man's mind plans his way, but The Lord directs his steps and makes them sure"

( ok! I made it to orphanage now!)

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Lucia visited Orphanage......

11/02/2013
Our daughter Lucia visited the Orphanage where she spent the first 2 years of her life!!! and delivered gifts for the children from 2-3 years old groupa ( her old room) lots of quilted blankets made by her american "babushka". The sweetest weekend nannies were there!!l, lots of hugs , kisses and tears shared!!! They remembered her and they remembered her Ukrainian name as well!!. Very special and emotional weekend....