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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....


Monday, November 25, 2013

GOTCHA DAY!!!!!


OUR GOTCHA DAY WAS TODAY!!!!! (November 22, 2013)

Last minute change in plans and it worked great!!!!
See in the pics : getting dressed with help from mama for the first time!!, then saying good bye to nannies and friends, then he made an stop to get his little treasures from his locker ( a candy wrap a little stick from a tree , and a tiny story book that I had given to him 3 days ago!!!) then he put everything in the pocket of his new jacket and "let's go mama"........
GET READY WORLD......NICHOLAS ANTONIO WALLACE IS COMING!!!!!!..

.."THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE , LET'S REJOICE...."









Saturday, November 16, 2013

Great Day Today......



I am very happy , today was a very productive day!!! . With help from our wonderful translator Alyona I was able to have a meeting with my son's therapists and to have all my questions answered regarding his speech and cognitive treatments and progress. This orphanage has three doctors and they are very helpful and pro international adoption as well , it has been a huge blessing and a very different experience from our previous adoption.....thank you God!!!........and , continuing with the blessings.. today I met our son's God mother!!! (with Nicholas in the picture below ) She is a sweet young girl from a local church; she has been visiting him twice a month since March this year. She was glad she got to say good bye to him before his trip home. We exchanged addresses , numbers, e-mails.....so sweet and loving girl!!!
..Just few more days to go......hopefully this Wednesday I will be able to get my son out of the Orphanage for good!!!!! .......praying for it.......can't wait!!!!!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Praying for Nicholas ........


...Tuesday....11/12/2013
Since Willy and the kids went home, Nicholas has asked for "papa" and for Daniel and Lucia during each visit , with help from our translator his nannies have explained to him that they went home , and that he will go home with mama in few days....that has helped!
Since it has been just me and my Nicholas , we have had more quiet times and I have enjoyed watching different sides of my son....
and at the same time I feel so honored to be his God's chosen mother!........it is such an overwhelming feeling that I just HAVE praise HIM and pray , pray, pray...it brings to my heart words from a book of Nancy Guthrie and also S. Tebos...."When our prayers move from superficial to Significant, we invite God to do no less than a deep , transforming work in our life and in the lives of those for we are praying"......
If you are reading this today it is because you are special to us, to our family and have an special place in our lives. So, please , pray with me today for our precious son Nicholas :

...Dear Lord , 
Our son Nicholas was born in less than ideal circumstances ,
we don't know what his future holds, but You do,
we have so many hopes and dreams for him, but
he is not our creation he is yours,
Lord teach us how to pray for him,
Lord help us to be able to recognize our child's strengths, gifts 
and talents and build on them, show us how to encourage his unique 
identity,
Please Lord help us understand how our son was affected by his
relinquishment and any unsolved grief issues he may have...
Lord use us in a powerful way to be our son's safe heaven...
Lord help us to clearly hear and know our son's heart,
Lord, please make us aware of our needs (Willy and I) as his parents,
to hear and be sensitive to YOUR direction so we can guide 
Nicholas with wisdom, discernment ,compassion and humility...

In Jesus name I pray,

Be still,and know that I am God . Psalm 46:10

Now , just my little Nicholas and his mama....


11/10/2013
Today Willy went back home with Daniel and Lucia ( grrrrr... I miss them already!) I will stay in Ukraine until I can fly back home in company of our little Nicholas, hopefully in 2 weeks......
Praying today for God's protection  over my husband and our children,  for a safe return home ..... 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE............


11/07/013

Family and friends we are happy to announce that we had Court today with a positive resolution!!!!! 

And we are very proud to introduce to you:

NICHOLAS ANTONIO WALLACE , OUR SON!!!!!!

Day of "Firsts".......


11/06/2013
Today was the First Day that our son came to us asking for a hug , and also gave papa lots of kisses!!! ( while this very jealous and happy mama took pictures!!!)

Our so special boy......

11/06/2013


He found a lady bug and after looking at it for a minute , put it back down and let it go , so gentle......my sweet boy!













...he is really a "handy boy!", he also likes gardening......