The News!

Yes, the News!! Not good!!!

As many of you already know since it is all over the news, this single Mom send back her adoptive son's to Russia by himself with a note saying she does not want him anymore.

This little boy is from Vladivostok just like my Little one.. So you can imagine how deeply touch I feel about this terrible news.

A much as I don't like to judge anybody, this one is hard to swallow!

First: How can a person treat a 7 years old boy like that!! Did she listen to all the classes we had to go thru, all the risk we were willing to take or not? I guess not!!! I am sorry but the life of a child is precious no matter what! And once you take the decision to be part of his life, you handle it as gentle as you can and the best you can. It is fragile and precious! If you are not capable, you should know it in your heart and not go thru the process! It is a human life we are dealing with not a plant you leave in the corner and water once in a while!!!! Yes! I am mad!!!!! And if he truly had some mental problems, how about help? America has a great system in place to help all the families who have adopted overseas. And how about giving him some time? At 7 years old, she thought maybe he will be happy and all good in a week.. in a different home, different language, different food and much more... Lady! I am sorry to say but little kids have feelings too and do not have an on and off button on their past!!!
Yes I am mad!!!

Second: Now all this families and children waiting!!!???? Are they going to pay the price because of this person? Not fair! So many children are waiting and so many good parents are hoping!

I strongly hope all the families I met will be able to bring their little ones home! I know what right now they must be going thru! Scary moments!

My heart is with all these families I met still in the process and anyone trying to bring back their child from Russia!

Our long car ride - Pennsylvania to Naples, Naples to Pennsylvania

Today we arrived home after 2 days of being in the car. 12 hours each day. It was long but our little guy was quite a trouper. He slept, played with his monkey or just stayed there in his chair. The only time he cried was because he really needed his diaper to be change so really! I think he did this drive even better then us.

Mr Potato head - Mr. Patate

Our little boy has a new friend! Mr. Potato head. He just love him. He is actually pretty good at it except on that one he omit the nose. Oh well!!

Notre petit bonhomme a un nouveau ami! Mr. Patate. Il l'adore. Il est meme plutot bon sauf que cette fois si il a oublie de lui mettre son nez. Ma foi!

Blogs

It is so nice to read other blogs from families currently in Russia (mainly Vladivostok) to pick up their little ones. I wish them all to enjoy their time together as a family far away from home.

Early Intervention

Today we had the Early Intervention from our county who came to the house and we were able to qualify for Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy. Our little boy who is today 20 months will be starting his new classes in 2 weeks. The therapist and the teacher will come once a week to our house.
On the over end, I have to go back to work this coming Saturday. At least I work from home so I will work around Dmitriy schedule.

Today I read a lot of other families blog who are or getting ready to flight to Vladivostok for trip #2 and some who are already there! All my best thoughts are with them! So many good memories while reading their story :-)

Dmitriy a ete accepter pour avoir des cours gratuit par l'etat. Cours de Speech et cours d'Occupation pour mieux savoir jouer avec ses jouets. Nous commencons dans 2 semaines. Aujourd'hui, notre petit bonhomme a deja 20 mois.
Ce Samedi malheureusement, je dois reprendre le boulot a plein temps :( Heureusement je travaille de la maison.

Let is snow! Let it snow....

Great time today!!! Papa made a slide with the snow and we used the recycle bin cover to make a slide. It was so much fun!! We have so far close to 20 inches of snow and Dmitriy had a fantastic time. Right now he is sleeping so hard after walking and playing in that snow. He needs to rest so we can start again this afternoon.

Do we have a little Picasso at home?

Today we introduce for the first time to our little guy "Hand Painting". He was not quite sure if he was suppose to be messy or just eat it.