I Have Dasha!

Dasha is with me! I took her from the orphanage on Wednesday. I was not expecting to get her that quickly, but everything went really fast! It was an exhauting several days, including a seven hour round trip drive to Kerch. The good thing is that we were only there for two hours waiting on Dasha's new birth certificate, rather than the two to three days we had been told! That was a huge relief!

Now I am just waiting on Dasha's passport to come back. The lady at the passport office said it would probably be Tuesday. But I need it Monday and am praying for it to arrive Monday! Tuesday is too late and we will miss our flight out on Feb. 4th. Not only will it cost a lot more money (for being a day late), but I want to go home! I miss John Paul and Rick! I have been away from JP for so long now and I am just ready to get back home to him. Please pray that passport shows up on Monday and that I can get back to Kiev by Tuesday to get the medical exam and visa. That is what will have to happen for us to fly out on Wednesday the 4th as planned.

Dasha is just delightful! She is so happy to be here! I cannot believe how attached she already is. She loves her baths! She laughs through them. It is the cutest thing! Her personality reminds me so much of how Chloe was...abundant sunshine! I can just look at her and smile and she lights up and smiles from ear to ear. She is such a little joy to have around! She loves to hear music and will dance (sitting down or rocking on her knees) and clap her hands. Tonight she started making sounds like she was trying to sing when I was adding music to the playlist. It was adorable! It didn't sound like words, but it was different than when she babbles. It was obvious she was trying to sing. Absolutely precious! She is wearing a size 6 month. She's a tiny little thing. But she looks healthy, weight wise! She looked much better than she and JP did in July. It is obvious she has been eating well. She is a little thin, but not too thin! She's just really small in general. She does get feisty at meal time though. John Paul was the same way too in the beginning, but he got out of it. I'm sure she will too in time.

I will post some new pics of her tomorrow. It takes a while with the slow connection and I have her here now and need to sleep. She gets up at 6:00 a.m.