Today we had our Court appointment in Ynakiieve at 11:30 a.m. to approve our petition to adopt...in other words...for the legal custody of the 3 children. After a few official questions from the Judge and statements from the 2 sets of orphanage directors, we were parents!!!!!!!!!!!! This was probably the fastest Court hearing in Ukraine history.Ten Minutes! This was such an emotional time for us both. When we arrived home to Kramatorsk, Sasha and his daughter had lunch waiting for us. When Tanya arrived home after work, she prepared a special dinner and produced a beautiful "torte" (cake) from the market to celebrate our successful day in Court.
After dinner, we made several phone calls to the U.S. to family and friends and lots of e-mail
messages.We now begin the Official 10 day waiting period. When that is over, we can begin working on birth certificates, passports, getting medical exams for the children and Visas
from the U.S.Embassy. Ellen & Chris are now Mama & Papa !
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