Our plane touched down in Orlando and tears came to my eyes, I can't explain all the feelings that I was having... excitement, anxiety, sympathy for the girls going through all these new experiences, and happiness for finally being on American soil. We got to meet Ken's family that lives in Florida. The girls were a little shy to begin with, but spending the night and eating, and swimming together was great for breaking the ice. The hotel we got had a swimming pool and a regular bathtub. This was very exciting for all of us to see how they react to all these new things. At one point I went into the bathroom to check on the girls and the door to the bathroom was dripping from all their splashing, oops!! So this morning Ken put the swimsuit on the Tatiana, she danced for us a little while before putting on the rest of her clothes for breakfast.
The pool... Tatiana was really scared to begin with, but she warmed up to it very quickly. It probably helped a lot to have her cousins swimming like fish in the pool. Kathrine did not seem to be scared at all, she has this trademark face slap she does to herself when ever she gets wet, which entertained the family who was watching. She also wanted to swim by herself, us holding her was not really to her liking.
Now the last leg of our trip, Orlando to Canton to home!
Thank you to everyone for your support and prayers during this journey, it seems like we are at the end, but really, this is a beginning, continue to pray as we begin our lives at home.
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We've really enjoyed following your journey. I'm sure it feels great to be back on American soil. We'll keep praying for you as all the adjustments happen as you settle into everyday life.
ReplyDeleteHi Sherri so excited that you are finally heading home! I pray God will be with you as you go through the next couple of weeks and months it's been very interesting following your updates the last couple of weeks!
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Congratulations, Sherri and Ken! Since we haven't communicated in a while, I figured you probably are out of the country for your adoption. I finally got on FB tonight and found out for sure. How exciting! I found the link to your blog and just finished reading the whole thing! So amazing! (You need to scrapbook this!:)) Thank you for updating so often, even though I just found it all out tonight. It was really neat to read the whole story at once. I am so happy for you and will pray the transition is smooth. Amanda
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