Here is few photos from last night ,we went out with g-parents for dinner.... she was super good little girl... we were so proud of her....
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving with Granparents
This Thanks giving holiday is the MOST special for us, we have so much to be thankful for this year. We have our most beautiful daughter Nadia with us, we have Granparents visiting from TN, we are all healthy and happy… in short.. LIFE COULD NOT BE BETTER FOR US this year.
Nadia loves her grandparents and got adjusted to them so well…we are very proud of her.
Her vocabulary is improving by the day and for now she is very bilingual and uses all of her words very well… sings her ABC’s and dances on all of the music…
Nadia’s NEW best friend is ELMO, she even dreams about him and calls him from her crib in the middle of the night….. it is so funny…
Tomorrow we are taking Nadia to her first dinner in restaurant…. I am sure she will love it. Since now she loves to feed her self.
Here is few photos we took past few days…..
Nadia loves her grandparents and got adjusted to them so well…we are very proud of her.
Her vocabulary is improving by the day and for now she is very bilingual and uses all of her words very well… sings her ABC’s and dances on all of the music…
Nadia’s NEW best friend is ELMO, she even dreams about him and calls him from her crib in the middle of the night….. it is so funny…
Tomorrow we are taking Nadia to her first dinner in restaurant…. I am sure she will love it. Since now she loves to feed her self.
Here is few photos we took past few days…..
Friday, November 21, 2008
November News
I apologize for not posting more often, but it has been very busy around here for me. Month of October and November has passed way to fast in my opinion and our baby girl has now taken a role of very active toddler…
Next week is already two months that we are home, and Nadia is 15.5 months old now and doing great. Every day she brings sunshine to our lives, she is funny and happy all the time...
Few weeks ago she got her first round of immunization shots. I have to say she was a true champion and cried only for few minutes, next day she slept a lot but didn’t show any other signs of 5 different immunizations.
This week we noticed that she has a running nose and two new teeth… one molar out all the way and the other one just about to break skin. I have to say that, again there were no signs of being cranky or fever associated with new teeth coming in... Lucky us… she has 9 teeth now
Nadia’s vocabulary has improved dramatically in past few weeks, she speaks mix of about 10 words of Croatian and English, all of the words are simple but we are proud of her for using them when she needs something.
She is now running and climbing on everything all the time, climbs stairs up and down ,she even got in trouble the other day … Miss Nadia has decided to dump entire big Jade plant on swimming pool cover and then quietly played in dirt till Brad has discovered her trying to add some more dirt in to pool drain hole..LOL… ohh she had so much fun and got her daddy pretty upset…. Then she got so upset when Brad cleaned up...
Every day she takes a walk down to the mail box with us to check for the mail, loves nature and sticks and leaves and birds... calls them all baby.. that is her favorite word and it is used for many different things ...
Here is few photos of our big girl, it shows how much fun she is having… we are having the best time of our lives… hands down, nothing so far even close compares to time spent with Nadia…. That is what makes my work time very productive; it amazes me how much I can have done in office when I have only two hours during her nap…
Next week is already two months that we are home, and Nadia is 15.5 months old now and doing great. Every day she brings sunshine to our lives, she is funny and happy all the time...
Few weeks ago she got her first round of immunization shots. I have to say she was a true champion and cried only for few minutes, next day she slept a lot but didn’t show any other signs of 5 different immunizations.
This week we noticed that she has a running nose and two new teeth… one molar out all the way and the other one just about to break skin. I have to say that, again there were no signs of being cranky or fever associated with new teeth coming in... Lucky us… she has 9 teeth now
Nadia’s vocabulary has improved dramatically in past few weeks, she speaks mix of about 10 words of Croatian and English, all of the words are simple but we are proud of her for using them when she needs something.
She is now running and climbing on everything all the time, climbs stairs up and down ,she even got in trouble the other day … Miss Nadia has decided to dump entire big Jade plant on swimming pool cover and then quietly played in dirt till Brad has discovered her trying to add some more dirt in to pool drain hole..LOL… ohh she had so much fun and got her daddy pretty upset…. Then she got so upset when Brad cleaned up...
Every day she takes a walk down to the mail box with us to check for the mail, loves nature and sticks and leaves and birds... calls them all baby.. that is her favorite word and it is used for many different things ...
Here is few photos of our big girl, it shows how much fun she is having… we are having the best time of our lives… hands down, nothing so far even close compares to time spent with Nadia…. That is what makes my work time very productive; it amazes me how much I can have done in office when I have only two hours during her nap…
HERE IS OUR FUNNY GIRL.....
Friday, October 31, 2008
1st snow day
It is Halloween today, and we have a tons of snow here in Saranac lake.. looks more like x-mass..
I tried to bring Nadia out to see if she likes all of this snow...here is photo of my little snow pumpkin.... it was fun till she figured out how cold it is...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
One month later...
Ohh I know that everyone has been looking for more photos and info, but time is flying by and we are already over one month in Saranac Lake.
Our Nadia is the most wonderful child... she is adjusting so well, learning new things every day.
We are following her routine and sleeping schedule and that makes her very very happy baby.
Her walking has improved also, now she is almost running all over the place.
She is also able to say her name... it sounds more like Nania , she also calls everyone baby and ...
But the biggest improvement is Nadia's eating ... she loves everything, so far we have not found any foods she doesn't like, even milk is OK lately.
Here is few photos from past few weeks....
Our Nadia is the most wonderful child... she is adjusting so well, learning new things every day.
We are following her routine and sleeping schedule and that makes her very very happy baby.
Her walking has improved also, now she is almost running all over the place.
She is also able to say her name... it sounds more like Nania , she also calls everyone baby and ...
But the biggest improvement is Nadia's eating ... she loves everything, so far we have not found any foods she doesn't like, even milk is OK lately.
Here is few photos from past few weeks....
Friday, October 3, 2008
We are back home!!!!
We are back for almost a entire week now, it is hard to believe that there was life before Nadia.Our journey home was very long but once we got home I slept entire day and Brad was playing with.
Days are going by fast and our baby now needs size 4 diapers and size 4 shoes.. she is 22Lb heavy and 28" tall.... she is eating spaghetti dinners and plays with us and alone, and walks a lot more than few weeks ago....it is just amazing how well she is adjusting to her new home... it is almost like she knows that this is her home forever and she like's it... a lot...
Here is few photos of 1 week home
Friday, September 26, 2008
HOME SWEET HOME HERE WE COME
Today we had appointment at American embassy and that was very interesting experience, but I should first start with saying that Nadia decided Not to take her morning nap, she played in her crib for entire hour while I was trying to get her to sleep, after 1.5 hours of trying I decided that she will not take a nap… so she helped me pack our stuff in bag, it was more like me putting stuff in and her taking it out but we had fun together.
I am also having a bad case of sinus infection or something similar, my nose is running non stop and I am having a fever too,but her health can not be better and that is all that matters to me.
About 1:15 pm Max picked us up and drove to US embassy, Miss Masha was waiting for us there and told us where to go and what to do. Then she had to leave and we were alone in this huge waiting room… about 15 min. later few other families showed up for the same reason, Nadia went crazy for these three little girls, they had some music playing toys and she wanted them… but we managed to let go and she was crawling all over the floor and at one moment she was going to take a nap on the floor… so I have picked her up and it was time for our interview… after that we had to wait for our immigration documents for about 25 minutes… once we got them, we were ready to leave…. Max was waiting in front of the building… In the car, with out the car seat… Little Miss Nadia did NOT wanted to sit in my lap so we had a ride from hell till we got home 15 minutes later. She is sleeping now… and I am very happy to have moment for my self.. but I am very worried that this will happened in the air again tomorrow…and Tata Brad told me that there is some huge storm expected for NYC exact time we supposed to change plains for Burlinghton…but all I have to say on the end of this journey is:
OOOhhh... HOME SWEET HOME HERE WE COME….. I NEVER MISSED YOU SO MUCH….
I am also having a bad case of sinus infection or something similar, my nose is running non stop and I am having a fever too,but her health can not be better and that is all that matters to me.
About 1:15 pm Max picked us up and drove to US embassy, Miss Masha was waiting for us there and told us where to go and what to do. Then she had to leave and we were alone in this huge waiting room… about 15 min. later few other families showed up for the same reason, Nadia went crazy for these three little girls, they had some music playing toys and she wanted them… but we managed to let go and she was crawling all over the floor and at one moment she was going to take a nap on the floor… so I have picked her up and it was time for our interview… after that we had to wait for our immigration documents for about 25 minutes… once we got them, we were ready to leave…. Max was waiting in front of the building… In the car, with out the car seat… Little Miss Nadia did NOT wanted to sit in my lap so we had a ride from hell till we got home 15 minutes later. She is sleeping now… and I am very happy to have moment for my self.. but I am very worried that this will happened in the air again tomorrow…and Tata Brad told me that there is some huge storm expected for NYC exact time we supposed to change plains for Burlinghton…but all I have to say on the end of this journey is:
OOOhhh... HOME SWEET HOME HERE WE COME….. I NEVER MISSED YOU SO MUCH….
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Nadia has new Russian passport
It is Thursday already but days are still not moving fast enough in my opinion.
Miss .Masha took us to passport office this morning and we got her passport. Tomorrow we have appointment at US embassy and after that we are all done with business here in Moscow.
We will pack our few things and we are going to bed super early, at least I hope for that but one can never knows what will happened with small child like her.
Last night I took more than 1 hour to get her to sleep and she woke up at 6:30 am. But as long as I pretended that I am still a sleep she played very nicely in her crib till 7:30 am
I have also noticed that she talks in her sleep and wakes her self up… not sure if this is normal for all kids, but this is just the way she is…
Well she up from her afternoon nap and it is time for changing diaper….
Miss .Masha took us to passport office this morning and we got her passport. Tomorrow we have appointment at US embassy and after that we are all done with business here in Moscow.
We will pack our few things and we are going to bed super early, at least I hope for that but one can never knows what will happened with small child like her.
Last night I took more than 1 hour to get her to sleep and she woke up at 6:30 am. But as long as I pretended that I am still a sleep she played very nicely in her crib till 7:30 am
I have also noticed that she talks in her sleep and wakes her self up… not sure if this is normal for all kids, but this is just the way she is…
Well she up from her afternoon nap and it is time for changing diaper….
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Back at the ZOO...
This morning we had a visitor… it was Dr Boris… he check out Nadia and filled out some kind of document for US embassy, I had to sign it and he left. It was very fast visit but since baby Nadia is super healthy there was no need for any blood work or other tests.
After her nap we went back at the Zoo, it was open again today, yeeey for the Zoo being open, this is only cheap fun I can find for her..
Weather was the best so far, sunny and super warm… we didn’t overdressed and Nadia was the only baby at the Zoo park that didn’t have a hat, gloves and down jacket,
Nadia was the only kid that was able to bend her knees and elbows… I am still in the shock how much clothes these kids wear… that is totally crazy in my opinion… hmmm we did got some bad looks but I did NOT care, my child needs SUNSHINE and she loves it…and her dark hair was hot from sunshine…
She loved being at the Zoo, there is not too much traffic noise and today there was only few families with kids.
We found place on sun that had a small fenced area and I have put her in the grass to play and investigate…. She had so much fun…. She touched every leaf and tried to pull grass, then she imitated me and tried to tan for a few minutes, that was very funny to me and her… she played like crazy with grass and leaves and today she got her vitamin D for sure… and when time came to leave Zoo park, she cried for a few seconds, then we stopped back at the store… we were out of milk again ( it seems to me that we are always out of milk)…once we came home I have put her in the crib just to unload groceries but when I have returned to our room she was sleeping already.
WOW ever day she is better and better child…. This morning I had to wake her up for 8 am visit of Dr. Boris…she didn’t wake up at all during the night and my squeaky bed doesn’t bother her at all anymore…but wake me up every time I try to turn around.
We have only 2 more days left…. And I can not wait till they pass by, we miss tata Brad and comfort our house very much…we have great big yard for her to play and investigate every day….
After her nap we went back at the Zoo, it was open again today, yeeey for the Zoo being open, this is only cheap fun I can find for her..
Weather was the best so far, sunny and super warm… we didn’t overdressed and Nadia was the only baby at the Zoo park that didn’t have a hat, gloves and down jacket,
Nadia was the only kid that was able to bend her knees and elbows… I am still in the shock how much clothes these kids wear… that is totally crazy in my opinion… hmmm we did got some bad looks but I did NOT care, my child needs SUNSHINE and she loves it…and her dark hair was hot from sunshine…
She loved being at the Zoo, there is not too much traffic noise and today there was only few families with kids.
We found place on sun that had a small fenced area and I have put her in the grass to play and investigate…. She had so much fun…. She touched every leaf and tried to pull grass, then she imitated me and tried to tan for a few minutes, that was very funny to me and her… she played like crazy with grass and leaves and today she got her vitamin D for sure… and when time came to leave Zoo park, she cried for a few seconds, then we stopped back at the store… we were out of milk again ( it seems to me that we are always out of milk)…once we came home I have put her in the crib just to unload groceries but when I have returned to our room she was sleeping already.
WOW ever day she is better and better child…. This morning I had to wake her up for 8 am visit of Dr. Boris…she didn’t wake up at all during the night and my squeaky bed doesn’t bother her at all anymore…but wake me up every time I try to turn around.
We have only 2 more days left…. And I can not wait till they pass by, we miss tata Brad and comfort our house very much…we have great big yard for her to play and investigate every day….
Monday, September 22, 2008
10 Day wait is over
Time is flying by, it has been already 10 days with my angel.. and every day she gets better and better.
We are very happy today, it is the best day so far...I love when she wakes up calling me momma ... she is happy in the morning just like me...and she talks a lot like me.. LOL
Today she saw reflection of her self on the oven doors and got so happy thinking it is another baby there... It broke my heart, but soon enough she will have her cousins Blake to play with her.
Her crying has stopped and last few days were wonderful, I was simply over smothering her with my love and attention and she didn't know how to go about it, so now I have learned my lesson and there is no more crying almost at all.. sometimes she will wine for a bit ,but that is more like talking to her self..
I am so ready to come home, you can not even imagine...today is 10th day I have Nadia and today is the day when NO ONE can take her away from me EVER... I woke up crying from overwhelming feeling of relief, knowing she is ours forever... it has been long long 5 years of trying for this... it feels like the end of long long marathon... I am happy and exhausted, ready to have normal life once again..
Today she saw reflection of her self on the oven doors and got so happy thinking it is another baby there... It broke my heart, but soon enough she will have her cousins Blake to play with her.
Her crying has stopped and last few days were wonderful, I was simply over smothering her with my love and attention and she didn't know how to go about it, so now I have learned my lesson and there is no more crying almost at all.. sometimes she will wine for a bit ,but that is more like talking to her self..
I am so ready to come home, you can not even imagine...today is 10th day I have Nadia and today is the day when NO ONE can take her away from me EVER... I woke up crying from overwhelming feeling of relief, knowing she is ours forever... it has been long long 5 years of trying for this... it feels like the end of long long marathon... I am happy and exhausted, ready to have normal life once again..
Today we are going to get her Russian passport.... Here is a photo of my angel in shoping cart...
Sunny day in Moscow
It is wonderful day today, it is sunny and warm. I am waiting for Miss. Nadia to wake up so we can go outside to play and get daily dose of vitamin D.
Today we will not overdress ourselves like the rest of the Russians…I hope to heave even more fun in park… we also have to walk back in the store, we are non stop running out of milk.. This child of mine is eating like crazy… I am also adding a full 9 oz bottle of fruit to her diet in between her scheduled meals every 4 hours, I noticed that her naps are lasting much longer and it is much easier to put her down that way. Miss.Nadia is now a true angel when it comes to bed and nap time… we are down to 15 minutes before lids gets to heavy to keep open.. LOL.. I can even leave the room to make her bottle with out having her cry, if she is with me in the kitchen she plays so well with cabinet doors and doesn’t wine any more… I am so proud of her… what a good girl she is…
This morning I had to give her a bath and that was very interesting experience, she cried and cried looking at laundry bucket full of water, so I put her in kitchen sink and that seemed to work much better, she did cry but not hysterical at all… once she was out of water she loved attention of baby lotion and dressing her… she talked to me entire time… even clapped her hands with the song I sang to her.
Ohh she smells so nice now and her hair is a bit curly what makes her look so cute. I can not wait until is a bit longer so I can make her piggy tails…
I am trying to do a load of laundry since last night… OMG .. it is so very difficult… machine in weird shape and has tons of buttons with pictures… Brad told me to press them all and thing will work, well…. It does work but after about 4 hours of washing I can NOT get this thing to spin water out of towels….so I have to squeeze water old fashioned way… and we do not have drier so now we have dripping towels all over the kitchen… LOL
This afternoon we are expecting Miss. Masha to visit us and help with some paperwork, finaly, someone to talk to…
As many of you know I love to talk and not having anyone to exchange my thoughts is very difficult for me, but in the other hand I am lucky to have Aunt Julie that is on yahoo messenger every morning and talks some sense in me.
She is my angel or reason… I love time we have together, she is becoming a true friend and I am so happy and thankful for that…
Nadia is a wake now and we are off to new sunny experience in park…
Today we will not overdress ourselves like the rest of the Russians…I hope to heave even more fun in park… we also have to walk back in the store, we are non stop running out of milk.. This child of mine is eating like crazy… I am also adding a full 9 oz bottle of fruit to her diet in between her scheduled meals every 4 hours, I noticed that her naps are lasting much longer and it is much easier to put her down that way. Miss.Nadia is now a true angel when it comes to bed and nap time… we are down to 15 minutes before lids gets to heavy to keep open.. LOL.. I can even leave the room to make her bottle with out having her cry, if she is with me in the kitchen she plays so well with cabinet doors and doesn’t wine any more… I am so proud of her… what a good girl she is…
This morning I had to give her a bath and that was very interesting experience, she cried and cried looking at laundry bucket full of water, so I put her in kitchen sink and that seemed to work much better, she did cry but not hysterical at all… once she was out of water she loved attention of baby lotion and dressing her… she talked to me entire time… even clapped her hands with the song I sang to her.
Ohh she smells so nice now and her hair is a bit curly what makes her look so cute. I can not wait until is a bit longer so I can make her piggy tails…
I am trying to do a load of laundry since last night… OMG .. it is so very difficult… machine in weird shape and has tons of buttons with pictures… Brad told me to press them all and thing will work, well…. It does work but after about 4 hours of washing I can NOT get this thing to spin water out of towels….so I have to squeeze water old fashioned way… and we do not have drier so now we have dripping towels all over the kitchen… LOL
This afternoon we are expecting Miss. Masha to visit us and help with some paperwork, finaly, someone to talk to…
As many of you know I love to talk and not having anyone to exchange my thoughts is very difficult for me, but in the other hand I am lucky to have Aunt Julie that is on yahoo messenger every morning and talks some sense in me.
She is my angel or reason… I love time we have together, she is becoming a true friend and I am so happy and thankful for that…
Nadia is a wake now and we are off to new sunny experience in park…
Sunday, September 21, 2008
We are having fun together....
We are doing great, in past few days I have figured out how to put her in sleep with out complete melt downs.. it is actually very easy… I feed her very warm bottle of food and then I simply sit next to her crib and occasionally pet her back… it takes about 15-20 minutes and she is a sleep… Lucky momma Ivana !!!!
She is definitely coming out of her shell more and more ever day… she is so very funny… Nadia talks to me non- stop and sings la- la songs most of the day… hmmm that is as long as we keep on her schedule… if we are about to miss her nap time she goes crazy wild…. So, we keep up with naps and we are having an angel baby for now.
I think that she misses kids a lot, today at store she saw few small toddlers playing and she wanted to escape out of her shopping cart very badly… we can’t wait to get our cousin Blake to teach her all of his day care tricks… LOL
Well…. We have another 5 days here, and they are going to be very busy days.
I am looking forward to our return home more than I can describe….
“Baby ergo” is great for short walks but at this point my body is very sore from her weight and we are able to make only to the park and store today…. But weather was awesome, sunny and warm, so we played in park for one hour…
Well I am going to call Grammy and Grandpa in TN to let them know we have figure out sleeping routine.. Then it is time for dinner and bed…. Lets hope it is easy like last night..
I love every minute we have together, every day I wake up with my eyes full of tears of happiness and joy, looking at her calling me momma and smiling, then I take her in bed with me and we snuggle for a few minutes till she fully wakes up…she is the best baby ever in my opinion, I could not imagine any other way..…
She is definitely coming out of her shell more and more ever day… she is so very funny… Nadia talks to me non- stop and sings la- la songs most of the day… hmmm that is as long as we keep on her schedule… if we are about to miss her nap time she goes crazy wild…. So, we keep up with naps and we are having an angel baby for now.
I think that she misses kids a lot, today at store she saw few small toddlers playing and she wanted to escape out of her shopping cart very badly… we can’t wait to get our cousin Blake to teach her all of his day care tricks… LOL
Well…. We have another 5 days here, and they are going to be very busy days.
I am looking forward to our return home more than I can describe….
“Baby ergo” is great for short walks but at this point my body is very sore from her weight and we are able to make only to the park and store today…. But weather was awesome, sunny and warm, so we played in park for one hour…
Well I am going to call Grammy and Grandpa in TN to let them know we have figure out sleeping routine.. Then it is time for dinner and bed…. Lets hope it is easy like last night..
I love every minute we have together, every day I wake up with my eyes full of tears of happiness and joy, looking at her calling me momma and smiling, then I take her in bed with me and we snuggle for a few minutes till she fully wakes up…she is the best baby ever in my opinion, I could not imagine any other way..…
Friday, September 19, 2008
DAY # 1- girls alone in Moscow
Nadia and I are now alone in Moscow City.
Daddy Brad has left for USA today,to get everything ready and to get Nadia's medical insurancefor October 1st.
We are here to stay till next Saturday 27th. It is going to be long 9 days till we meet him again.
I had anxiety all night thinking how are we going to do all alone in this big Russian world, but I have to say that feeling is all gone now.
Baby Nadia and I are having so much fun, this morning we went to have a nice cup of coffee. She was so good in coffee shop, and then we took a 1hour walk but we were back home for 1st nap at 10 am. She slept for entire 1, 5 hours... wow I was amazed and we had NO problems going to sleep. Aunt Shelle told us a trick where I lay down next to her crib and cover my eyes.... IT WORKED, IT WORKED... YAAAAY FOR AUNT SHELLE.
After Nadia's nap we took another short walk outside and we went to Nadia’s favorite place , groceries store... LOL , I strolled her around for an hour in shopping cart, she was singing and babbling entire time, even Russian people were laughing at her songs. Then mommy bought her first CD with Russian baby music so she can dance tonight...We were back home for her 2nd nap... and she went down the same way, but this time she was making singing noise till she fallen a sleep... ohhh she has just super cute personality...
After nap we are going out again... for a short walk. We are going to see handcraft show in local mall...and then we are going to play music and dance together....
we will keep you all posted...
Daddy Brad has left for USA today,to get everything ready and to get Nadia's medical insurancefor October 1st.
We are here to stay till next Saturday 27th. It is going to be long 9 days till we meet him again.
I had anxiety all night thinking how are we going to do all alone in this big Russian world, but I have to say that feeling is all gone now.
Baby Nadia and I are having so much fun, this morning we went to have a nice cup of coffee. She was so good in coffee shop, and then we took a 1hour walk but we were back home for 1st nap at 10 am. She slept for entire 1, 5 hours... wow I was amazed and we had NO problems going to sleep. Aunt Shelle told us a trick where I lay down next to her crib and cover my eyes.... IT WORKED, IT WORKED... YAAAAY FOR AUNT SHELLE.
After Nadia's nap we took another short walk outside and we went to Nadia’s favorite place , groceries store... LOL , I strolled her around for an hour in shopping cart, she was singing and babbling entire time, even Russian people were laughing at her songs. Then mommy bought her first CD with Russian baby music so she can dance tonight...We were back home for her 2nd nap... and she went down the same way, but this time she was making singing noise till she fallen a sleep... ohhh she has just super cute personality...
After nap we are going out again... for a short walk. We are going to see handcraft show in local mall...and then we are going to play music and dance together....
we will keep you all posted...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
We are doing great
It has been 6days with baby Nadia and we are doing wonderful, all three of us.
Nadia got used to us very quickly and she is coming out of her shell more and more every day.
Yesterday we took her in the store again and put her inside of shopping cart, She loved it so much, she was laughing and babbling entire time, people in the store we looking at us ... she was super funny smiling to everyone, looking very important to her self... LOL
Brad and I are figuring our different ways of putting her down for sleep, it has been quite a experience but I think we finally got it. We decided that the best way is to put her in her crib and softly taping her back until she falls a sleep is the best way so far.
Yesterday she had her first pudding; it was yummmmyy... today we are going to try with fruit baby yogurt.
Brad is leaving tomorrow morning to go back in New York. He needs to get her on our medical insurance ASAP, and if we do not apply till end of next week she will not have insurance till November.
Next week is going to be very busy for two of us, we have to go and get her Russian passport, Nadia needs medical exam for immigration purposes, and we need appointment at USA embassy to get her immigration paperwork and all other documents.
Weather has been awful entire time so far, it is cloudy every day and it is cold, but baby Nadia doesn't mind it at all, she loves being outside.
On Tuesday we will be able to post all of her photos.
Nadia got used to us very quickly and she is coming out of her shell more and more every day.
Yesterday we took her in the store again and put her inside of shopping cart, She loved it so much, she was laughing and babbling entire time, people in the store we looking at us ... she was super funny smiling to everyone, looking very important to her self... LOL
Brad and I are figuring our different ways of putting her down for sleep, it has been quite a experience but I think we finally got it. We decided that the best way is to put her in her crib and softly taping her back until she falls a sleep is the best way so far.
Yesterday she had her first pudding; it was yummmmyy... today we are going to try with fruit baby yogurt.
Brad is leaving tomorrow morning to go back in New York. He needs to get her on our medical insurance ASAP, and if we do not apply till end of next week she will not have insurance till November.
Next week is going to be very busy for two of us, we have to go and get her Russian passport, Nadia needs medical exam for immigration purposes, and we need appointment at USA embassy to get her immigration paperwork and all other documents.
Weather has been awful entire time so far, it is cloudy every day and it is cold, but baby Nadia doesn't mind it at all, she loves being outside.
On Tuesday we will be able to post all of her photos.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Update after long long time
Hallo to all of you,
We have opened our blog to public now. Sorry, for not keeping with all of the news but there were too many things happening in past weeks.
We meet our baby Nadia on her 1st birthday August 6th; we even celebrated with cake and one candle.
The moment we saw her we knew she was our long waited child; she seemed so healthy and happy.
Sorry but there will be no photos until court decision comes in full affect, next week.
We had court hearing on Friday September 12th, it all went very fast. Mrs. Judge was late for hearing over 1.5 hours and once she arrived at 5p.m entire process didn't last more than 15 minutes... ohh we cried and celebrated at the same time... later that night we met with our dear friends Shelle and John Pendergrast, they had baby Luke with them. he is super cute toddler... smiling all the time... we also met Jena and Pete who are in Moscow to bring their two children home, they also had a court date few days before us.
Mrs. Judge and orphanage director were so nice that they allowed us to keep Naida with us for 10 day waiting period.
That was awesome from them so, Saturday 13th (our lucky #) we went to bring Nadia home with us. She was very happy baby and didn’t mind leaving her only place she knew till then.
Two of her favorite care givers were there.
Mrs Lyudmila and Mrs. Marina, they both cried as we were leaving, that made me cry too.
On the way home we stopped to take Nadia's passport photos. She was totally fine with new places and events.
We got home (our Russian apartment) and she had to take a nap, no problems at all. First night she slept OK till about Midnight and then she woke up. She needed new diaper and her bed was all wet, so I took her in my bed. I watched her all night sleep… she is so beautiful to me…
Tata (dad) Brad went many times to the local store that day and evening, but on the end we had everything she would need for the night. He is trying as hard as me to find the best way with her. She loves to hung out with him, they make faces together and then laugh bout that together.
Nadia is used on very tight schedule and we were told to try to keep that as long as we can.
So that is what we are doing now. She takes two naps a day and eats every 4 hours, but she also sleeps 10-11 hours every night.. That is awesome for me.
We are taking short walks with her every day and she already loves outside... She laughs entire time while outside, she is pretty interesting.
Brad and I are still learning how to go about many little things, but every day we are doing so much better.
Yesterday, we tried to alter her schedule to one big long nap, but we ended up with very very cranky and tired child, so today we went back on doing what she is used to, and she is doing great...
I am exhausted at this point and I am going to sleep like a happy mommy…
We will keep you posted as we catch some time, in her busy schedule…
and photos will come after Tuesday when our 10 days is expired and NO ONE can take her away from us...
We have opened our blog to public now. Sorry, for not keeping with all of the news but there were too many things happening in past weeks.
We meet our baby Nadia on her 1st birthday August 6th; we even celebrated with cake and one candle.
The moment we saw her we knew she was our long waited child; she seemed so healthy and happy.
Sorry but there will be no photos until court decision comes in full affect, next week.
We had court hearing on Friday September 12th, it all went very fast. Mrs. Judge was late for hearing over 1.5 hours and once she arrived at 5p.m entire process didn't last more than 15 minutes... ohh we cried and celebrated at the same time... later that night we met with our dear friends Shelle and John Pendergrast, they had baby Luke with them. he is super cute toddler... smiling all the time... we also met Jena and Pete who are in Moscow to bring their two children home, they also had a court date few days before us.
Mrs. Judge and orphanage director were so nice that they allowed us to keep Naida with us for 10 day waiting period.
That was awesome from them so, Saturday 13th (our lucky #) we went to bring Nadia home with us. She was very happy baby and didn’t mind leaving her only place she knew till then.
Two of her favorite care givers were there.
Mrs Lyudmila and Mrs. Marina, they both cried as we were leaving, that made me cry too.
On the way home we stopped to take Nadia's passport photos. She was totally fine with new places and events.
We got home (our Russian apartment) and she had to take a nap, no problems at all. First night she slept OK till about Midnight and then she woke up. She needed new diaper and her bed was all wet, so I took her in my bed. I watched her all night sleep… she is so beautiful to me…
Tata (dad) Brad went many times to the local store that day and evening, but on the end we had everything she would need for the night. He is trying as hard as me to find the best way with her. She loves to hung out with him, they make faces together and then laugh bout that together.
Nadia is used on very tight schedule and we were told to try to keep that as long as we can.
So that is what we are doing now. She takes two naps a day and eats every 4 hours, but she also sleeps 10-11 hours every night.. That is awesome for me.
We are taking short walks with her every day and she already loves outside... She laughs entire time while outside, she is pretty interesting.
Brad and I are still learning how to go about many little things, but every day we are doing so much better.
Yesterday, we tried to alter her schedule to one big long nap, but we ended up with very very cranky and tired child, so today we went back on doing what she is used to, and she is doing great...
I am exhausted at this point and I am going to sleep like a happy mommy…
We will keep you posted as we catch some time, in her busy schedule…
and photos will come after Tuesday when our 10 days is expired and NO ONE can take her away from us...
Sunday, August 3, 2008
WE ARE ON THE WAY TO RUSSIA !!
We are packed and ready to leave.
Bags are in the car,
Brad is making final check ups around the house and I had to sit down to take a break. Surprisingly we are both very calm and in good spirits.
Our flight leaves Boston at 7pm, we are driving to Boston this morning.
It is raining in Saranac Lake, we had wood stove going last night and we hope for some sun in Russia.
I am not sure if we are going to be able to access Internet during our travels but I will try.
Well .. I Have to run now, Brad is ready to leave . I keep repeating to my self ... we are going to meet our daughter Ana on the other side of the world and I am still having troubles realizing that this is not a movie , it is our life and it is all for real.... ohh how wonderful..
T T Y L.... got to go now....
Bags are in the car,
Brad is making final check ups around the house and I had to sit down to take a break. Surprisingly we are both very calm and in good spirits.
Our flight leaves Boston at 7pm, we are driving to Boston this morning.
It is raining in Saranac Lake, we had wood stove going last night and we hope for some sun in Russia.
I am not sure if we are going to be able to access Internet during our travels but I will try.
Well .. I Have to run now, Brad is ready to leave . I keep repeating to my self ... we are going to meet our daughter Ana on the other side of the world and I am still having troubles realizing that this is not a movie , it is our life and it is all for real.... ohh how wonderful..
T T Y L.... got to go now....
Friday, August 1, 2008
Pollock's Luck and Magic Phone Call
It was mid day ,Tuesday and I was getting my office ready for the start of our 2 week vacation in Croatia, and trying to pack for the trip.
I have already set up my mind that we would travel in late August or early September, so I was focusing on getting by for next few weeks and didn't think about possibility of this kinda call.
and then.... phone ring... it was THE CALL we expected for 4 years.
I could not believe my ears.... on the other side was Lorien saying that we should to be in Russia by Tuesday, August 5Th and that there will be wonderful little girl waiting for us there.
Ohhhh I have to admit ... it was quite a special moment in our lives, can't say that we ever felt this way..
Baby is a "blind referral"( not a lot of information about her before travel ) and all we know about her is that she will be 1 year old on August 7Th and that day we should sign her papers and give her our name.
New plan is to leave from Boston on Sunday evening, we will be in Russia on Monday afternoon. We have rented a small apartment for our stay , it has free Internet and phone calls to entire world.
Tuesday (5Th )will be a BIG day for us. We will get her medical information and referral . Then we will go to visit her. We hope for more than two hours of visitations.
Even if we think that she in good health , we will have Dr.Boris make a exam and confirm that she has no health problems. We will also try to have our USA pediatrician "on call" to confirm that her medical record have no RED flags.
Wednesday(6Th) , we will also have right to visit with her and spent some quality time.
Thursday( 7Th) , is THE DAY when we shall sign petition to adopt her and give her our name, and we will celebrate her 1ST BIRTHDAY TOGETHER.
And from this day on, we are counting days and hours again till we meet to stay together forever. Court date is about 4-6 weeks after 1st visit .SO we hope to bring her home in September.
We plan to leave Russia on Friday (8Th) and fly over to Croatia to visit with my parents.
We will return to USA on August 13Th 2007. as it was scheduled before THE CALL.
I will keep you all posted...
I have already set up my mind that we would travel in late August or early September, so I was focusing on getting by for next few weeks and didn't think about possibility of this kinda call.
and then.... phone ring... it was THE CALL we expected for 4 years.
I could not believe my ears.... on the other side was Lorien saying that we should to be in Russia by Tuesday, August 5Th and that there will be wonderful little girl waiting for us there.
Ohhhh I have to admit ... it was quite a special moment in our lives, can't say that we ever felt this way..
Baby is a "blind referral"( not a lot of information about her before travel ) and all we know about her is that she will be 1 year old on August 7Th and that day we should sign her papers and give her our name.
New plan is to leave from Boston on Sunday evening, we will be in Russia on Monday afternoon. We have rented a small apartment for our stay , it has free Internet and phone calls to entire world.
Tuesday (5Th )will be a BIG day for us. We will get her medical information and referral . Then we will go to visit her. We hope for more than two hours of visitations.
Even if we think that she in good health , we will have Dr.Boris make a exam and confirm that she has no health problems. We will also try to have our USA pediatrician "on call" to confirm that her medical record have no RED flags.
Wednesday(6Th) , we will also have right to visit with her and spent some quality time.
Thursday( 7Th) , is THE DAY when we shall sign petition to adopt her and give her our name, and we will celebrate her 1ST BIRTHDAY TOGETHER.
And from this day on, we are counting days and hours again till we meet to stay together forever. Court date is about 4-6 weeks after 1st visit .SO we hope to bring her home in September.
We plan to leave Russia on Friday (8Th) and fly over to Croatia to visit with my parents.
We will return to USA on August 13Th 2007. as it was scheduled before THE CALL.
I will keep you all posted...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Little Miss.P.
Almost every day I get asked about baby's name, or what choices we have for names.
In truth we are not sure at all, we would like to keep her original name unless is very hard to say it in English. So that will be major deciding factor about how we will name our child. Let's hope she already has fabulous Russian name and we do not need to worry to much. I have decided to give her something like a working nickname until we meet her, I will call her Little Miss P. ( P is for Pollock)
I am getting very excited, about the possible travel soon.
After all of the years of trying to get somewhere, we have only few weeks left to wait till late August or September.
We have been waiting for so long that it seems like we are getting very used to waiting, we are turning in something like "professional waiters"LOL.
Knowing how our "Pollock Luck " is working we should not let our guards down.. One can never know what is next week going to bring us ... but we are ready for what ever future brings..
Can't wait to see what happens next....
In truth we are not sure at all, we would like to keep her original name unless is very hard to say it in English. So that will be major deciding factor about how we will name our child. Let's hope she already has fabulous Russian name and we do not need to worry to much. I have decided to give her something like a working nickname until we meet her, I will call her Little Miss P. ( P is for Pollock)
I am getting very excited, about the possible travel soon.
After all of the years of trying to get somewhere, we have only few weeks left to wait till late August or September.
We have been waiting for so long that it seems like we are getting very used to waiting, we are turning in something like "professional waiters"LOL.
Knowing how our "Pollock Luck " is working we should not let our guards down.. One can never know what is next week going to bring us ... but we are ready for what ever future brings..
Can't wait to see what happens next....
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Summer Time
It is summer time in Adirondacks and time is flying by.Days are long but there is so many things to do.
Weather has been wonderful and warm. In few weeks we are traveling to Croatia for visit with parents and family. It is short stay this time, we are saving our vacation time for September travel to Moscow.
My reason for writing today is, that we just got the best news that our good Friends Shelle and John Pendergrast have finally met their wonderful son Luke. They have been searching for Luke as long as we have been searching for our child. They went trough same rough time with other agency, but on the end it all worked it self out . They followed the signs and found a son, that is just perfect for them. It is a very happy day for them and for us also knowing that our trip is just around the corner. Congratulations to Luke Pendergrast and his parents!!!!
Weather has been wonderful and warm. In few weeks we are traveling to Croatia for visit with parents and family. It is short stay this time, we are saving our vacation time for September travel to Moscow.
My reason for writing today is, that we just got the best news that our good Friends Shelle and John Pendergrast have finally met their wonderful son Luke. They have been searching for Luke as long as we have been searching for our child. They went trough same rough time with other agency, but on the end it all worked it self out . They followed the signs and found a son, that is just perfect for them. It is a very happy day for them and for us also knowing that our trip is just around the corner. Congratulations to Luke Pendergrast and his parents!!!!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Dossier in Russia
We just got very good news in e-mail from Lorien.
She is telling us that our 4Th dossier went over the sea last weekend, and landed safely in Moscow on Sunday!! It's in translation now!
We are going to have a nice vacation in Croatia knowing that , we could get that "magic" phone call any day upon our return... Ohhh how exciting!!!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Dear Family and Friends
Hallo to all of the family and friends that have supported us on this long journey to find our daughter.We are starting this blog spot to keep you up to date with events that are finally going to take place in next few months
As most of you know, we have been in this process of trying to find her for over two years now.
Before that time we looked for her in Croatia for a entire year, but due to Croatian adoption law, we had to change our search to Russia.Since 2006 we have been hoping to adopt a baby girl from Kaliningrad, but that didn't work out either. After long wait with NO results, we decided that our 3rd home study should not be prepared for the agency we were using up till then. So in late May we have updated entire dossier and signed up with new agency. We have trust in Light House adoption from MI . We feel strongly that Laurien will finally find our child. It is very difficult and lengthy process, but we are almost there and we never lost our believes that one day we will be parents to a healthy child that was meant for us this entire time.
We were given a very nice time frame.
Russians are on the vacation during the July and August, but as soon as they get back to work we will be registered in Moscow City and soon after that we will be given travel dates.
We hope for September travel dates to meet our daughter for the first time.On this 1st trip to Russia we should stay in Moscow about a week and then travel back to USA to finalize all of the documents and to wait for scheduled Court day.
Court is scheduled for about 6-8 weeks after the 1st trip.
After Court hearing we are going to become proud parents of our baby girl but we will have to stay another 10 days in Moscow . This is mandatory stay for all adoptive parents, but it is also used to get all of the baby's documents taken care of before emigrating to USA and new wonderful life.
We will keep you all posted.....
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