Welcome to our adoption blog. We are excited to share our journey to Ukraine for our third international adoption with our friends and families. We hope you'll check back often as we share our progress, and we are grateful for your prayer support along the way!!!
We are a really average family that just can't get over that we have been adopted by an extraordinary God! We are excited and expectant as the journey to enlarge our family unfolds before us.
Sunny and 56 degrees. Not today. It's cold, cloudy and windy, and the heat wasn't on in the hotel last night. Just a little reminder that this ain't Kansas, Dorothy!!!! We'll post later after we see N.
Hello Morton Family! I just came across your blog today and became a follower. My husband and I were in Ukraine in July 2008 to adopt our daughter who was born in October 2001. I can totally identify with some of the things you're going through! I'm glad to hear your visits with "N" are going better. Our visits with Emma were absolutely crazy. She would never sit still or focus on anything. This was a huge concern for us. I won't lie, when we took her from the orphanage, the first few days were pretty scary. I even wondered if we had done the right thing. But I knew deep down in my heart that she was the child God led us to. Our trip home was over 30 hours and it wasn't very pleasant, but we got through it. Our first few days home weren't that great either. But once Emma settled in and I think she understood she got to stay for good, things really settled down. During the difficult times, I just try to keep reminding myself about what she's been through and how all the changes were taking a toll on her. Six months home and we are a happy family. There are still several challenges. We've discovered some issues that were not disclosed to us or very minimalized while we were in Ukraine, but we take one day at a time and we are so in love with our daughter! I look forward to following your blog. I know it's hard to find the time while you're there, but maybe in time you'd like to check out our blog: www.cartersnewaddition.blogspot.com. I wish you all the best on the rest of your journey. God will not let you down! Blessings, Tara
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Hello Morton Family!
I just came across your blog today and became a follower. My husband and I were in Ukraine in July 2008 to adopt our daughter who was born in October 2001. I can totally identify with some of the things you're going through! I'm glad to hear your visits with "N" are going better. Our visits with Emma were absolutely crazy. She would never sit still or focus on anything. This was a huge concern for us. I won't lie, when we took her from the orphanage, the first few days were pretty scary. I even wondered if we had done the right thing. But I knew deep down in my heart that she was the child God led us to.
Our trip home was over 30 hours and it wasn't very pleasant, but we got through it. Our first few days home weren't that great either. But once Emma settled in and I think she understood she got to stay for good, things really settled down. During the difficult times, I just try to keep reminding myself about what she's been through and how all the changes were taking a toll on her.
Six months home and we are a happy family. There are still several challenges. We've discovered some issues that were not disclosed to us or very minimalized while we were in Ukraine, but we take one day at a time and we are so in love with our daughter!
I look forward to following your blog. I know it's hard to find the time while you're there, but maybe in time you'd like to check out our blog: www.cartersnewaddition.blogspot.com. I wish you all the best on the rest of your journey. God will not let you down!
Blessings,
Tara
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