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Pictures take in the morning Jill and I left for Ukraine. Jill, Robb and Erica in front of our house.
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Our 5 hour Layover in Amsterdam before leaving for Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Our second day in Kyiv.
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Pictres taken at our apartment, SDA area and at mall acrossed the street from Circus Building.
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Pictures taken in Kyiv Friday morning before leaving in our big red van for Kherson, Ukraine. First pictures of Ella and her Kherson orphanage. Kherson is approx. 400 mile south of Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Pictures taken around Kherson and at Ella's orphanage.
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Pictures taken around Kherson and at Ella's orphanage.
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Pictures taken around Kherson and at Ella's orphanage.
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Pictures taken around Kherson and at Ella's orphanage.
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Pictures taken around Kherson and at Ella's orphanage.
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Pictures taken around Kherson and at Ella's orphanage.
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Today was our Court Day. The Court House was only one block from our house. The court lasted about 15 minutes and the Judge was very happy about Ella's adoption and wished us best of luck.
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This is our 2nd day of our 10 day wait period. Picture taken around Kherson and at orphanage.
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This is our 3rd day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. Today we went into town to buy the group a dresser for their main living room.
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This is our 4th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. Today the store delivered the dresser for the group's main living room. We headed down the street to have Ella's passport pictures taken. Later that evening we had dinner with our friends from Virginia Beach. And not to forget our translators!
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This is our 5th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. Today we visited Ella at the orphanage. Later that evening we had dinner with our friends from Virginia Beach at Pan Pizza. And not to forget our translators!
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This is our 6th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. We have met many new friends that have adopted from Ella's orphanage and have said they know that dog in the pictures. He is the dog that lives next door to the house we are staying in. If you need a nice place to stay in Kherson, please e-mail me at uacell@yahoo.com.
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This is our 7th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. This is the first day the director allowed us to take Ella out of the orphanage for half the day. We went shopping and rented a russian DVD and went back to house to visit with Ella.
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This is our 8th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. This is the second day the director allowed us to take Ella out of the orphanage for half the day. We went shopping and went to the park by the river. Ella rode a horse and had fun on the slide. We invited our driver Leo (owner of the house we rented) along with us to the park. Leo was our driver in Kherson for the most part of our stay.
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This is our 9th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage.
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This is our 10th day of our 10 day wait period. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. Today we invited Olla, Leo and his wife for lunch. We had a nice time and the food was great! Later we went to the market to pick up a few items. The tall gentleman with Ella has taken many of the pictures of the children in the Kherson Orphanage.
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This is our 21st day in Ukraine. Pictures taken around Kherson and at orphanage. Today we held a big party for Ella's groupa. Everyone had fun and we also enjoyed visiting with the children. This will be the last time we get to see the groupa. We met our friends at EGO's for dinner tonight.
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Today is our 22nd day in Ukraine and we have all paper work. We left Kherson at 5:00am to go to Ella's birth village and then to Simferopol to get it finallized. We got home around 8:00pm.
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Today is our 23rd day in Ukraine. We have Ella's passport. We arrived at orphanage to say good bye to everyone before leaving for Kyiv. We left Kherson around 4:30pm and arrived into Kyive around 12:30am.
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Today is our 24th day in Ukraine. We are now in Kyiv. This morning we went to the US Medical center and the US Embassy. The Embassy will have Ella's VISA done Friday.
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Today is our 25th day in Ukraine. We are now in Kyiv. This morning Ella and I went for a nice walk. Later we went to the shops near the SDA for our final shopping.
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Kyiv. Today is Saturday and we are getting ready for our Sunday flight back home.
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We have finally wrapped up our adoption and are ready to come home. We hope you have enjoyed our journey. Please e-mail us to let us with your comments! uacell@yahoo.com Thanks, Robb, Jill, Erica and Ella
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