Greetings everyone. Today is our final 10th day of wait in Kherson. Jill and I would like to introduce you to our beautiful daughter Ella. Ella is 8 years old and she is very excited to come home with us. We are scheduled to fly out of Kyiv on July 8th.
June 14th, 2007 First Day Meeting Ella in Kherson Orphanage.
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Our Facilitator has really been busy this morning getting all the final paper work like the court decree, going to the inspectors office etc. We are leaving this afternoon around 2:30pm for the orphanage to have a party for Ella’s group. Jill has gifts for the Director and all of Ella’s caregivers.
June 25th, 2007 Taking Ella to have Passport Pictures Taken.
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June 28th, 2007 Ella’s Visit to our House. 
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June 19th, 2007 Our Daughter Ella.
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Tuesday July 3 we drive to Crimea region to Ella’s birth town which is about an 1 hour from Simferopol to have Ella’s birth certificate changed and for new passport. We will be very busy Tuesday so we will post new updates when we get to Kyiv. Thanks for following our journey…