Our Ukrainian Adoption and what we did once we got home!

[...] anything asks me "Mom, what's this????" She then proceeds to show me the back of her ear lobe which appears to have the back of the "missing" earring still attached to it. Okay, I' [...]

[...] and the girls did great. Matt managed to find a parking garage only a very short walk from Lincoln Center that did not have any time constraints and accepted on line reservations. We just pulled in [...]

[...] Here's a picture of the girls by the fountain at Lincoln Center the day we went to see the Nutcracker. Sorry these didn't post in order, the first pictures [...]

[...] Today, one year ago we were stumbling off the Aerosvit flight at Borisporil airport in Kyiv Ukraine. It felt like an 8 hour bus ride! The weather in Ukraine was dreary, overcast and cold. We [...]

You would never know that my two girls ever spent a single moment of their very young lives in any discomfort whatsoever. Both of them feel the need t [...]

[...] causes them the slightest discomfort. They always did this and that's what got them named the Gabor sisters in the first place, but it seems they are kicking it up a notch. I'm hot, I'm cold, this ice [...]

[...] a few minutes ago, I came in from dropping Vica off at a birthday party to find Matt and Natasha relaxing watching men's golf. Naturally, you know what commercial came on. In case you haven't see [...]

[...] the wedding we're going to in a few weeks. This young man was in the very first class of students Matt taught here in NJ. He went on to become an English teacher and even did his student [...]

[...] English, etc. So all of this combined with Natasha and Angelina dancing and singing back up for Vica gets the Ukie version of Diana Ross and the Supremes practically a standing ovation. My girl eats [...]

[...] to share that moment of parental pride. Last night they were playing downstairs and I heard Natasha tell Vica to "Smell her butt" I do not know for the life of me where she is getting this [...]

[...] was lovely. Very nice, although I'm sure the other families were thinking I was just the slacker Mom of all time- because there are my two, 7 and 4 and all of the other kids were just babies. At [...]