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It’s been a while since our last family-related post. With everything else going on, we forgot to mention that we had our final court hearing last Wednesday (the 8th). It was really a formality, but a requirement in order to get birth certificates issued for the boys from the United States. That just makes some [...] . . . → Read More: Adoption Finalized We received word today from Dr. Stubbs that the biopsy of the tumor does indicate lymphoma. For the possible cancer types, this is the best we could have hoped for for treatment. The company that does the biopsy wants to do further special staining which will hopefully help us understand what chemo treatments, and how [...] . . . → Read More: Update on Bacchus It blows my mind, but one year ago today, Lara and I drove to Karachev to meet Alex for the first time. What a blur! As you can see from the pictures, he’s changed quite a bit in that year. Not only has his fashion sense changed, but he’s much bigger, and a lot more [...] . . . → Read More: Alex – One Year Later It was three months ago today that we were starting our new life together in our home. When you think of it time-wise, that’s not so long ago. But when we step back and see how well the boys are doing, we’re simply amazed! Evan speaks mostly in English now (but does enjoy hearing some [...] . . . → Read More: Home Three Months 
This was a day Lara and I have been imagining for a long time – our first Christmas as a family. And what a day it was. We’re pretty much making up our family traditions on the fly. We’ll probably tweak some things for next year, but all in all this went quite well. I [...] . . . → Read More: Our First Christmas 
The boys’ school held a Winterfest celebration on the 14th, and Santa even came. Perhaps because Santa was in a room that Alex was familiar with, he was willing to sit on Santa’s lap AND give a smile. Fortunately, Evan continued to ask Santa only for a blue car… Grandma Dani came to visit from central [...] . . . → Read More: Gamka Dani 
We’ve had a pretty busy weekend. It started on Friday afternoon with an eye doctor’s appointment for the boys. We weren’t able to learn much, between their age and the language barrier. The overall assessment is that they are both pretty much normal. It was a lesson for me to even consider bringing such young [...] . . . → Read More: Santa and Sledding 
We haven’t been making such frequent posts of late, but with such big news, we just couldn’t wait! Today, Alex went pee-pee in the potty for the first time. We’ve been working hard with him since we came home. Up to now, he was playing the stereotypical hesitant toddler. We would put him on the [...] . . . → Read More: Pee Pee on the Potty! 
Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dave came to help us celebrate our first Thanksgiving. We played in the 13th annual Clyde circle Thanksgiving football game Thursday morning. The guys didn’t exactly pick it right up, but Evan was starting to get the idea. He started by simply throwing the football and running after it. Then he [...] . . . → Read More: Lottas Etatoes 
We had our first grandparent visit last weekend. My mom and Gary drove out, along with Amanda, for a quick visit. It all went about as you would expect. Both boys were pretty shy at first, but they opened up quickly. One of the highlights of the weekend was the electric Ford F150 they brought [...] . . . → Read More: Gamka and the Dentist |
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