Jon and Shari's Ukrainian Adventure......... Our Life With Deiana

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Finally some news!

After 3 months of waiting we FINALLY have an appointment at the Ukrainian Adoption Center. It is January 22nd 2008. It is still a long way off, but we can spend the holidays here and make final travel plans.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Waiting and Preparing for Travel

Hi to all family and friends. We are just beginning our adoption webpage, as an efficient way to keep everyone updated on our progress and experiences. We have been working on our adoption since January 2007, and now in August are waiting for our inviation to travel to Ukraine. As we wait, we are in the process of organizing and preparing our house for being away for several weeks, and for the future arrival.

About Us

This is the story of our family beginning with the adoption of our adorable, sweet, and spunky daughter Deiana, whom we adopted from Ukraine in February, 2008, at the age of 4. We have 2 handsome sons, Jordan, and Jeremy , and Deiana, now completes our family. Deiana was born with a cleft lip and palate. Her palate was never repaired in Ukraine so that was the first thing we took care of after we brought her home. Due to this she had never been able to speak, so we had to work very hard at home and in speech therapy. Aside from this she is very healthy and really has no other issues. Deiana is an amazing, loving, resiliant girl and we are blessed to have her.