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| Our first visit to Tula Russia May 28th-June 1st, 2003 |
| This picture is John Thomas and me. We are having fun spending time with my son. He is a gift from God! He loves to be held and cuddled! |
| This picture is a hallmark moment. That is all I can say! They were walking down the path and I told my husband that I wanted to take the picture. It turned out perfect! Look at their right foot. Both of their feet are going in the same direction. |
| They took a picture of my baby and me the first day. They let him hold it and he wouldn't let it go. He cried if you tried to take it from him. John is trying to teach him that I am his mommy. He just smiles when you tell him who I am! |
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| I was playing with John Thomas and making him laugh. He still wouldn't let my picture go! |
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| Everytime I would throw him in the air he would laugh out loud! He loved that. He never let go my picture as you can tell! |
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| Cookie Monster First time he ever tasted an animal cracker! I'll shall say, He loved them! |
| Daddy comforting J.T. |
| We are posing for the judge. They took this picture so they can show the judge. |
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| This is Eugenia. Eugenia lives in Russia. She did all of our paper work and went inside and took care of everything! She even let us stay out in the car and whenever we had to sign something she told us. She was just precious!! She was just an angel! I love her so much! She made our trip go so smooth! I couldn't have survived without this lady!! She lead us step by step each day!! |
| This is Sasha. He was so sweet. He drove us around Russia. He was so nice. Sasha picked us up everyday and took us everywhere we needed to go. He always greeted us with a smile and a hello. He didn't know much about the English language but he did know how to saw hello. Also, he had the sweetest smile every morning that we saw him. He waited at the airport before we left to come home. Everytime I would turn to see if he had left he was still there. He made sure we boarded the plane before he left. |
| Elena is the one who is responsible for our adoption. She is from Russia. Eugenia is Elena's mother and Sasha is Elena's brother. All I can say is once you get to Russia all you have to do is sit back. They handle everything. This first trip couldn't have gone any smoother than it did. Eugenia and Sasha did all the work. I am so grateful for their hard work they did. They are just angels in my eyes! I cannot wait until we go back. Not only am I excited to get our son, I get to see these special people once more! Marva Burns is another lady who has helped with the adoption. She is Elena's right hand lady. She helps Elena with the adoption as well. She has been so nice and always there to answer any questions that needed to be answered. Every time that I have needed something Marva made sure that I got my answers. Hats off to these special people. To put it simple, they are all just angels! They are making my dream come true with God's help! |
| Stunning! |
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