Leah is now 4 and starts P1 in only a few weeks, she is doing fantastically well and is just a delight, she has the lovely combination of being a 'girly' girl, into her princess dress's, sparkly shoes, bling, dressing in mummys clothes etc as well as running, jumping, climbing as fast and as high as possible with no fear whatsoever! When people said 'the time will fly', 'they grow up so fast', etc you just nod and agree but don't really believe it! I can actually confirm the time DOES fly and they DO grow up at 100mph right before your eyes...
All the pain, blood, sweat, tears and frustrations of our adoption journey are now far enough in the past that we are well on the way to adoption number two. We decided pretty early on our return from Kazakhstan that we would adopt again and after a couple of years on the waiting list and another exhaustive period of assessment we have finally completed all the paperwork from the UK side and our adoption dossier is almost ready to go out to Russia.
We will hopefully get details of a referral in the next month or so and possibly be out in Russia within the next couple of months, its a three trip process this time and we trust it will run a little smoother than our Kazakhstan experience, (we hope)!!
Will keep you posted, in the meantime I better update the blog with a few pics of Leah.
Philip, Amanda & Leah
Leah with Jacob and Charlie
Leah on the log ride at Disney
Leah and Olivia at the Zoo
8 comments:
Oh I'm first to comment - can I get a prize?! We are very much looking forward to the safe arrival of our new wee nephew and Charlie will at last lose his only grandson crown!! Aunty Avril, uncle Jeff, Charlie & Liv xx
We're all very excited about our new nephew! Brooke can't wait to have someone else to wind-up at family gatherings!!
Uncle gary, aunty cherith, brooke and molly xo
Thrilled to see the blog on the go again - we love to follow your journey! Praying it will be a smooth one. Looking forward to meeting Leah's new brother! Dianna & Gil xxx
So nice to see an update.......congrats on the second adoption. We also are in the midst of our second adoption also from Russia and have been "waiting" well over a year and hoping something will happen soon. Do you have a region yet?
Darlene
Wow! Really looking forward to following your journey to Russia for Leah's sibling!
Best, Pam, Nicholas and Gela
Brilliant, can't wait to follow the updates and finally meet your wee son. Praying all goes smoothly. Alex & Christine xo
Yeah for the blog and so happy to hear that adoption # 2 is in full swing. Can't wait to hear more about this. My prayers are with you. XO
Carly Reis
That's great! We adopted from Russia twice and Kazakhstan once. Looking forward to following along!
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