Our First Visit (State Department of Adoption)

To begin with, the times on this site are not posted from EST. So do not assume the days are times are what they claim to be. This entry is to chronicle our first arranged visit with the SDA (see title) on Thursday, March 26th. Donning our finest outfits, consisting of a suit for Herbert, a nice outfit for Sheila (she has to stay in style, even in a foreign country), khakis and a long-sleeve for Ethan, and dress for Gabrielle. Drew and Connor were in cargo pants and jeans respectively. Silly unprofessional fashions. Just kidding. Anyway, I digress. We met with Konstantine, our facilitator, (sounds epic right?), who managed to squeeze our giant family into his Forerunner. We hit some bumpy roads and passed some nice buildings that we later took pictures of. At the agency we were presented with some information on prospective children. Three healthy boys were turned down due to the fact that they were siblings. Sheila really was interested in getting a girl, so we were given info on two girls. One was healthy despited a cyst on her lung. She became our first choice to visit, but due to complications with her scheduled surgery we moved on to our second choice. A four-year-old about 350 miles away fromn Kiev. That's tomorrow's adventure. Well, this morning's, considering we leave at 2:00 AM Ukrainian time.