Ukraine Adoption

Signed, sealed, delivered

We did it. We sent Tara's first annual adoption report to the Ukraine Embassy. We are in compliance. It is due April 6. We didn't want to be one of the 900 families who are apparently not sending these in, according to Ukraine's Adoption Center. That is what led the government to stop accepting new dossiers from U.S. families.

There are some families in Ukraine this month, but apparently there are no new appointments for April. The new center takes over May 1. Let's hope that the leaders of the new system will understand that their children are well cared for in their new American families, and see past the paperwork, finally, so the more than 100,000 children in Ukraine orphanages will find new homes. Sooner rather than later. Or never.

Here are some toddlers in a picture taken in the past month by a family that has been home for just a few weeks. I am borrowing this picture from their blog to remind us about the children who are still waiting. And waiting. Families: Don't give up!

They adopted two adorable children. Here is their blog: http://spaces.msn.com/benandmaggie/