Hotel Bukovel Ivano-Frankivsk

... dvd and watched that until she finally fell asleep around 11. Every few minutes she would yell out, "my shoes!" and make sure that they were still next to her. She slept straight through the night and even though she was wearing a diaper she didn't go potty until this morning! What a good girl! We woke her up around 9:30 this morning. I snuck out of bed and got a quick shower and ate breakfast before she got up. <br><br>Already this ...

... aren't allowing potential parents to visit! It is a good thing we got here when we did, and the sooner we can make sure we can leave the better!<br><br>Scott feels horrible and we are hoping that he doesn't get quarantined! I keep trying to tell him not to cough or sneeze in public!<br><br>Well, that is all for today. Hopefully only another week until we are home! As always, keep us in your prayers!<br><br>Love,<br>Lauren and Scott

... get the official court decree, go to a notary and then travel to get Talia's birth certificate. Once we have those documents we can go pick her up from the orphanage!<br><br>Please keep praying for us that our travel doesn't get delayed! We are so close to coming home! We can taste the pizza, fazolis, canes, mom's chicken and noodles and the list goes on and on!<br><br>As always, thanks for the prayers and support! We love it!<br><br>Love,<br>Lauren and Scott

... orphanage will be the one to do it! <br><br>So that's whats happening today. Pasha went to the next town over to get new tires put on his car, so Zhenia (again, son, not coordinator) will probably be the one to pick us up in about half an hour. Wen he gets here I'm going to ask him if he brought any borscht! <br><br>Only 3 more days until Talia joins us! Thanks again for all the kind prayers and messages the last few days.<br><br>Till next time,<br>Scott and Lauren

... Scott dumped out all our toys and pursuaded her to come near us. Then we just put the toys in and out of the bag and she was fine. We gave her bites of apple again. When we got up to leave she gave us kisses and ran back into her room. It's hard to tell what her deal is. If she is just being a "normal" child or if she isn't feeling well, or if she doesn't like the change in the room and caretakers. Either way it should be interesting ...

... her up and putting her down and she wasnt having any of it. This just caused more and more crying, while we of course had no clue what was going on aside from the fact she clearly wasnt happy! In the meantime, while all this crying and fussing is going on, the other kids in her group are climbing all over us and snatching up any toys we get out to try to calm Talia. So we sat there through this for about 30 mins or so ...

... br><br>Zhenia called us yesterday and it seems like everything is in order with our paperwork. We are just waiting until Friday when we can get her! We think Zhenia will come back to Svalyava on Thursday so that on Friday morning we will be able to get going! Zhenia also said that it sounds like H1N1 is moving into Ukraine! Hopefully we can avoid it! With good handwashing, of course.<br><br>Take care and have a happy Halloween!<br><br>Love,<br>Lauren and Scott

... pulled over and the bus's ticket guy dragged the man off and left him on the side of the road. Ok, I suppose that's fair, but before we took off, the driver got out and gave the man a swift kick in the ribs for good measure, which I can't condone. I spent the rest of the hot, winding trip focusing on keeping my lunch in my stomach. The road was made for car sickness and all the windows were closed, but after seeing that display, I hated to think what they'd do to someone who actually puked!

... feet) ascent in less than two hours. I had a very difficult time getting to the top because my hiking shoe decided that it didn't want me to climb anymore by having the plastic heel snap in my shoe about half way up. I still have a really nasty blister, but the view was well worth it. It was so unseasonably warm last weekend that although we'd brought tents with us we ended up sleeping right under the stars in the forest. We even got so fancy as making cheese fondu in our fire, which ...

... him that neither of us smoke and he walked away; only to return a few minutes later with his two friends and laugh in my face saying that I should be afraid of him, I tried to stifle the laugh, but unfortunately it got the better of me and came out audibly - his friends had to restrain him as he raised his arm to attempt and hit me. Yeah, good start... although, it was funny afterwards, and I'm pretty sure he was too drunk to have been able to take on the multiple Maggies he ...