Welcome to Parenthood!

This is Rachel and it gives me the warm fuzzies to finally be able to post that Tonya and Joe have possession of the children! They left Raleigh early yesterday headed back to the Ukraine. I think they were both up at 3:15 a.m. in order to get to the airport on time. When Wendy read the e-mail below she summed it up best by replying "Welcome to parenthood".

Thanks for all the prayers! Joe, Tonya, Lyda Oksana, Mathew Dima, and Jason Vitali are all scheduled to arrive back in Raleigh next Saturday.

Here is the e-mail from Joe (When it came over is was 12:30 a.m. in the Ukraine).


"Long day without much sleep! Tonya and I arrived this morning without incident. We went straight to the orphanage to sign paperwork that we were taking custody of the kids, but the plan was that we would actually take possession on Sunday afternoon. Best laid plans...instead we took immediate possession, had dinner (all with great appetites except Oksana), took showers and donned pjs, and have spent the last 3 hours trying to coax Jason Vitali to sleep. Oksana is trying to work some magic with Tonya in the other hotel room, while I listen to Matthew Dima snooze away."