Well, it has been a little over a week since we got the information we needed to make a decision on Alexandra. While the days just fly by that day seems so long ago already. Last night as we stood in the kitchen it dawned on us that in two weeks we will actually be spending time with her. There are so many emotions happening all at once that it's hard to put this time into words.
This past week has also been very overwhelming. Every time I open up my e-mail it seems like there's another e-mail with more things that have to be done before we travel. Buying our tickets was quite the event and took several days to work out. We ended up paying more than we expected but at this point cost really isn't a big part of our decisions, praise God for providing. It will be nice to get on that plane in only 10 days knowing there's nothing more that can be done at that point. Maybe I'll actually relax a bit on the plane ride across the world....yeah right, who am I kidding?!?!
We also found out that in Russia the nick name (short name) for Alexandra is Sasha. This is what she goes by at the orphanage. I think we lose a lot in the translation of her name because it isn't obvious to me how you get that from Alexandra. Assuming everything goes well and we move forward with her adoption, we will probably make this her middle name and call her by that name initially. It felt really good to get another piece of information about her. We are so eager to learn more about her: what she likes, doesn't like, what she smells like, how she sounds, what her touch feels like, what her hair feels like, what her laugh and cry sound like, her favorite toy, and the list could go on. Soon we will know but in the mean time our minds tend to wander!
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