Family of Three

Thursday evening was an emotional time for Kyle. We were taking him from the orphanage for good; he will more than likely never see his "groupu" or his care-takers again. They have taken such good care of him in his short time at this orphanage, and for that we are grateful. Now he is in our hands!




We made it to the orphanage in time to take pictures of Kyle and his group taking their nap. It was so cute! The orphanage teaches these kids to be very independent; they get undressed for their naps, and then lay their clothes nicely over the assigned little chairs.



We bought goodies, fruit, and juice for the kids in his Group and dropped them off early that day. We left to go run a couple errands, waiting for his Group to get up from their nap. When we made it back to the orphanage, his group had already eaten everything and they had Kyle dressed and ready to go! So at least I was able to take pictures of his "Groupu" with Kyle one more time!

I have to admit, we were very nervous leaving the orphanage with Kyle! For weeks, we would visit him daily and then leave just the two of us. Now, we are three. Kyle cried a little as we left as this was not in his daily routine! He does not like getting into cars, as he associates that with going to the doctors. So we had to try and convince him that we were taking him to a big store that had lots of fun toys! He had no idea what we were saying! But anyway, I pulled out a matchbox car from my backpack, and then he was fine!

When we got back to our apartment, we fixed dinner for three! This boy will eat anything and everything given the opportunity! He is definetly healthy! He slept well considering, and early the next morning we were off to Kiev!