On Friday,July 4th, Roman officially became our son. Our facilitator, Max, picked up our court decree at 8:OO. Gabe and I signed a few documents while Max ran all over Lutigino to the passport office, tax office, and birth records office. Before noon we had everything we needed except the passport which we had in hand by 5:OO. Roman has decided for now that he wants to be called Eli so we are trying to oblige.
We will stay at camp until Monday when we will take the train back to Kyiv to finish up Vitalik's paperwork. We hope it goes as quickly and smoothly as it went here.
We had a nice holiday celebration with all the Americans here. We had BBQ chicken, baked beans and slaw for dinner; a bon fire; and were treated to an awesome rendition of America by a group of Ukrainians. Wish I could have gotten a video of them as they practiced around the fire BBQing the chicken. It was a priceless moment.
We have no internet access at camp except on my Old Fathful Blackberry. So I will have to wait and post pics when we get back to Kyiv.
Here's to freedom.
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Congrats on your new son, Eli. This is so amazing. He is such a precious, brilliant boy with so much potential- his life is truly changed forever! We're praying that everything goes smoothly with Vitalik as well. Miss you all,
Paula Underwood
Congratulations!!!!!!!! How wonderful!
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