A Gift from God

The sun was shining bright today and the weather was -3C. No snow fell overnight.

We missed our morning play session as we had paperwork to complete at the courts in preparation for our court date.

The court was a small building with narrow hallways. We met our advocator (lawyer) and an official of the city office that had given us permission to visit Karyna at the baby house when we first arrived in Kremenchuk. After signing some petitions and requests, we were wisked back to the house.

From there we went to the pub for lunch. Nathan had his first beer. Well that's what he called apple juice in a beer glass. After lunch we did some grocery shopping and then headed off to the baby house for our afternoon play session.

We introduced Karyna to a sippy cup. She did not know what to do at first. She put it in her mouth but made no action. Luckily, Nathan had his so she watch and listened and in no time, she was sucking away enjoying some water.

Nothing new to report on her progress at this time. She is babling more but again, we have that language barrier. She is responding to her new name at times.
With Martha's permission, I am now able to post some pictures and reveal her new name:

Janine Florence Karyna Indovina.

Martha had the name picked from over 2 years ago when we first came to Ukraine. Janine in Hebrew is "A Gift from God". Florence is Martha's mom's name and has been in her family for many generations. And just like Nathan, we kept her birth name as her middle name. I just hope we don't have the same issues we did with Nathan's name on her birth certificate and passport - not enough space to type in the full name.

Enjoy the photos.