I forgot to post this entry I made long ago along with the FINAL picture outside of our apartment in Kiev and some pictures from our airplane adventures...
4/26/2009
We are headed home today. Nina woke up in the hotel in New York about one o’clock in the morning. We visited the bathroom and then I explained that it was still night time. I put her back into bed. She was not happy about this prospect, however, she eventually returned to slumber. The “alarms” began ringing at 3:30am, and we started our slow progress to the lobby. At 4:02am we entered the hotel lobby to catch the shuttle. It had already left. We had to take a taxi. Nina was very compliant through most of the mornings’ activities. Although she was allowed to sit in the window seat, she was not happy about the return to yet another airplane. She’s a trooper. She has received grins and greetings from so many people. She is told constantly by passersby that she is gorgeous or beautiful. One man at the airport called her a “princess.” It was refreshing! I had the opportunity to tell one woman that Nina is adopted and enjoying her first trip to America. The woman said nothing more… you could read her expressed amazement all over her face. Nina explained to me this morning, in too many words for me to understand completely, that she is on her way to see “daddy, mommy and Nina, Karly, Mia and Wiley.” I added the dogs and Grampa to her litany of people.
Well, we are beginning to land in Atlanta. We will have lunch and catch the airplane to San Antonio, our final destination. She has been a trooper through all of this, but I am not to leave her sight. I went into the bathroom in our hotel room, and she was frantic. Over time, I am confident that her dependence on my presence will lessen. She is an unbelievably strong little girl.
We are headed home today. Nina woke up in the hotel in New York about one o’clock in the morning. We visited the bathroom and then I explained that it was still night time. I put her back into bed. She was not happy about this prospect, however, she eventually returned to slumber. The “alarms” began ringing at 3:30am, and we started our slow progress to the lobby. At 4:02am we entered the hotel lobby to catch the shuttle. It had already left. We had to take a taxi. Nina was very compliant through most of the mornings’ activities. Although she was allowed to sit in the window seat, she was not happy about the return to yet another airplane. She’s a trooper. She has received grins and greetings from so many people. She is told constantly by passersby that she is gorgeous or beautiful. One man at the airport called her a “princess.” It was refreshing! I had the opportunity to tell one woman that Nina is adopted and enjoying her first trip to America. The woman said nothing more… you could read her expressed amazement all over her face. Nina explained to me this morning, in too many words for me to understand completely, that she is on her way to see “daddy, mommy and Nina, Karly, Mia and Wiley.” I added the dogs and Grampa to her litany of people.
Well, we are beginning to land in Atlanta. We will have lunch and catch the airplane to San Antonio, our final destination. She has been a trooper through all of this, but I am not to leave her sight. I went into the bathroom in our hotel room, and she was frantic. Over time, I am confident that her dependence on my presence will lessen. She is an unbelievably strong little girl.
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