After 2 long hours of court, thanks mainly to an over-zealous 25-year old prosecutor, Ashley Kate is officially our daughter!!!!! We were asked why we wanted her, if we could afford her, if we could take care of her, etc. The judge finally stepped in and said basically, "for the love!"- this was when the prosecutor asked me if I had to stay home with the kids or if I wanted to. The judge said, "James makes plenty of money. She doesn't need to work!" Considering what the young guy probably makes, it seemed a little ridiculous to ask us if we could take care of Dasha better than an orphanage!
After it was all over, the judge asked me (Ande) to stand for one last question: "Do you like boxing?" I told him that I had seen some of the big fights on tv, but not really. He told me that Mike Tyson signed a contract to fight Ukraine's top guy. I told him that I thought Tyson was crazy and he agreed.
Oh, well! We spent all day running around getting notaries (remember, Day 5 of Christmas). We had to say goodbye to our lovely new daughter, who we will miss. We are taking the train back to Kiev tonight so we can sign documents at the Embassy.
Thanks for all who have journeyed with us thus far. We feel very blessed and highly favored!
God bless you all,
Ande and Paula
12 comments:
YAY!!!! Congratulations! :)
Rocco and Leetha
What an adventure!!! Congratulations to the endire Underwood family...especially Dasha Underwood!!! xoxo
oh my goodness we are SOOOOO excited! Praise be to God...another one home! Yeah!!!! We are celebrating with you all! Love The Hall family
Congrats!!!!!
Love y'all,
Giann
YAY!:). So happy to hear that things went well. See you soon.
Congratulations! I know that you've waited so long for this to happen. What a beautiful name for such a beautiful girl! I am convinced that you had the same judge that we did. He asked us what Gina liked to cook. When she said borsht, he asked her to make him some next time he was in town. Funny guy.
Breath deep friends. God has been good!
Congratulations!! We are SO happy for you all!
hooray!!
So very happy for you! Praying for you all as you wait to get her here.
Congratulations, guys!!!! I am so happy for you, especially happy for Dasha!!! She looks so good, so content. I think that's the happiest she's ever looked in the pictures!
Love, Olga
Congratulations on court going well!
It's uncanny how much she looks like you:)
June
(catching up on my blog reading)
wow. so. her hair and paula's hair could be the same exactly... and i'm crying at the joy you must have knowing your family is growing. what a blessing beyond measure. maybe a great way to teach ashley kate english would be through all the comments and prayers people have sent... wow. so excited for you all.
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