Hello from UA.
Donna and I had a very good visit with our daughter this morning. She spends most of our visits laughing and smiling. Her favorite foods so far are yogurt (yoghurt), bananas (banan), apples (yablaka), oranges (angelo), juice (suk, pronounced sook), and sweets (confety). We played soccer for a while in their gym today and spent about a half hour outside. She got the picture book out on her own today and has momma, poppa, and Jacob down pat. She also knows what her house looks like. She needs a little bit of help to tell Jesse and Jeremiah apart yet but mostly I think she's just having difficulty pronouncing their names as the is no "J" sound in Ukrainian.
We talked to our boys this afternoon and their Christmas Day was a very big hit. We heard all about it while we were out buying a coat and snow pants for our daughter.
Shopping here is very difficult....nobody has everything you need. Some stores have socks and underwear while another has the coat and finally another might have pajamas. You end up going all over creation just to get a few things. The stores are ultra-tiny as well...they are more of stalls rather than stores. When you go in you get swarmed by two or three people trying to help you find what you are looking for. We have found that if you don't see the right size you have to ask because they only put out "display" items (kinda like shoe shopping) and have to dig around in back to get the size you want. This is a new concept for us when it comes to clothes shopping.
We both talked to our families in Rhode Island and Washington tonight as well. We miss you all and we'll be home before you know it. Merry Christmas everyone.
Our Best,
Donna and Michael
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