And then they were 4...

Well, it happened, they gave the girls to us. We picked them up at about 8:30am yesterday and everything went well. Dasha was a bit afraid, but neither girls cried or anything. Sasha fell asleep shortly after we got underway, and I had to wake her up when we got to Kras. Dasha fell asleep also, so everyone was well rested except Mom and Dad. Oh well, I guess we will get used to that. We had a nice day together, and everyone was asleep by 9:30pm. We all slept though the night just fine. The bed in the suite is much nicer than the one in our original room.

We had breakfast in the hotel this morning, and hung around the hotel as Dasha naps from 9:30 - 11:00, and then they both nap in the afternoon. When they wake up and have a snack, we will go out in the courtyard square and play some before going to dinner. It has snowed most of the day yesterday and today, so everything is a very pretty white. Not too cold, -2c today. We feel a bit tied down because of nap schedules, but plan to get out tomorrow around 11:00 with our interpreter to go shopping for more supplies.

We are so blessed with these little ones, we can't believe it. Sasha is such a gentle spirit, and Dasha is a smiling little girls when her gums don't hurt too bad. Each has beautiful eyes, and they sparkle in the sunlight. We have been looking out the window from the lounge, and the girls are just taking in every sight. There are so many things that they have never seen.

We have been playing simple games in the hotel. Sasha likes to play with some playing cards a friend gave us, and Dasha likes to practice walking, and eating anything her sister is playing with. Both girls are eating well, and adapting to us well. Dasha is a little fussy when we put her down for sleep, but Sasha lays right down and sleeps. If we had know this was so easy we would have done it long ago :) I hope to share some new pictures of the girls.

MaryEllen has been a great mom. We give her an A+ for her first day. It is evident that she has dreamed about this since she was a little girl herself. Papa is enjoying himself too. We are leaning so much already, and have so much yet to learn, but we are enjoying being parents together. God has truely blessed us more than we can imagine.