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Today
was the big day for the Brookes’.
At 4:45 pm Allison and Andy became the official parents of
Annelise. They had a pretty rough
court session too, like I did. For
all those who come after us in Kokshetau, be prepared for many questions about
the decision to adopt instead of having biological children unless you have
proof of infertility. They questioned me about it a lot, and A&A got the
same vein of questioning. Even Inna
was very surprised at the direction the questioning took so it may be a sea
change.
Allison
called me at 5:30 and said one word - “cocktails?” so I loaded up
the kid in the kid carrier and walked over to their place. We had cocktails and
bruschetta and the girls played adorably.
I forgot my camera so I’ll get copies of the wonderful pictures of
the girls – they held hands for a long time. It was so precious! (Lisa, I can’t wait to get
Annabelle and
No
good pics of today but here’s a few to tide you over.
Not
a great photo but I just wanted to show you Annabelle’s absolutely insane
eyelashes. She is the envy of every
woman that meets here. They so long
and beautiful. You can click on the photo for a larger version.
New
Going out outfit. Her sunhat kinds
of gives her a jaunty, sombrero look, doncha think? And the baby cargo pants… simply
too cute for words.
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