Adoption of Alla
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Our first meeting with Alla in the playroom, she is enjoying the bubbles we brought.
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Alla in front of the 'Yolka,' Christmas tree. She loves that reindeer!
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Alla playing with toys with her 'new' sister, Haley
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Alla practicing for her Christmas Program.
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Alla and the huge lion. She came home to a huge white bear, which she loves!
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Alla and her new sister, Haley, and brother Artur (Mariupol 3/99)
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Alla in her Christmas Program costume, she was a Snowflake!
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Alla on her last day at the destsk dom, she is a Snowflake in the Christmas Program.
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Alla and her caregivers (from rt. to left), Natalia, Vala, and Oksana.
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Toys that Alla chose for her classmates.
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Getting dressed for leaving the orphanage. Special boots made from fabric from the May Kay jet!!
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Alla and Haley in front of the "Our Children" Orphanage.
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First bath!
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At the local Orthopedic Hospital, Alla and Artur pass out gifts to all the children
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Alla and His Kids, Too! board member, Nikka play with the children on the floor.
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The kids get a chance to play in the snow, as there was plenty of it!
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At the train station, it had snowed all day. (Alla is being held by our friend, Larissa)
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On the train to Kyiv
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After a 4 day stay in Kyiv we were on to Warsaw, via train, and then to the Embassy. Here we are in front of the Swiss Embassy,
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We are finally departing for the U.S., a journey that took us 2 days, due to Air France!