Update

We've heard from Curtis that he has been visiting the orphanage and has had a chance to talk to Dima. He has passed on our love and explained that we won't be able to send letters back and forth. Curtis said he had to explain why so hopefully he'll understand. Just having Curtis there to reassure him makes us feel better! We would love to be able to send him letters, but we don't want to jeopardize anything. Curtis also has mentioned that once they get the green light, the English tutoring will start back up. Hopefully that will start within a few short weeks. I will be so happy once those start up again. I am so looking forward to being able to speak to Dima more when we see him on our first trip!

We have started getting Dima's room organized. I just finished painting it this weekend. I can honestly say that I enjoyed painting his room! I LOVE the color! I just hope Dima likes it as well. He told us his favorite color was blue so that's the color of the room. He also mentioned he liked our bedroom so we are going to try and find a bedroom suit that is similar to ours. We plan to put up a map up of the United States and will see when he gets here if he wants a map of Ukraine as well. We do not want him to forget where he came from, but we will let him decide. I have started organizing some of his clothes that he had donated when he was here for the hosting program. Since we are pretty much waiting to find out when we go over to Ukraine, we have time to think a lot about how much we can not wait until we get Dima home! We think about him all the time and have started thinking about how we will celebrate future holidays with him. I actually decorated for Halloween this year! We think about future traditions that we will start with him and wonder what he will enjoy doing here in his new home. The list goes on and on! We just can't wait!!!!!