Its been a long time since my last post. We are still adopting, it just took a while to puts some odds and ins together.  So we are basically at the beginning, but going full force. Ukraine adoptions go by much quicker than Russia, so we have to be prepared to just go! The kids in our little boy's institution are leaving to new homes left and right, which is a miracle really. These kids weren't even known a year ago, now because of a few people who care they have been introduced to the world and now have families, whereas they had no hope before.  I am setting up this page for my fundraising. There are 2 separate donation buttons....One is for those who need to have tax deductions for their donations. This money is not available to us until we travel. The other is our paypal account which will be available to us immediately for our immediate expenses.  These are : Home Study update, USCIS/government approval, facilitator fees, airplane travel, and document processing. THIS is the most important to us at the moment. Every little bit is allot. I absolutely hate this part of adoption. It may be my pride, but it is really hard to ask for donations. BUT...seeing my daughter that we adopted 2 years ago, and the happiness she lives every day, makes it easier to do, because of its cause. It is worth sucking up my pride. I just thought I would take this post and put up our donation buttons. I will start keeping everyone updated on all that is going on :)