Life's a Journey.... here's a glimpse of ours.



Matvey was born on cold day December 15, 2008. He came into this world weighing 8.4 lbs, he was  20.9 inches long.  He was healthy and strong. His mommy and daddy planned his birth. They wanted him and loved him much and anticipated bringing another child in her family. His parents already had a daughter who was 14. They found out while they were pregnant with Matvey that he had Down Syndrome, they chose to continue the pregnancy and make a decision once he was born. After 6 weeks of having him home Matvey was taken to the orphanage. His parents ask if they would keep him and not let anyone adopt him while they thought of what to do. Matvey's father returned two times,his mother never returned to visit him. He was now abandon by the very people who were suppose to protect him and love him unconditionally. I can barely imagine the pain they must of went through. It was not until June 30, 2011 that they both signed off the final time for him to be adopted along with both of his grandparents. Boy are they missing out on a big blessing. Matthew was born with a whole in his heart but by February 2009 no heart condition was detected. The doctor has given Matvey a “short name” (nick name) it is pronounced Moita. He is very interactive with us. He watches everything we do and smiles when I sing to him. After 2.5 years in the orphanage with little attention and stimulation Matvey has not grown much. He only weighs 17.3 lbs. and is 29.5 inches long. He does sit independently, starts to crawl, and stand with support. We can not wait to get him home and watch him blossom to his potential.



As for our little little Varvara or Varya (her short name). Var rhymes with car so you say VAR VAR U to pronounce it. Unlike Matvey she was refused at birth. She was born on September 24, 2007 to a single mother who refused her and no sign of the father. Her mother was positive for Hep C but Varya was negative when check at one year of age. She was transferred to the hospital one month after she was born. It was her mothers 5^th pregnancy, she had 2 abortions, one death of a baby and lost parental rights to Vara's older brother a year before she was born. Varya was born 38 weeks gestation weighing 6.7 lbs. and was 20.1 inches long. She also has an open oval in her heart (a hole) but no confirmation as of now. We will get that checked when she comes home. The orphanage here is very nice and take very good care of the children. They also shared her mile stones. 9 mths rolled back to side, 11 mths rolled front to back, 12 months crawled, 15 months she could sit on her own and at the grand age of 2.5 she was walking on her own. And now at almost 4 years of age she got to see her mommy and daddy for the fist time. She was held with and unconditional love, kissed, and hugged many many times.
We are blessed and can not wait to return to take them home forever to watch them grow and be whom God created them to be.