It is official!

Marc was out all morning to take care of the paperwork and it is official now.  Hannah and Ivan are officially our daughter and son and we are officially a family!   It is hard to imagine that after 3 years of ups and downs and I don't know how much paperwork it is finally a reality.  I can only smile.  No matter how hard these 3 years were...now I am looking at both of them it was all worth it.

In the mean time Hannah, Ivan and I had breakfast (the usual oatmeal, and... BANANAS!!) got dressed and went to play in the white rabbit room.

After snack we practised some cutting with sizzors and made a Winnie the Pooh puzzle, had soup for lunch and now it is nap time again.  Time flies when you are having fun. 
It is a sunny day and it looks absolutely magical outside so after the nap we went for a walk to the convenience store just around the corner to get some fresh air. We put Ivan in the stroller and this time he didn't complain to much.  We needed a few things for the last day (which is also Ivan's second birthday!).  Hannah helped push Ivan and did a great job. She made a funny comment as well. We have been calling her Hannah Banana since she loves bananas and while walking back home she  decided Ivan was going to be Vanya Apple (it doesn't rhyme but bananas and apples are the only 2 fruits we have had so far. Marc and I thought it was pretty smart!)

 When we got back from our walk we met Svetlana, the new girl next door.  She is almost 3 years old and looks very sweet.

Tomorrow we'll have a busy day with the medicals for the kids, picking up the passports and buying a few souvenirs as a memory of Vladivostok both for us and Hannah and Ivan.  It will probably be a while before we'll be back here.  We'll also have a little birthday party for Ivan with Aiden and Svetlana. I brought some decorations and balloons and we'll get a cake on the way home.

So with all the activities tomorrow and us leaving on Thursday I might have to skip a few days on the blog.  But I'll definitely be back on Friday!