Today was our first full day with Oksana. She slept last night all the way from 8:15 pm to 8 am. I had to wake her up. It was kinda creepy though b/c apparently she sleeps with her eyes half open. She was all cuddled up with the bear we gave her last night at the airport. It made the creepy eye thing a little easier to take, lol. She sat right up and said “good morning, mama” in Ukrainian. I melted. Again. She ate a banana (which was the first we had gotten her to eat) and drank water for breakfast.

I had her try on the clothes we got her…we did charades to each other to communicate the whole time as to what fit fine and what did not. I have never in my life seen such a skinny girl. Tragic. Only one thing didn’t fit, so after the girls went to gymnastics, we went to Kohls to exchange the shorts. She was pretty green by the time we got there, but didn’t complain. We were in and out of there in 10 min and she stuck so close to me that she stepped on my flip flops every few steps.

She threw up on the way home. Poor girl. =(

The rest of the day Oksana played with Hadley, and very conscientiously took care of herself. She did eat lunch, which I think she hated, and dinner, which I think she tolerated. Jadyn and Ava are warming up to her, but they talk so much and so fast, Oksana can’t keep up. Hadley and her however are best buddies. H can almost say her name and it’s clear she’d rather have her most times than me. If she can’t find her, she walks around calling her. It’s so cute. Oksana talks to her a lot in Ukrainian.

This afternoon Oksana took me in her room (that she shares with Hadley) and pulled out of her bag a cross stitched picture of flowers that she made and she put it in a frame that she painted and put glitter on. We did the charades game again and she told me that the picture was for me. I thanked her, hugged and kissed her cheek, and put it up on the mantel. I love it.

After dinner we went swimming which was a lot of fun. Oksana is bothered by the heat, so the pool was a nice chance to have fun without her wilting as you watch her =( It helped loosen everyone up- we were all having water fights and jumping in. She fell asleep again at 8, so I know she’s still super jet lagged. There is an 7 hour time difference. Bleh.

Today was our first full day with Oksana. We were told all kinds of stories about the orphans and the difficulty adjusting to the time change, and heard already that some of the other kids didn’t sleep. I was kinda nervous, but she was a trooper and did great. She slept last night all the way from 8:15 pm to 8 am. Iwoke her up this morning ou of a dead sleep.. It was kinda creepy though b/c apparently she sleeps with her eyes half open. She was all cuddled up with the bear we gave her last night at the airport. It made the creepy eye thing a little easier to take, lol. She sat right up and said “good morning, mama” in Ukrainian. I melted. Again. She ate a banana (which was the first we had gotten her to eat) and drank water for breakfast.

I had her try on the clothes we got her…we did charades to each other to communicate the whole time as to what fit fine and what did not. I have never in my life seen such a skinny girl. Tragic. Only one thing didn’t fit, so after the girls went to gymnastics, we went to Kohls to exchange the shorts. She was pretty green by the time we got there, but didn’t complain. We were in and out of there in 10 min and she stuck so close to me that she stepped on my flip flops every few steps.

She threw up on the way home. Poor girl. =(

The rest of the day Oksana played with Hadley, and very conscientiously took care of herself. She did eat lunch, which I think she hated, and dinner, which I think she tolerated. Jadyn and Ava are warming up to her, but they talk so much and so fast, Oksana can’t keep up. Hadley and her however are best buddies. H can almost say her name and it’s clear she’d rather have her most times than me. If she can’t find her, she walks around calling her. It’s so cute. Oksana talks to her a lot in Ukrainian.

This afternoon Oksana took me in her room (that she shares with H) and pulled out of her bag a cross stitched picture of flowers that she made and she put it in a frame that she painted and put glitter on. We did the charades game again and she told me that the picture was for me. I thanked her, hugged and kissed her cheek, and put it up on the mantel. I love it.

After dinner we went swimming which was a lot of fun. Oksana is bothered by the heat, so the pool was a nice chance to have fun without her wilting as you watch her =( It helped loosen everyone up- we were all having water fights and jumping in. She fell asleep again at 8, even with a nap, so I know she’s still super jet lagged. There is an 7 hour time difference. Bleh.

When I went in to check on Oksana a few minutes ago, she had tucked Hadley’s blankie in around her and put her doll up by her head. I’m not going to think about when she leaves and H doesn’t have her buddy any more….

~Kim