A Few New Videos

This is of us driving to Spain. We have lots of fun, and sometimes not quite so fun,
time in the car. :)

We went to a park and this "bridge" was so slippery that it was more like a slide.

This is a video of the boys trying out a fun trampoline. Nikita had so much fun trying to get as high as he could! We didn't think Noah was old enough atsket first, but then the guy said that you only had to be 2, so Noah was strapped in and off he went.

This is Noah's new thing. In the middle of playing his basketball game, he has to call "time out." He blows the "whistle" and gathers his players for a "talk."

Sometimes a Baby comes with Morning Sickness

We are expecting our 3rd child!!! That's right, the Kravtsovs are going to be 5, Lord willing, around May 6th. This may explain my absense from most contact as I've been enjoying the pleasures of morning sickness, which in my case turned out to be more like all day sickness. I have watched almost every movie we have, including 2 full seasons of "Reba." At first I tried to fight it, but it won, let me tell you. Andre has been a saint, picking up the slack in all areas and even cheering me on when I got very down. God has truly blessed me with a wonderful man. :)

I hope to be more active now that things seems to be subsiding. I am 15 weeks pregnant, and all is good so far. The baby has arms, legs and a heart beat, which as Angela wrote on my facebook page, "Those are all good things for a baby to have."

Please pray with us that all will go well with this pregnancy and that baby Kravtsov will be healthy and ready to join this crazy family!

Happy Birthday to Soren!!!

Happy Birthday to Soren from Noah and from all of the Kravtsovs!!!

VICTORY!!!

The small victories are so wonderful!!!

Whatever happened with the "Document Predicament"

So, the Kravtsovs landed in Chicago on Tuesday, May 11th. We drove to Iowa City, spent the night, and left the next day, Wednesday, May 12th, for the Ukrainian consulate, again in Chicago. Jet lagged and ready for some answers, we got there just in time to be the first ones in line. After explaining our confusing story, they said that there was no problem. We had done everything that we were supposed to do in Ukraine, and we could move forward. After some more paperwork and info, which would really bore most of you, all is good! Andre can return to Ukraine as a Ukrainian until they have finished the process of getting rid of his citizenship. At that time, they will contact us, we will go back to the States and give his Ukrainian passport back, and then he will no longer be Ukrainian. At that point, he can pay $10 and get a visa back to Ukraine. Once arriving in Ukraine at that point, he can get the equivalent of a US green card. :) So, we have documents saying that everything we're doing is legal and good, and we are prepared, documentally, to head back to Ukraine on June 24th. Lord willing, that's our plan!!! Woohoo!!! Praise God!!!