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09-17-2006, 02:09 PM
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Baptism, Bible, Baseball, Beach ... 'bout time!
I finally found some time to download the pics on the digital camera to the computer and found some pretty awesome pics I wanted to share with you.
Julia was baptised a few weeks back. Here she is with Jerry, our senior pastor.
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Julia's Journey -from Ulan-Ude -Trip #1 November 2004 -Trip #2 March 9, 2005 -Gotcha Day March 17, 2005 -Home Forever March 26, 2005 -RAD diagnosis May 2006 -PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006 Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin." 
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09-17-2006, 02:11 PM
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A couple of weeks after the baptism, Taylor received his 3rd grade Bible from church.
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Julia's Journey -from Ulan-Ude -Trip #1 November 2004 -Trip #2 March 9, 2005 -Gotcha Day March 17, 2005 -Home Forever March 26, 2005 -RAD diagnosis May 2006 -PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006 Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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09-17-2006, 02:13 PM
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Here are my two angels... Della with Julia
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Julia's Journey -from Ulan-Ude -Trip #1 November 2004 -Trip #2 March 9, 2005 -Gotcha Day March 17, 2005 -Home Forever March 26, 2005 -RAD diagnosis May 2006 -PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006 Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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09-17-2006, 02:16 PM
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Before all of that, we spent some of the summer at the beach. Here are assorted fam pics with all three kids, William (3), Julia (7), Taylor (8), Della (ha! you thought I'd put it here huh...how about 21), and me (take a guess).
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Julia's Journey -from Ulan-Ude -Trip #1 November 2004 -Trip #2 March 9, 2005 -Gotcha Day March 17, 2005 -Home Forever March 26, 2005 -RAD diagnosis May 2006 -PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006 Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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09-17-2006, 02:19 PM
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And finally - a family update. We have been our "new" family for about 19 months now and boy has it been a ride! Actually, we are doing well. We found us an awesome attachment therapist in Austin to help us with Julia's attachment and PTSD. We are making slow progress, but it is better and we now have some hope for healing! The boys love her and are doing fine. They wouldn't know life without her. Mike
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Julia's Journey -from Ulan-Ude -Trip #1 November 2004 -Trip #2 March 9, 2005 -Gotcha Day March 17, 2005 -Home Forever March 26, 2005 -RAD diagnosis May 2006 -PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006 Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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09-17-2006, 02:28 PM
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Those are all awesome pictures! Your family looks so happy. Best wishes to you all!
MissDaisy (a fellow Texan!)
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09-17-2006, 02:33 PM
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great pictures, Mike! Julia and Della look so alike, its amazing (I know we've all told you this before!).
I am glad to hear things are going well! Christina
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Christina Big Boy (b. 9/1/01 a. 11/16/04) Buttercup (b. 6/8/04 a. 11/16/04) Vladivostok, Russia Every life event presents an opportunity, a gift. You just need to look closely to find it.
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09-17-2006, 02:52 PM
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Mike,
Thanks for sharing pics of all these great events. So glad things are going well now.
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momm2be I am and no longer wait "2be" Mom of an amazing 10 yr old and fantastic 3 yr old "The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to our children. "
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09-17-2006, 03:24 PM
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What a wonderful photo album. I kept scrolling down to see more!!
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Heike, AKA: Samanthas Social Secretary Samantha home forever 03/05
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09-17-2006, 04:57 PM
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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. Also, so glad to hear that things are going better and the future is full of hope. Keep the faith!
Liz
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Daughter Adopted from Orenburg 7/02 Applied to agency for 2nd adoption 11/04 Son adopted from Samara 02/06
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09-17-2006, 05:17 PM
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09-17-2006, 06:08 PM
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Excellent pictures, Mike!
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BLOG: http://a-j-adopt.blogspot.com/ Pics: http://toscax.us »Father of Anastasiya (age 13) and Alesya (age 9) from Tyumen. Hosted July 2005. Home forever November 2005. No longer active at this forum site.
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09-17-2006, 06:13 PM
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I'm so happy to see how happy everyone looks...is William big or is Julia small? I had never noticed how close in size they were before! Very beautiful family!
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"When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I have several stands." James Brady http://kretzklan.blogspot.com/
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09-17-2006, 06:14 PM
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Great pictures Mike. You have a beautiful family.
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Mother of Alexander adopted from Stavropol region November 2003 visit my blog Life with Alexander the Great Russian Adoption International Adoption  
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09-17-2006, 06:49 PM
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Those are amazing pictures! You all sure are a good looking family! I'm so glad that things are slowly but surely getting better for you and Julia and I hope they continue that way. It's so great you have found a therapist that understands and is able to help Julia. Thanks so much for the update and sharing those great pictures!!
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Christie Mommy to Viktor, adopted March 2006 Krasnodar, Russia
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