Our Dochka

Our Dochka's Home Page

This page contains a few pics of our new dochka. Some are from the first trip to her home country, some are from the second trip, and some were taken after we got her home. This page is very plain and simple 'cause I'm a busy guy, but feel free to e-mail me if you'd like more details. Enjoy!

This is the bride and our dochka in her orphanage on the day after we
met her. Oh, and the green stuff is their chicken pox medicine. All the
kids in her room had it. 2/25/04

Our dochka in her new Clemson shirt. 2/26/04

This is the bride and our dochka on the last day of our first trip to see her.
This is one of my favorite pics of all time. 2/27/04

First family portrait. Believe it or not, we just set the timer on the camera
and told her to smile. The bear is Mishka, a gift we left with her until we
came back to get her. She still sleeps with Mishka every night. 2/27/04

Dad and the dochka. 2/27/04

Okay, this is on the first day we saw her on our second trip.
She had a nasty chest cold, so she wasn't feeling well.
Man ... I just couldn't squeeze her tight enough. 3/28/04

She LOVED this rocking horse. 3/29/04

Was pretty cold obviously, but she stayed nice and toasty in her fur coat.
Not sure if it's a real fur coat -- that's cruel. 3/29/04

The dochka on our way to the flat from the orphanage. Our court date
was 3/31/04, but we weren't allowed to pick her up until the next day.
"Free babysitting courtesy of the national government," we were told.
Ha, ha, very funny. 4/1/04