Mina's huge day of ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

There is several posts today so scroll down to see the others.

This morning when we arrived at Mina's groupa they tried telling us something in Ukrainian and of course we did not have a clue or understand so we just stood and waited.  A few minutes later they came out with a little chair from the groupa for Myla and played with her for a couple minutes and then went back in the room.  So we just hung out in the front room area and waited.  About 10 minutes later Svetlana the head nurse came walking down the hallway with Mina and handed her to us. Not sure where she was or what she was doing but she was now with us and ready to play.  We went down to the ball pit area per Myla's request.  I think that is her absolute favorite place in the orphanage. 

Today has been an EXCITING day of accomplishments for Mina.  She has been doing so awesome and has progressed so quickly in such a short period of time.  Today she held her own bottle to drink out of it for a min, rolled over several times, and sat up in the stroller for a good long period of time.  We are so proud and excited for all the changes we see in her. It's amazing what a little attention and Love can do for a child! Just 2 weeks ago she couldn't do any of these things.









Waiting Patiently with the doll she brought for Mina!
Standing in front of the giraffe to see how tall she is.







Mina playing with her baby doll.  Becky makes these amazing dolls and she is doing it for her fundraiser for their adoption.  They are absolutely adorable. 

Check it out!  They would make awesome gifts and you would be helping save the life of another orphan.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/justplainbeckyw  Is her Etsy site to order your custom doll and she has many more adorable things that she makes and sales there as well!

http://waitingforthegirl.blogspot.com/ is her blog for their adoption of Alina!




 More kisses from sister! Oh how Mina loves kisses!! :)


 Daddy didn't know I took this picture. He was actually humming to her and swaying around like he was rocking her. It was so precious.  I tried to video it but of course by then he realized and stopped :)


 Look at Mina holding on to her bottle by herself!!!





 Mina rolled over today!! She does it once in the beginning.  She did it about 4 other times before that but this is the only one I could catch on video.

This is a shop that is right by the orphanage. This has been one of the main landmark pieces I always looked for to know if we were about to the orphanage.

This is the baby hospital in Khmelnitsky. This hospital is only used for the birth of babies.  This is most likely the hospital where Mina was born.





 After our morning visit Julia, Darla and I headed down the market and on our way we stopped for some lunch at an amazing Ukrainian restaraunt.  Jim, Rob, and Myla went back to the city center and got pizza then back to the apartments while us girls spent the afternoon shopping.


 Darla and I





 The Menu was a thick wood piece with the menu carved into it. It was so neat!





 This is all the things they brought to our table to set our table to get it ready for our meal.


 Borscht- traditional Ukrainian soup. It is very very good!!!! We both loved it!! It has pork, beats, cabbage, and lots of vegetables!


 This is a castle picture hanging on the wall in the restaraunt.  We are actually going to go see and hopefully get to tour this castle tomorrow so that is very exciting and will be lots of fun! Looking forward to it!

The post from the rest of today continues below on the next post!!