A day before:
7 days old:
Hi there. Our names are Oleg and Nataliya, we were born in Odessa, Ukraine and immigrated to upstate NY in 1996. We are high school sweethearts and have been married for 21 years. We have 2 wonderful bio kids - 20-year old son Alex and a 6-year old daughter Victoria. We started our international adoption journey in September 2006, and in January 2008 we finally brought home our 10 (now 11)-year daughter Rachel from our hometown Odessa in Ukraine.
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Happy Birthday to Victoria!
Isn't this a fun age? I love the pictures of her through the years. She's a beautiful little girl. It's great that you are both home to celebrate with her! Enjoy the day!
Happy Birthday, Victoria! You are going to be a GREAT little sister to Raisa (Rachel)! Enjoy your day and eat some cake and ice cream for me, ok?
С днем рождения, Victoria! I hope you have a great fifth birthday celebration! A friend of ours just turned 5. What an exciting time!
(Да, Nataliya, I looked up how to say "Happy Birthday" in Russian, but I know how to pronounce it...I think! :-) I love the pictures of Victoria as she grows. She is beautiful and such a precious addition to your family. I'm sure she and Raya will have such fun together!)
The picture of her in her bouncy seat smiling at her brother as he looks down on her says it all. What a beautiful picture!
Happy birthday to Victoria.
All three of your children are gorgeous!
Happy Birthday Victoria! Your family is so beautiful, and soon to become more so!
She is a darling, beautiful little gilr. What a blessing!
Happy Birthday Victoria.
She is such a sweet little girl. And soon you'll be five, what a blessing.
I'm thinking that these next few weeks are going to drag along 'till you return with Raya.
Happy Birthday! I *love* the picture of Alex leaning over her when she was still a baby! Your whole family is so beautiful--that you're such good people on the inside shines through.
Thanks for the updates--this one and the previous one :-)
What did you do for her birthday?
You have such GORGEOUS kids! I hope I can meet you and them sometime when we're visiting Steve's family in Rochester.
How 'bout the news about Tami!!!! I'm so excited. So glad to know she's going to Odessa. I'll bet you'll be able to give her tons of advice.
Happy Birthday, Victoria!
What a beautiful family you have. How blessed you are. Rita
When will you be making your second trip to Ukraine? Looking forward to seeing your sweetie pie home with her family!
Sweet pics and happy 5th birthday Victoria!
HAPPY BIRHDAY TO VICTORIA!!! I love all of the pictures. She is so sweet. You are so blessed.
Happy birthday Victoria! How much she has changed over the past five years!
What a darling little girl! And - hey! - we became parents of a five year old when our oldest son was 20! It's a lot of fun!
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