Hatch family
My husband and I sought to adopt two children from Russia and ended our wonderful journey in December 2010. Ruslana is three and her brother is four years old. During the process I found it hard to visualize the reality of actually bringing these children home one day. Only three short months later I find it difficult to envision a time when they were not a part of our home, our lives, and our family. Ruslana loves to sing, complete puzzles, color, and create her own stories with picture books. Renat enjoys dancing, playing with cars, blocks, and swimming. They have already learned many English words and some of their favorite phrases are “Awesome!”, “Whatcha doin’?”, “I did it all by myself!”, “You’re smart!”, and “Good job!”
It amazes me how thoughtful and caring they are in this family already. They share, tell papa “you handsome”, and say things like, “mama thank you cleaning home.” One day we were driving and we saw a large silver truck in front of us. Renat asked, “May I touch truck?” Ruslana replied, “No, truck hot.” Then Renat laughed loudly and responded with, “No, firetruck hot!” To which Ruslana said, “Oh!” What did we do without them?
— Mckenzie Hatch and George Glenn Hatch Jr.
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