COURT WENT WELL TODAY ! ! !

We went to court today and obtained approval to adopt Katya Ann Schmitt. The Judge asked her if she wanted to be adopted by us and for us to be her parents and to move to America, AND she said YES ! ! ! That seems on face value to be a no brainer, but it isn't. After spendin the last nine days with us, she wants us to be her parents. I know I have mentione dit numerous times, but it has to be hugely scary for her. Several people have asked her how much she knows about America and she says she really doesn't know anything.
Several of our Ukrainian friends have told her it is a good thing to be adopted and move to the us, but she surely has no clue what it is going to be like.
We have had lots of fun together. She is very outgoing. Every place we have gone, she goes up to kids she doesn't know and strikes up a conversation. She is very comfortable around adults.
Her love for ice cream has proven to be a source of "opportunity". she will eat it for breakfast if we let her, and she ASKS for it all the time. She is sitting beside me right now playing a video car racing game on a computer. She catches on to technology quickly. Some one gave her an old cell phone and she figured out how to make it play games, and I caught her reading the operating manual ! ! !
I have tons of pictures to post and will put them up when I return to USA on August 14. Trying to do it at the internet places is a pain in the rear end ! ! !
thanks to everyone for your prayers............