Kara's 4th birthday video

I wish the quality was better, but I wanted to share Kara walking, she wore her orthotics already, so her feet were resting from them. The dress is a present from Melonie! Melonie, doesn't Kara look sweet in her dress?

She still crawls and walks, we are hoping she will walk more and more as she gets her balance down with the support of the SMO's

Both little girls fell right to sleep, Meghan is still fighting it.

I can hardly believe Kara is home and we just celebrated her first birthday as a Levario, this time last year we were packing and getting ready to go to Ukraine.

As all of you know who adopted from Ukraine; this is a significant birthday for Kara. At age 4 she would be moved to the mental institution for the rest of her life. In her small town the director tried to keep the kids a little longer, so she may have had until spring to find a family had we not adopted her, but no one knew who she was, no family had seen her as far as we know, so her chances of finding a forever family were slim. It was providence that we found our little girl, we now know that things happened along the road to adopt her that led us straight to her. God knew where we were going all along.

Kara was a blind referral, the way most adoptions are done in Ukraine. I am beyond thrilled that we accepted our referral for Kara, it was scary going into the unknown with her adoption, but we were rewarded for our faith with an amazing little girl to love and raise.

Thank you to everyone who had a part in helping us bring Kara Irina home.