we flew across the rainbow,
    hoping our dreams would come true,
          looking for a gift from God,
              and that's where we found you.

The Verne's Adoption Story

**RAINBOW DREAMS**
For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted my petition made to Him. - 1 Samuel 1:27
Thursday, June 17, 2004
2nd day at the Orphange

We go to baby home (as Sergey calls it) at 10 again. When we get there the girls group is on the playground and we get to spend time on playground with children. They are all so adorable and all of them want our attention. One little boy kept running up to Rich and when he would get his attention he would laugh and run away. Rich took out the bubbles and all the children started running after them and bumping into each other. It sounds terrible, but was very funny like something you would see on America’s Funniest Videos. We play with the three girls and decided on Dimples as she seems more open to us. When we returned at 4:00 we had Victoria and Dimples together in a small room upstairs. Dimples is a totally different child, chattering the whole time and very active. Both girls play well together and laugh a lot. Most memorable is the two of them sitting on the couch laughing and playing with Rich. Pixie is very affectionate and giggles a lot. Dimples is bossy and takes toys away from Pixie; Pixie gets a little upset, then moves on. Even though Dimples chatters constantly, we only heard Pixie talk when looking out window at kids on playground. They both yell down at the kids down there, I imagine they are saying “look at me, here I am with my Mama and Papa”. I hated to leave at 6:00.