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Tati, Stacey, Micky, Luigi, and Keren have settled in nicely with our other 5 children. When we first started the adoption process we asked for 3 boys and 2 girls, yet we got just the opposite. At first that seemed bad because we'd have more daugthers than sons but it turned out better than I could have ever imagined. Luigi and Michele were the first to arrive via train. Both were very clingy but soon Luigi found a love for video games, and Michele found a love for playing hide and go seek with Tally and Carrie. About a month later we left for Russia. All the children stayed at our house with Tony's sister and parents. When we got their we went to the orphanage to pick up Keren. Keren was very happy to go home to the windmills. It's been a lovely year!

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Andrew, 11, Juliet, 11, Timothy, 9, Natalie, 6, Caroline, 6, Luigi, 6, Michele, 5, Keren, 3, Tatiana, 1, Anastacia, 1