Friday, April 4, 2008

Two Peas in a Pod



Where you find one you will find the other. They are like two peas in a pod.
They are the best of friends. A big brother and his little sister, one is three and the other is seven.

Nik and Oksana love to be around each other. Oksana always searches Nik out in the morning. They say “Hello” to each other. They like to laugh together. They love to talk and play together. They like to hold each other’s hand.

It wasn’t always that way. When Oksana first met Nik, she had instant sibling rivalry.
We had arrived off the plane and the boys were waiting for us. I ran to them and hugged them while I cried. Oksana cried too but not because of the same reason. She was mad. How dare this little kid touch me! She ran and pushed him away from me. She held her arms straight out and glared. She had this look that was daring him to cross her path to HER mommy! Touch her mommy again and you will get it! Nik still talks about it. Even Oksana thinks it is funny now.

Two peas in a pod and the best of friends!

4 comments:

Julie said...

Hi there! Just stopping by to say hello. We're wrapping things up here in Ukraine, and the blog is public again. I also wanted to thank you for being such a great source of information through your blog. Thanks for giving back! Love the new blog - so cute! :)

Sam Sylar said...

Ben and Maggie are like that too, although Maggie was fast asleep when we landed in St Louis

Jason & Melanie said...

Hi~ Your blog is precious...I love the name...Cabbage Patch Kids :) Thank you for letting us know that you are praying for us...we cherish every prayer and LOVE hearing from other adoptive families!!! I will bookmark your site to follow!
Melanie Hall

Debora Hoffmann said...

Absolutely adorable. I love that Oksana was protective of her mommy and that they're now the best of buds!