There have been several recent happy news articles about Russian adoption - I supposed because of Thanksgiving, National Adoption month, and perhaps the lack of unhappy news articles to report on (a little snarkishness, sorry).

Here's a nice one: "From Russia With Love - Sisters are Reunited" A Utah couple has adopted 4 siblings, all girls, from Russia. First they adopted the younger girls, then, when they found out about the older girls, they adopted them as well.

Here's another story about a family in New York who adopted a 15-year-old boy through a hosting program. They got caught up in the reaccreditation mess as well as the changes in teh adoption requirements, but it all worked out in the end.

Here's a third story about a couple who've adopted two little boys. The mom and her sisters were all adopted, so it's kind of a family tradition: “My family was ecstatic. It was carrying on their legacy.”

And a fourth: by a man who, with his wife, just adopted a toddler who was almost misdiagnosed with epilepsy - but once they had her with them they realized her seizures were really tantrums! Those must be some tantrums!