The orphanage was an hour drive from the hotel. It was an old bulding and looked like it was sore need of attention.
Two small women came out to greet the bus and led them to room, where the couple were left to wait.
Fifteen minutes later they heard the footsteps pause and the Jagielskis eyes were focused on the door.
The first lady brought a small boy in, his shirt sleepve hanging limply. Adam stood up and cautiously approached the young boy with Kara just behind him. The woman whispered something to the boy and his eyes lit up and smiled. The young boy allowed himself to be lifted while they waited for the little girl.
Ty and Katie were handed a sleeping baby girl unawared of all the commotion until the little girl Adam and Kara had been waiting for began to scream at the unfamiliar people.
Jake tensed up as he saw the final three brought in. Jake stood took the young eleven month old while Peyton took the other one.
The last woman, the orphanage's director, handed a two year old to Roger and Elise and began rapidly speaking. The translator who had accompanied them waited.
"She said that she's excited the sisters have found homes. She had thought they had found a home together when she heard they were all three leaving on the same day, but though the three cannot be together she's glad the twins are going to be together still."
"Sisters?" Jake asked.
The woman began nodding when she heard the translator and pointed to the two new Jagielskis and then to the quiet two year old being held by Roger.
"We weren't aware they had any other siblings."
She went off again and the translator replied, "She says that it would have been harder to find them a home...They do what they have to do."
The hour and a half went by quickly and the next day was filled with paperwork, including a form regarding how the children would be called.
The next day was another anxious ride this time filled with talk.
"She's a quiet child. I worried about how she'll take to the noise of New York."
"He seems attached to Milo already."
"Everytime I tried to hold her she screamed...she hates me already. It like she's already thinking of all the boys I'm going to have to hurt when she gets old enough to date."
"They're identical, but I can tell them apart already, 'cos I'm their sister."
"Are her diapers always going to smell the bad, 'cos if they are we're going to invest into a lot of air freshner."
"I can't wait til my family seems them their going to love them."
"Your father is going to spoil her so bad...and your brother, we are not letting him teach her the ways of anarchy."
"Brooke's going to have a field day. Look what she did when Mark was born. And don't forget when Riley was born or Kimmie."
This time when they returned to the hotel there were six more.
"Welcome to hotel room, Addilyn and Cassaya Jagielski."
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Phone numbers were exchanged along with addresses, both home and e-mail, and bussiness cards between the group as the set out to head back home a week later.
"We'll be waiting for you guys to come down in a few weeks for the twins' birthday."
"Sure. and then you'll have to come up when you guys can. I don't want the three of them to lose touch." Elise replied to Peyton.
Kara spoke, "I feel like I've known you guys for years...I'll miss you all. Adam and I had an idea that maybe we can get together every year or two. Like a little family reunion."
As the Jagielskis broke away to catch their plane Peyton once again found her way into the restroom to answer an nervous stomach, while Jake watched concerned.
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"I can't see them...I can see them!"
"Make up your mind Brooke."
"Shut up Nathan, they're right there. What is she doing? Is the restroom really the most important thing right now."
"Maybe she just doesn't like planes. My brother would get sick just thinking about flying."
"Maybe she just had to go to the restroom."
"Shut up, Luke."
"Mom, where are they?"
"Mark, I told you not to touch that."
"Okay here they come."
Peyton wheeled the stroller toward the group, while Jake and Jenny were left to carry the luggage and diaper bag.
The sign said it all, 'Welcome Home, Addie and Cassie'