With winter clothing in tow, a Nova Scotia couple has travelled to Ottawa to finally unite with their two adopted children from earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Robin and Beth Churchill of Lower Sackville left Halifax on Sunday night, anxious for an end to the four-year adoption process.

"It's been emotionally draining, to say the least," said Robin Churchill.

About two dozen Haitian orphans, ranging in age from 11 months to 14 years, were greeted by their new parents at the Ottawa airport on Sunday.

The Churchills hope their children will arrive soon. They don't know exactly when the call will come.

"It's a very traumatic event and incredibly horrible times, and so the orphanage wants to make sure these children are prepared and ready to make this trip and make this transition to a new life," said Robin Churchill.

He said the federal government has been helpful in fast-tracking adoptions that were in the works before the Jan. 12 quake, which levelled the poor Caribbean country and killed about 150,000 people.

"We know that the circumstances are difficult there and the circumstances are difficult here in trying to co-ordinate between the two places. But I've been basically glued to the telephone, waiting for the phone calls and liaising with different people and trying to find out as much information as we can," he said.

Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said about 90 children have been approved by Haitian authorities to live with Canadian families, and 62 of them would be brought to Canada in the coming days.