We are home!

We arrived home last night, and we are exhausted still! Today we sent off our medical reports and court document overnight via FedEx.

Tomorrow, we will find a Psychiatrist to say we are stable and capable of parenting the little guy. This is a new form that Vlad is now requiring....

Leaving for visit # 4

It is Friday at 9:45am here in Vlad, and we are about to leave to visit our little guy for visit #4. We are going to ask special permission to visit him on Saturday morning before our flight, and are hoping the Director will say yes! If not, then today will be our last visit until we come back in a few months to see him again.

Thanks for all the support everyone has shown. Off to get in the van with Vladimir the race car driver and Elaina our Interpreter.

Paka!

P.S. - Nancy he is at Artem....

Update

We have been neglecting our blog terribly! It's been a very emotional week, and we promise to play catch up in the next week or so.

Yesterday we went shopping for the baby home and bought some diapers (very expensive here), fresh fruit and some toys. The Director of the Baby Home was thrilled and very appreciate.

Today is visit #3 of #4 to see the little guy. After our visit today, we go to the notary and sign official paperwork to make him a part of our family...more on that later too.

Paka!

We are here!!!

After 24 hrs of travel and a meeting at the DOE, we met the little guy today. The computer at the VMI is super slow, so I am not sure how much we will post from here. Everything is going as well as it can for now. We have sent some photos and video to the IA doc to get some further advice and both hope it is positive...

Here is a teaser photo!

Paka from VMI!

Sweet Emily

I had mentioned that Bill and I went to Maryland last weekend for a special occasion, but have not had the time to post about it until now.

Emily is a special little girl who we are lucky enough to call our niece. Last weekend, we became her God Parents. We both take this role seriously and are honored to have the privilege. It was also Bill's father's birthday, so we were able to celebrate both special occasions together as a family.

Yesterday was Bills birthday. Emily's dad sent this video and we wanted to share it with everyone. Thanks for the song Emily!

We leave in the morning for Russia. We have waited for this moment for almost a year now. We are looking forward to this experience. Unfortunately, we will miss our other niece's as they are coming into town to visit....hopefully we will see you next time and the girls can have an additional playmate!

A little Visa action...

WOOHOO! THEY HAVE ARRIVED!!!! Of course, other than our names, DOB and passport #'s they are in Russian....so we are really hoping that they are correct.

We leave in 48 hours to meet the little guy!!!!

1st oufit!

Yesterday I picked up an outfit for the little guy, and realized that this is his FIRST one! It is probably way too big, but we can use it to determine his true clothing size for trip #2. Isn't it cute?!?