Cute!

Today I picked up 3 more outfits for the little guy at Sam's Club. Shopping is fun, I wish I could afford to do more of it! He officially has 4 outfits now. Sam's Club has fairly reasonable prices on children's clothing.

We are still waiting for our documents to be sent to the Sec of State for apostile. In Tennessee, the documents have to be notarized, then sent for a county seal, then sent to the Sec of State for apostile. Our homestudy agency is in a different county than we are in, and unfortunately that county doesn't seem to have a sense of urgency. The information from our home county arrived today, so as soon as items are received from our homestudy county they will be sent to the Sec of State for apostile. Of course, after the Sec of State returns them to the agency, then they are sent to Russia to review. Many Russians go on Holiday during the Summer, so I hope that our Judge decides to take a Fall Holiday this year!

Although we should be used to this process, we still are anxious and wish that the turn around time could be quicker. We are both very excited to see him again and bring him home.

More learning today!

I learned to not leave milk in the fridge and be gone for 20 days

I learned to hang on to the hot dog in the pretzel roll or it will fall out and roll under your car seat, never to be seen again

I learned that you can use your own bags with a Champ vs a Diaper Genie

I learned that Dicks Sporting does not carry hats for toddlers

What I have learned this week:

Coupons rock
It is fun to shop for kids
I am lucky to have Bill's family in my life
I fall more and more in love with our little guy every minute
A Psychologist said I am not crazy (put that on my review!)
A 36 year old can still get pimples
It is nice to sleep in your own bed
It is hard to find make up that is not made in China
It isn't fun to have a bird attack you

Babies R Us

We are officially registered! Today we went to Babies R Us and had a lot of fun. Carolyn is having a Baby Shower for us on 8/29.

By the time that I had the scanner in my hand, Bill had already been around the store a couple times and had brought me multiple 'cute' items to look at. I really think he enjoyed himself a lot.

This is the crib set that we will put in the little guys room!!

The foot theme continues

On day 1, they brought our little guy out and he was all dressed up. Here are the socks they put on him.



I fly home tomorrow night, and promise to update the blog with some trip information!

Greetings and well wishes!

I still haven't been able to catch up on e-mails or anything personal other than a quick post here and there.... but below are some messages from the staff in Russia:

Tonya says hello to Ken and Gloria. She is really looking forward to seeing you again and is trying her best to get you back. German also says hello and was wondering if you plan to fly through Moscow again!

Elaina says hello to the Ward family in Virgina. She says it has been a few years but remembers you well and pointed your photo out on the wall.

I was going to tell the Director of Artem that little T said Hi (oh, and Mom Amy too), but she was off on our last visit. I will save that for next time!

Elaina also says hello to the mom of Joshua (Nancy). She remembers your family well and thinks that both Nathan and Joshua are cutie pies!

Cutest little foot ever!

When we arrived home, we had to get our documents in - and I had to do some quick laundry and leave on a business trip....so yes, we are still neglecting the blog (sorry!).

Thought we would share a neat picture of our little guy though :)