Our little guy received a card in the mail recently to celebrate his birthday. It was his FIRST birthday card ever! There was a note in there from Nana and Papa. Isn't the card neat? We both love the world photos with the children standing around it. Very cool!
In other news, we had a conference call today with our agency. Our documents arrived in Russia this week. Now, we are just waiting for the Ministry letter to arrive. The estimated time for this is the end of August. A Judge is then assigned, and either sets a court date...or requests further documentation. We had an issue a few weeks ago that held us up, and although we are past that now - our medicals will expire about the time we travel. As a result, we have to get revised medicals. Long story short - October 2009 is the estimated time of travel. We were hoping for September, but October it is. Now, keep your fingers crossed that we actually get to go in October :)
Maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised and September will surprise you, although October's my favorite month!
ReplyDeleteThat is a cool card! And you all were fast with your paperwork...in both adoptions we didn't manage to get our stuff there before the ministry letter arrived. Hope you have a quick turnaround. I can't wait to see your little guy!!!
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ReplyDeleteAaah, how nice of them to send a card :o) You think our kids went to each others first birthday parties??.....sigh. You flew threw that paperwork! Way to go.....we're still waiting on fingerprints and license verifs from Sacramento on our doctors, but then we still to get docs apostilled and sent to Russia. It would be nice if our paths crossed somewhere in Vlad.
ReplyDeleteFingers super crossed! I did my medical just in case too - and sure enough, I needed it. Better safe than sorry. In fact, if you know you'll need to do it, you might want to do it early (not too early!!) LOL and send to your agency. That way you'll be a head of the ball and avoid potential OTHER delays!
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping my fingers crossed for September travel for you!
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ReplyDeleteWe waiting 2-3 months so a total of let's see, May 15th - August 17th Basically, that was the day we left Vlad and the 17th is the day we return.
We will keep our blog updated!
That is a very sweet card! I am praying it is September for you guys!
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