Feb 27, 2010

WE GOT THE CALL!!!!!!!! COURT is MARCH 10th!!

Yesterday at about 2:30 Andrea our coordinator from our agency call ed with the most wonderful news......We have court in Samara Russia on March 10th! I was just so shocked!!!
Wow such wonderful news but not nearly enough time to prepare. We leave next
Saturday the 6th. Eeek!!!
We are working frantically on everything, so much to do with so little time. We don't care though, we will do anything to get back to her. Although we will still make a third trip for pick up, this means we are going to make it official and she will be our little princess. Hopefully she will be home by Easter....Please say a prayer for us. YEAH WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!

We will see you soon little Samara..Mommy and Daddy are coming!!!

Feb 17, 2010

Updated Medicals Scanned To BBAS Today!

With the Holiday on Monday and a little snow storm...we finally got our Medicals updated, notarized, certified and apostilled. Thanks to my hubby who drove to Columbus this morning to get them apostilled I scanned them and sent them to our agency who will send them onto Russia! Whoo Hoo! Now I can check that off the list!
Hopefully we will hear something soon.

I'm setting the timer again to waiting for Court Date....Come on Court Date.... :)

Feb 13, 2010

Some Photos from trip one....I know better late than never

Pic #1- Baby home in Syzran Russia- where Our Princess lives..hard to see but this is the entrance.
Pic #2-Baby Home- covered cribs where they take the babies when it is actually warm enough??

Pic #3 - Back of the Baby home


Hotel we stayed at in Syzran -3 hr drive from Samara ...Classy place...They rent it by the hour.. :)



Us in front of the Volga River..Can you tell we were freezing?? It was sleeting!




Just some store fronts on our Walk to see the Volga River in Samara





The AZIMUT hotel in Samara Russia where we stayed

















Another successful trip to the Doctor...

Went to the doctor yesterday to get our medicals updated again.
We have another appointment to see the nurse on Monday at 1:30pm to check our TB test, say a prayer that all our blood tests that were sent out yesterday are back too so we can go get the needed certifications and apostilles on Tuesday...That would be quite the quick turn around...I know wishful thinking...I would love to be able to scan the updated Medicals to my agency on Tuesday or Wednesday...Keep your fingers crossed and toes too...LOL

Feb 11, 2010

Paperchase....

So I got an e-mail from our agency today and they need some updated paperwork from us. I have been scambling to get an appointment with our doctor for updated Medicals...This will be our 4th Medicals.I think??
I was able to talk the Dr's office into squeezing us in tomorrow at 1:45. :)
Hopefully we can get this turned around quickly. They will have to be Notarized, Certified and Apostilled like all the others too...so another trip to Columbus for Justin. Thanks Babe!!!!
All this is a good thing though...this means that things are moving and they are trying to get us a court date. Please say a prayer that we can turn this around ASAP and we can get that date.
By the way Medicals are only valid for 3 months...our last one was on Dec 1st...so they will expire before we are able to get a court date.This is why they need us to do them again. So hopefully sometime in March we will be going to Court....?????? We shall see

Feb 10, 2010

Nothing New ...just have to Vent.....

So I have nothing New to post..No call, No updates...nothing, zilch, zero....This is why I need to vent. I know I have so many things to be Thankful for and being depressed doesn't help the situation but I cannot help it.
I have been in the "Mulligrubs" lately and cannot seem to get out. I think about our little russian princess and how I just want her home and with her family.
I have so many little clothes that I have gotten her that she will never be able to wear, when purchasing them I thought for sure we would have her home by the end of February and now I don't know when it will be. More than the clothes and her room and everything that is prepared I just want to get her home so we can love her, show her the love she needs and deserves.
I read something in one of my books the other day that summed it up for me" The only thing predictable about International Adoption is How unpredictable it can be" and that's the truth......When we sent our dossier to Russia and were set in our minds that we wouldn't hear anything about a referral for 2-4 months and less than two weweks later we got a phone call...we were shocked....then came the first trip to meet out little princess and it came early too...now the part that I would want to come the fastest is now taking the longest....After having seen her and held her and falling in love with her and then having to leave her...nothing prepares you for that. Nothing!
The waiting game is so hard...I just think about that day when I'll finally hold her in my arms again. We love you Samara!!!

Feb 3, 2010

UPDATE...

Ok so we didn't get "The Call" but my agency got a response back from our Rep "Svetlana" and the reason there is a hold up is she is waiting on a document that is needed for Samara's file for court. Once she gets this document then they will schedule a court date. Svetlana says she expects to get it any day now....
So at least I know it's not that our paperwork is bad and it's not that Russia changed their mind and decided we are not fit parents. LOL
Whew.... I really needed to hear this. Andrea called me just minutes after I posted "A Lesson on patience". Ok well let's Pray very hard that that document gets there really soon....Thanks to all who tune in to listen to me vent and leave comments. I do read them and appreciate them.

A Lesson on Patience

For those of you who know me, know that I am not the most patient person in the world...so this waiting is really making me crazy. I'm thinking I am being taught a lesson. I think one of the hardest things is that we were told by our agency that the Rep had told her they anticipated hearing something mid to late January and well it's Feb 3rd...Come on already!!! See I have No patience. Here is what my day consists of....If I didn't dream about her then when I wake up she is on my mind...Then it's off to work I go where everytime my phone rings I jump...literally my heart jumps and stomach sinks until I realize it's not "The Call". Then I will stare at my phone ..like I can will it to ring or something....you know the old adage " A watched Pot never Boils"...same thing.
I have honestly tried to make myself stop thinking about it but it's not working. I did call our agency on Monday and they were already trying to get in contact with the rep in Country to get an estimate on when they think it will be. Still have not heard back. Ugh!
I just need to know if it's still going to be a few weeks or what? Not that I want to wait any longer but If I knew they were swamped and nothing was going to happen for a while then maybe I could settle down and not feel so crazy.

Feb 1, 2010

5 Years and Going Strong!

Today is Our 5 year Wedding Anniversary! Time really does fly by. 5 years ago today we said our vows barefoot on Negril Beach in Jamaica. It was very intimate and beautiful. I am so Thankful for my husband who stands beside me through everything. He means so many things to me and I am so Thankful for him. Not that we haven't had trying times because Lord knows we have but with everything we have been through we have grown stronger together. We have so much to be Thankful for. We have been blessed with our wonderful son Ethan. Who brings so much Joy to our lives. We cannot imagine life without him. Now as we await Court Dates to add little Samara to our family we have very Thankfful hearts for all the blessings we have.