Court Date Set

Well good news bad news! We got a court date but its not until August 9th. Due to all the summer vacations & the fact our release letter the y can not get an earlier court date. This will mean we will be waiting 4 months from when we met Scott (Dimitri) to bring him home which is exactly how long we waited to bring Erik home. We don't have definite travel dates yet but hopefully will soon. I am pretty disappointed today that its not in June as I really thought it may be in June but at least we have a date & our lives are not on hold anymore. Scott will be 14 months in August. I am trying to see if we can get an update on how Scott is doing but am not sure we will be able to get this info. We will be traveling with the Drexlers again which is good.
It will be a very long June & July.....

No real news

Our final documents (minus 1) is on its why to our agency to be sent to Russia on Monday. We had to pay $20 per document as opposed to $5 since they needed these docs ASAP. So just for this little piece of paperwork the costs were $200 including the FEDEX fees (assuming our medicals are covered by insurance). Yes I am venting as the paperwork can get so frustrating because 1/2 the time you have to re-do it anyway due to things expiring !! Hopefully we will know in the next week or so if we really will get a court date in June

To add to my frustration level I find out our 2nd trip will most likely be a day or 2 longer now due to changes at the Moscow Emabassy

http://moscow.usembassy.gov/consular/consular.php?record_id=adoptions

We were thinking already we would be away for at least 10 days now it will be more like 11-12 or even longer if the time we go to the embassy falls over a weekend. UGH! Hotels in Moscow in the summer are also VERY expensive - $400-$600! & we hate to be away from Erik for so long

Ok end of vent.. on the plus side hopefully we will have Scott with us very soon & we can get continue our lives & have a great summer!

More Paperwork

We were called last week to get our medicals & police report updated, notarized & apostiled ASAP. We had to redo our blood work & are now waiting for the dr to complete the form & then I have to have notarized & then I have to Fedex them to Secy of State in Trenton NJ to have it apostiled. I am hoping we will have this last bit of paperwork done & to our agency by the end of the week. Our agency is still not sure if we will get a court date by the end June. I think we will have a better idea by the end of May if it will happen or not
Scott's 1st birthday is June 7th which is hard as I know he will not be with us. I think we will probably do some sort of first birthday party for him when he comes home. I am dying to know if he is walking yet. I think he will be.
That's it for now. Hopefully we will have some good news soon

Some Positive News

Well just when I was about to lose my mind.. we got a hint today that we may actually get a court date for late June. Nothing is definite & they still need some more paperwork to get the court date but this is the first time we have been told anything but August is possible. I am SOOO excited! It will be so awesome to have Scott home for the summer. Please say a prayer that everything goes well & we do get a court date in June!!

Time Standing Still

No real new news.... just seems like time is standing still until we bring home Scott. We are starting to put aside stuff for our 2nd trip & buy clothes for Scott. Luckily he can hopefully use a lot of Erik's stuff. I finally figure out how to post a picture on the Blog... note the girly shirt he was wearing.. at least its not pink!