We have Travel Dates!!

We got our official travel dates today!!! We leave August 5th & come home August 15th(assuming the 10 days is waived). Below is what I think our schedule will be
Sunday 8/5 - Flight from JFK
Monday 8/6 AM- Arrive in Moscow
Monday 8/6 PM - Flight out to Novokuznetsk (10:30 PM)
Tuesday 8/7 - Arrive in Novokuznetsk ( Day to kill & rest)
Wednesday 8/8 - SEE SCOTT!!
Thursday 8/9- Court date... 3 hr car to /from Kemerovo City
Friday 8/10 - Pick up Scott/Get Scott's Passport
Sat 8/11 - Flight back to Moscow
Sunday 8/12- In Moscow; Embassy Medical
Monday 8/13 - Embassy Appt
Tuesday 8/14 - Embassy Interview
Wed 8/15 - FLY HOME!!

We are booking flights now. We can use Delta points for our tickets. We are not going to get a seat for Scott as the flights are so expensive so hopefully he will sit on our lap or bassinet but I am sure we will be walking a lot with him anyway.
I am still nervous that since there are 7 more weeks before we go that something can come up but will think positive thoughts!

9 Weeks down.... 8 to go...

We got confirmation this week that our court date is definitely August 9th & will not be in June. We are disappointed but getting our heads/hearts around the Aug 9th date. We probably will be out of the country from August 6th until August 17th. We still do not have final travel dates though so we can book anything yet but hopefully will have them this week.
Scott's room is 90% done .. just waiting for some stuff in the mail & looking for some stuff for the walls. It looks very cute.
We are in the middle of getting some major yard work done including leveling our backyard so we can get a SWING SET. YEAH! Its going to be great with 2 active boys!

Moscow Times Article

A lot of people ask my why there are so many children in the Russian Oprphanages... this sad article explains some of this

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/06/08/003.html

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT!!!!

Today is Scott's 1st Birthday. It is so hard not being with him today. I would hope the Baby Home would do a little celebration but I really doubt they do anything. We plan on having a small party for him when he gets home.
We are still waiting for our final travel dates. The women who gets the release letters is on vacation until next week so we should hopefully know more next week. I have been chatting with other people online & have not seen a lot of court dates lately for our region so at least we are not alone with the wait.