Friday, April 24, 2009

Another Day.....More Paperwork Completed

So for the third week in a row, I have completed the last round of paperwork. Each time a form is changed the date then has to be changed on the petition. It gets to be a little much. after asking for three weeks, if the Agreement of Cooperation needed to be updated.....We found out after the last paperwork made its way to Russia, that in fact it has to be renewed. So we have gone ahead and updated everything that will expire on our three month round of paperwork and the newest of everything are making their way to Russia this weekend. We hope they will be able to file the paperwork and get us our court date. At this point it is crazy. Each day we hope to get a little closer to our goal. We are good on paperwork dates until the end of June. So we will pray that we can get there and back before then.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Frustrating Paperwork

Today was one of those days. I called to make sure things were moving ....and Oh they don't have the Conclusion/Recommendation letter. Not to be confused with the Recommendation letter. SO now when any paperwork gets changed it also means changing the date on the petition.....NO FUN! So I got the home study agency to do their part and then I did our part and off to the Secretary Of State.....around 1:30......Just as I was pulling up to the building...I get a call....We need to fill out the Power of Attorney differently......So that meant another trip to Scott's office......and rework the Power of Attorney and go back downtown to get all the apostiles and then to the FED EX box to mail another round of documents....Just for the few forms today...because they had to be expedited....and overnighted......$135.00......Frustration at its finest!!!!!!!!!I would scream......but it does no good!!!!!!I just pray...it will be soon....One step closer is the only way to look at it!!!!!Other than that it was a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Our First trip video

Dedicated to Alex:

Please press this button and it is a video........

Friday, April 10, 2009

Paperwork Done.......On the way to Moscow!!!!!!!!

I am so excited to have all that paperwork in the big FED EX envelope and on its way to Moscow. It will go through Indianapolis and be carried by another couple who leaves on Saturday! What a huge relief!!!!!!!Now we just wait for either more paperwork requirements or a court date. We are hoping for the court date!!!!!!We'll keep you posted. They usually only give a couple of weeks notice and we don't expect it until the end of May.......We hope to be pleasantly surprised!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Final Paperwork

We are almost there! After 3 tries CBI got our address on our background check correct. We also had to wait for an hour an 1/2 in our doctors office and had to leave because Scott had an appointment in his office. So we got to go back the next day. But thanks to a really nice doctor ,she filled out the 12 pages of signatures that were needed. The joys never end when you have to do so much endless paperwork. Thanks to Kristi our notary...we were able to get all the paperwork completed. 59 more forms were taken down to get apostiled and hopefully sent to Indianapolis tomorrow where they can be hand carried to Moscow on Friday. Then translated and then to the judge. Once the judge looks over everything and feels fairly confident we don't need anything else....then we can get a court date. So we ask for your prayers that this round of paperwork will be enough to get us a court date.
We have decided on the name Alexander William........We just want to get ready for him to come home and get him here! I will be glad to work on learning more Russian and decorating his room instead of doing paperwork. It is hard not to get discouraged.........But we are almost there!!!!!!!!Chris and Celeste will be in Moscow with our paperwork.......Sorry to say we won't be with them to meet their little guy! But they will travel with another family and they will hopefully have a great trip!!!!!!!!!We wish them all the safe travels and joy that comes with a successful trip!!!!!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

We have our paperwork!!!!!!!!!!

So on Friday we got our list of documents and our final petition to adopt this little guy!!!!After a long wait, it was a day of paperwork. Crazy little requirements.....But whatever we have to do. CBI got their paperwork to us and we go for our doctor checkup and should have all the paperwork together by Wednesday!!!!Then down to the state for apostiling and then it should be off!!!!We pray for a quick court date and the ability to go get Alex soon! We are still trying to decide on the middle name. Alex came easy for us...the middle name a little more trying! Our friends Chris and Celeste will be traveling Thursday to meet their referral on Easter morning. We are so excited for them!!!!We know the emotions they feel and are so happy that it is finally here for them!!!!!!!They are going to Kirov.....