Shane's birthday dinner was a success. There was a wonderful turnout, 35 people. Thank you everyone for coming. He was surprised and couldn't believe I pulled that off and that no one gave it away.
We leave next week. I can't believe it! Here is the schedule so far:
1/23- Leave the US
1/24- Arrive in Moscow
1/25- Arrive in Novo, 1st visit w/Bryson
1/26- 2nd visit w/Bryson
1/27- 3rd visit w/Bryson
1/28- COURT!
A lot of people have asked when will we return home. The answer is, we don't know. Russia generally requires a 10 day waiting period after court, before we can take custody of him. There is a 50/50 chance that the judge could waive the 10 days. If the 10 days are waived, then the we will be heading home on 2/6. If the days are not waived, then I am not sure when we will be heading home, but I imagine it will be the following week sometime. Cross your fingers that they are waived!
Follow us down our new path, raising our wild baby boy who we adopted from Novosibirsk, Russia.
Shane & Marie
Our Angel
Our Princess
Referral picture (6 months old)
1st trip (12 months old)
2nd trip (15 months old)
Gotcha Day 2/8/08
First family photo
First Easter (16 months)
17 months
18 months
First Mother's Day (18 months)
19 months
First 4th of July
20 months
21 months
22 months
23 months
first Halloween
2 years old
25 months
1st Christmas
26 months
27 months
Valentine's Day 2009
28 months
29 months
Easter 2009
30 months (2 1/2 years)
31 months
6 comments:
Yay! So glad there are official dates. Bryson will be oficially yours in 2 weeks! If it helps Novo waived our 10 days, I hope they do the same in your case, that's 10 more days he gets to spend with Mom and Dad!
THAT IS AWESOME! I'm so excited for all three of you!!!!
bet you can hardly wait...can't wait to hear more
That's the best birthday present ever! The time has just flown by and before we know it you'll "officially" be a family!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! What a perfect birthday present! Can't wait to hear all about your reunion with Bryson!
Fingers, toes and anything else that can be crossed is crossed!! Although, I will say, looking back, staying the extra week in Russia was probably the best thing to do because it gave us important bonding time with Ivan. Once we were home, we didn't get much time to ourselves. Everyone tried to stay away as much as possible to allow us to bond, but let's face it, they were excited to see him too!! ;o)
The 23rd is going to be here before you know it!!!
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