Please forgive me for the randomness of this post. I am typing it in the car trying to utilize every spare moment possible. I first want to start by saying that if any of these posts come across as complaining, please know that we are just overwhelmed or tired. We do not want to complain in the least as we are so thankful for God’s timing and blessings in our life. We just have to learn to adjust to His timeline, and even more difficult – I have to realize that I cannot control all of the events in the upcoming weeks.
We are not sharing the referral picture now. It is not recommended that we do that. But I will tell you that the lil guy does not have blonde hair and blue eyes as many think of Russian children. He actually has dark hair and dark brown eyes. Quite an adorable picture! It is our prayer that all is well with the referral and none of the million and one things that could go wrong actually do.
We should be able to update our blog while we are gone. The hotel and surrounding areas are supposed to have internet access. We do not know exactly how busy we will be and how we will adjust to the 16 hour time difference so we’ll do our best to keep everyone in the loop. Justin says I didn’t handle the 5 hour time change to Hawaii for our honeymoon very well so he isn’t holding out much hope for me! He says if the entries are crazy it is because he is trying to post for us while I am passed out.
Tomorrow is Justin’s birthday. We are going to have my parents and his parents over for dinner and go through Brady and Madison’s schedule. We are so fortunate to have family and friends so close to us. They will do their best to keep up the routine will we are gone. Justin has tried to remind me that it is ok if Madison’s outfits don’t match or if Brady’s hair is standing on its end for school. Moms just worry about these things I guess. They are both very excited. They seem to understand what is going on. We have told Madison several times we will not get to bring her brother home with us this trip. She says she knows that, but then she tells people that we are going to Russia to get her baby brother. They are such big hearted children! We have done our best to prepare them that something may not work out all while trying hard not to squash their excitement and anticipation.
Right now Justin and I are working frantically to make packing lists, shopping lists, to-do lists, etc… We belong to a yahoo email group for adoptive parents through Children’s Hope. We have been able to posts travel questions on there and get quick responses from people who have gone before us. It really is a great online support group. We have had two couples contact us that they will be in Vlad the same time we are and in the same hotel. This is their second trip so they will be able to give us good advice.
Right now we are most freaking out about our visas. We of course cannot travel without them and Thanksgiving slowed down processing because everything was closed. Supposedly our passports will arrive to the agency on Monday. They will do same day processing and overnight passports and visas back to us. They seem to think we will have them in our possession on Tuesday. I sure hope so. That is making me nauseous! Lots of last minute details to take care of for work too. So needless to say we are running like crazy right now. But we know it will all work out.
Tonight we are going to try to purchase our Christmas tree and get that decorated so it will be up for Brady and Madison to enjoy. Thank you all for your continued support. It really means a lot to us!
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