It's been a busy week since getting our court date. We're very excited about bringing A home, but we're worried about leaving the boys again. Our first trip was only 5 days, but it felt much longer then that. Our next trip will be 12 LONG days. We booked our flight already and sent our visa application out. I can't believe that we will be back in Russia in less then 4 weeks!!!! My mother in law came down here during the boys spring break a few weeks ago and we went to the Austin rodeo/fair. This is our second year going and the boys had a BLAST. Here are a few photos of our day at the fair :).

We got a court date!

I was just looking at pictures of baby A this morning when my SW called to let me know that we have a court date for April 30th!!! I can't believe it, we will officially be her parents in a little over a month WOOHOO!!!!

Judge will be on vacation!

I just found out that the judge will be on vacation the whole month of May :(. I can't believe that this is going to potentially be dragged out another couple of months.

The completed room!

3 months and counting!

Thank you to all who have emailed me, or posted a comment on my blog. It means a lot to know that I have people cheering me on :). I feel better ( for now anyways ). I spoke with my SW today and the latest news is that the coordinator in Russia is sick with a high fever right now. He has tentitive plans to go to the region that our baby is in to find out what's going on, at the end of this week. It's looking like the earliest that we will get a court date is late April or early May. Oh well, at least it will be warmer in russia this time. Thanks again, for all the support. I will update on Friday!

It's never going to happen!

That's how I feel right now :(. I've seen many families that have traveled around the same time as us, and even after us, (from the same region) and they already have court dates ( different agency ). There's another couple from the same agency as us that has been waiting since September to get a court date. That means that we could potentially be waiting at least another 3-4 months. Paperwork keeps expiring. A little girl sits in an orphanage waiting for a family. My mother in law is here visiting right now. She saved all of her vacation time so that she could come out here to meet the baby. We were originally told that it would be about 6 weeks, so mil booked her trip back in December. We were told a few weeks ago that we would most likely travel in March. After hearing this news, my oldest son booked a flight in April to come home and meet his little sister. He's supposed to be here from April 22nd- 29th. We are now finding out that people are already getting court dates in mid April, so Jared wont be able to meet the baby now. I'm frustrated! I want to know why it's taking so long for us to get a court date. Friday's are tough. I usually have a mini meltdown every Friday, because I know that we'll have to wait until Monday before we have the chance of hearing anything. I have this gut feeling that we're not going to get a court date for months and i've requested to go back to Russia over the next month or two to check on baby A. I'm hoping to get the approval from my SW soon. That's about it for now.

Probably wont get a court date in March !

I just spoke with my SW and she told me that they are still gathering the baby's paperwork, to submit to the judge, in order to get a court date. They're hoping to have the childs paperwork submitted by the end of this week. That's all :(. I'm so bummed about this! Our fingerprinting ( police report ) and 8 doctor medical forms expire in April. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh