We made it! We made it! We made it! We had an appointment with the passport people last night, and after our coordinator bribed them with wiskey and chocolates ( could you imagine doing this in the us? ) we were able to get Ashlyn's passport. The other family, that adopted 3 children, were able to get there's too. We all took the overnight train to Moscow. Ashlyn fell right to sleep, and slept the whole time. Ron and I were able to sleep pretty soundly too. We got to Moscow at 6:00 a.m. and went straight to our apartment, so that we could shower and get dressed. Ashlyn had a medical appointment and we had to sign some papers at the US embassy . The exam went ok, I guess :). Ashlyn weighs 16 pounds and the doctor said that although orphaned children were usually small, Ashlyn was really small. They had to draw blood from her, to test her for Hep C and HIV. Ron went with her and he said that they were really rough with her and made her bleed quite a bit. He also said that they weren't being very sanitary while cleaning up the mess. I'm so glad that that's over. Tomorrow, we have an appointment at 2:00 p.m. with the US embassy and that will be IT!!! I can't wait to get home! I'll probably make another post, with more pictures and a video later today, but in the mean time, here are some photos and a video of Ashlyn and our new Russian friends ( the ones that had us over for dinner last Friday ). These girls are the sweetest girls ever. They were so good to Ashlyn, Ron and I. They really don't have any money, but there went out and bought us a box of chocolates, some Russian drink and a rose ( they did this for the other family too ) as a going away gift. They told us that " Russia is going to loose it's happiest person ". They were refering to Ashlyn :).