Friday, October 16, 2009

TRIP 1!!!!!!!!!!

I have had the BEST day.

Got great news on the surrogacy front- not that it worked yet but that we had a GREAT turnout with Embryos!

And then I got the call we have been PRAYING FOR! We will finally get to meet Mr. Maks on November 16th! I cannot believe it. :)

We travel to Kemerovo, go to the Department of Education to read his medical file and sign off on it, then take a car down to Novokuznetsk. We will then get to meet the little guy.

We'll go to a hotel in the region that night and head back to the Baby House the next day to see him again and officially sign the papers that we want to adopt. And then sadly, we fly home the next day. What a whirlwind it will be! We get to travel with another family, not sure who they are or where they live yet.

A lot for us to do now. Get a Visa, book our flights, buy the gifts for the coordinators, put together a picture book and of course work on our Court Dossier so we can return to get him as soon as humanly possible!!

The typical wait these days between Trip 1 and Trip 2 seems to be 4 months. Let's hope its shorter.

I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!

2 comments:

  1. We got that same call today from Alina! We're traveling 11/28... I'll be so hapopy to follow along on your blog to gleen as much as possible from your experience!
    Best wishes!!!

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  2. YEAH!!!! If there is anything we can do to help, just let us know! If you and Jason would like more parenting practice, we would be happy to lend a 1 year old for babysitting. :-)

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