Twists and Turns Begin

So anyone who knows me, knows that I'm a bit of a control-nut. The only way I can have "control" over our adoption journey is by doing a TON of research and reading. There are a few great forums for Russian Adoption on Yahoo Groups. Unfortunately sometimes those forums lead you to information you don't want to hear. Last December unfortunately a little boy passed away who was adopted from Russia. His father accidentally left him in the car one morning when he went to work and the little boy died of heat exhaustion. The father was acquitted of his murder and the Russian government was very upset. To add to the road blocks, a few adoption agencies have not submitted their post-placement reports on time. Russia requires 5 post placement reports be done and submitted by a social worker after the child comes home to the US. This has led to a serious slow down in referrals. Our caseworker let me know today that they didn't receive any referrals for families waiting in February. That is not good news for us. On the positive side, we had our last meeting with our Social Worker tonight. We have a training class next Saturday and then our home study will be done the following week! Jason and I are taking a little "break" this weekend to unwind. We're headed up to Lake Geneva for a weekend getaway. I'll still be doing conference calls but at least I get to have a massage right afterwards!