Five years ago we were preparing for the birth of our daughter, Meg. We really didn't know what to expect or realize just how much our lives would change. Today, we are preparing to leave for Russia in four days to meet our son. We feel even more anxious and nervous this time around.
Dave and I decided to explore adoption last summer and quickly decided that we were interested in pursuing an international adoption. At times, everything seemed to move quite quickly but there were times when it seemed to take forever. For example, it took forever to have my fingerprints cleared by the FBI but then it only took a few weeks to receive approval to adopt internationally from the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services. All of our paperwork was sent to Russia in April of 2010 and was forwarded to Volgograd region in May of 2010. We received a referral for a fourteen month old baby boy on Friday, July 9, 2010. We had only four days to decide if we wanted to proceed with this referral. After contacting an international adoption doctor in Rhode Island, we were able to send him the bit of medical information we received on the child and the two pictures we also received. After consulting with this doctor, we decided that we wanted to accept the referral.
The past three weeks have been filled with lots of trips to Toronto to submit the necessary documents to our adoption agency and figuring out everything that needed to be done before leaving on Monday, August 9, 2010.
Apparently it is super hot in Russia right now. Those of you that know Dave and I know that we really don't function well in extreme heat. We considered turning off our air conditioner and sleeping in our flannel jammies to get used to the heat but quickly decided against this. Our only hope is that the temperature will drop prior to our arrival next week!
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