Forward movement

Well, it's been a while since I wrote, my apologies! A lot has happened between the holidays and the last post. Dave and I had a teleconference with our coordinator at the agency. We spent a little over an hour on the phone as she detailed the next steps and what to expect. Now that the homestudy is finished and signed, we will need to be registered in a region. Right now, the agency is working in the Murmansk and Moscow regions. We prefer the Moscow region, as it is bigger and closer to the city for paperwork purposes.

We had to redo our medical preferences and send it in so the coordinator can start the registration process. The immigration paperwork is going to be sent in as well, this usually takes a few months for clearances and we'll have to get fingerprinted as well for approval.

So, we are moving forward and taking baby steps towards the first trip. Once we are registered in a region, our wait time will be 2-8 months for a referral, depending on how many families are in front of us.

We hope you had a very happy holiday season and 2010 is poised to be a great year!

Happy New Year! We hope 2010 will bring great things for you!

-Deb

Also, the mural in the nursery is done! I am also working on the opposite wall on a few smaller ones. Baby M also received quite a few books from Nana and Grandpa for Christmas and we have a pretty good collection going for the nursery!