Getting past all of the contradictory statements dished out to us by our agency – what they were told by Russian officials – we need to move on. On the same day we were notified we lost the boys, we were told that they could have a single child referral for us very quickly. After [...]
Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Onward
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel on April 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Strike Out
Posted in Travel on April 21, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Our referral was for a sibling group of 3 boys age 3-8. We were told that it would be highly unlikely to lose this referral based on the number, ages and gender of these referrals. I imagined 3 boys in our lives, playing, learning and growing. I let myself get attached. Today we got news [...]
Final Push for Trip 1 Dates?
Posted in Travel on April 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We heard from our agency yet another reason for our continued delay for trip 1 travel dates. I won’t spill all the details here yet, but will say there is a meeting happening in Russia soon and we should know more about whether or not this is actually going to happen by the end of [...]
When Love Takes You In
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel on March 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I pray every night for our referrals to somehow feel the love that I already have for them, to feel comforted by it, and for them to have a loving family soon…even if it’s not meant to be us. I had a very rough day emotionally yesterday with the wait. Someone on FRUA posted a link to [...]
Moved
Posted in Travel on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When we started this adoption, the children we were referred were in two separate locations – we were told based on age. As of this week, the two youngest were moved to the same boarding school as the oldest so that the three would be together. Based on the ages of the younger ones, I’m [...]
Passing on the Passport Renewal
Posted in Preparations, Travel on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Americans are required to get a visa to travel to Russia. To get a visa, your passport is supposed to be valid for at least 6 months post-travel. One of our passports expires later this year and unless we travel in the next few weeks, it won’t meet this visa requirement. I contacted our agency [...]
Nauseating News
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel on March 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
First, read this post: Yet Another Wrinkle from mid-February. Got it? Well, we just got an email from our agency saying they may have been mistaken when they told us that those with home studies from agencies on the blacklist will be fine since they are our placing agency* and are not on the list. [...]
A Morsel of News
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel on March 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Our agency learned today that the two younger referrals have not yet moved and they are hoping this will happen next week. Also, the medical care one of them needs has not happened yet and our agency will be discussing with Russian officials whether it will happen before the adoption or wait until they are [...]
Holding My Breath
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel on March 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I received notice from our agency that a Russian couple is interested in adopting one of our referrals. Officials have informed them that the children will only be placed as a sibling group and it is our agency’s current belief that this couple is not interested in adopting more than one child. The children are [...]
Dear Russia
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Russia, Last May we were given the opportunity to apply to adopt a 3 siblings living in your country. Because of their ages and medical condition they were on our agency’s waiting child list. After learning as much information about them as was provided, we enthusiastically agreed that these were our future children. You received our dossier in early October and [...]
