Hi everyone. Well it's been 10 days now since we've left our "lil man" and we miss him terribly. But, we have been busy getting all of our paperwork ready to go to Russia. We had everything pretty much ready, except we were waiting for our police clearance letters to come in the mail (Dennis and I still have NO police record in case you were wondering...ha ha ha) and for them to change a couple of sentences in our homestudy report that were originally for Alex that we didn't need anymore.
So, our police clearance letters came in the mail yesterday and our homestudy agency is overnighting our updated report so we will receive it tomorrow (Thursday). Then we are off to Richmond to get all of our notarized documents apostilled and then FedEx that paperwork to Gladney so they can add it to our package to send to Russia. Then we are both off the rest of the weekend to relax and enjoy the holiday and celebrating the good ol' USofA!
We have also been asked why we keep calling this new referral "lil man" - that is because we are keeping his name a SECRET until we bring him home! So, for fun, we have added a poll in the top right corner of our blog for you to vote what you think we should name him. We both have our favorites, but we thought we would let others, who want, to have some input....so make sure you get your vote in and stay tuned to see if your vote is the name we choose!
So, here is what we need to pray for now - 1) that our paperwork gets to Russia ASAP and translated quickly 2) that "lil man" continues to stay healthy and grow every day we are away from him 3) that we receive a court date soon, so that we are home before Ryan & Michelle's wedding in September 4) we use this "free time" wisely to prepare for our trip, enjoy each other and prepare for the new addition to our family. We have the room pretty much ready to go - I'm still looking for a cherry changing table, a baby carrier, 9-12 months clothing and other infant items - so, if you hear/know of anyone looking to get rid of baby items PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! I've been a "craigslist stalker" lately and just purchased a BRAND NEW Diaper Genie for $15! I'm all about SMART SHOPPING :) We hope you all enjoy the holiday weekend. Love you all and talk to you soon!
4 comments:
Wayne: Enjoy the 4th! I am trying to get Cristin to look on Craigslist. Need a new travel system (stroller/car seats). Apparently, Fairfax Country police won't install car seats (perfect condition) that are older than 4 years.
Wishing you all the best. I have to say my vote is for Logan...but of course! LOL! I also love Ethan but I did not vote twice.
You are in our prayers!
Happy 4th! I won't tell you what I voted for, but we always go for the baseball sounding names :)
Michelle
My vote is for Nicholas, a good Russian name so there'd be part of his heritage too. OOOHHH, that wasn't a choice was it?? Maybe I'm just partial to that name, wonder why!! Well then I'll have to think about it!! Our love to you both!
Mrs. Velesz XOXO
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