Happy Spring!

Today, the first day of spring is my favorite day of the year; it is the beginning of three beautiful seasons of natural colors, great weather and outdoor fun. I can’t wait to bring the little man home and have him experience all of this.

Today was a beautiful day with temperatures in the low 70’s. I hope you all enjoyed the day. Take care, Chris


Here's a picture I took in Holland, Spring 2008, it shows off many beautiful spring colors.  Enjoy!

My Documents Are Done!!!

Yesterday I picked up the last document (I hope) I will need for court. Today I went into Manhattan with all of the St. Patty's Day revelers (I'll bet they had more fun than me) and got all of the necessary signatures, stamps, seals, copies, etc. on my documents. Then it was off to the post office and they were over-nighted to St. Louis. CHI will review them and send them to Russia on Friday. Once they arrive in Russia they will be translated, stamped, sealed, etc. and submitted to the court in Astrakhan.

I have been preparing adoption documents for over four years now. To say that I think I have completed my pre-adoption documents is HUGE!  Thanks to all who very willingly assisted me in this process, doctors, accountants, social workers, family and friends. A special thanks to those of you who have been listening to me about these documents, encouraging me to continue to push through them and covering for me while I had to run out to get a document, a signature, a stamp, a seal, etc. I could not have completed this task without you.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all, I'm hoping I have the luck of the Irish as I continue through this process. Take care, Chris

Court Documents

Just a quick update, with the help of others I'm getting all of my court paperwork done.  I'm hoping to have it all completed and in my hands on Friday.  If I get it all done, then next week I'll head into NYC to get all of the required stamps.  Once that is done, everything will be sent to St. Louis then to Russia for translation and submission to the court in Astrakhan.  These may be the last documents I have to do before the court decision that allows me to bring the little man home, notice I said may be..... 

I hope everyone in the North East survived the snow storm last week, I lost power for a few hours but I lost my television, Internet and phone for four days.  It was very quiet in my house for awhile.  There are trees and branches down everywhere, once the snow melts the cleanup will continue.  I'll post again soon.  Chris