Introducing Aaden Michael!

We are very happy to share these first photos of our new son, Aaden. He is 15 months old and is already running if you let him hold your finger! He loves to laugh when his daddy picks him up and raises him in the air and to snuggle with his mommy when he wakes up from his nap. The hardest part now will the wait to come back and get him. Here is our first photo with Aaden:

We are in Moscow!

We've been in Moscow now for a little more than 24 hours and we are getting ready to leave and head to Byransk. We spent that time touring the Kremlin and Red Square. It is cloudy and cold but it is still beautiful there. We haven't seen anyone from the adoption agency yet so no news or information on the baby. We leave here in 2 hours for the train station and should arrive in Bryansk sometime in the middle of the night. We'll have a little time to pop over to our hotel before we are off to the Ministry of Education to get our official referral. And then to the baby home to meet our little one. How exciting! I'm not sure if we will have internet access in Bryansk since it is far out from the city. If we don't, we will be back in Moscow Thursday morning and can post something then. I can't wait until the next post introducing the newest addition to our family :)

Leaving on a Jet Plane!

What a crazy day! We got a call at 3pm that we are leaving for Moscow on Saturday evening. It's been a whirlwind trying to get all the paperwork ready and make reservations. We are excited, nervous, happy - all at once. The little girl we were matched with last week has been adopted by a Rusian couple during our delays. So we know we have been matched with a new child but our adoption agency wasn't given any information. So we won't know gender or age until we get there, but we are up for an adventure and a suprise. I'll post more details tomorrow.

Another delay

We were told again today that the person in Russia was out of the office and we could not get our paperwork. At this point, I don't even know what to write as this has happened so many times that it is unbelievable to me. I am not going to post the new date they gave us as I don't believe them anymore. I guess it will just happen when it happens. I do promise to post once we get some good news though.

One more week

Yes, another delay. I know this is starting to seem unbelievable because that's how we feel too. But we got another call today that our paperwork can't be ready. The new day for everything to be ready is March 11th and our tentative date to travel is March 16th. So we start another countdown and another wait. What else can we do but dig deep and try to find some more patience? The right time will come and we'll finally be able to meet our baby. I'm just hoping it's soon.

One more day

Today wasn't "the" day. Seems that someone was out of the office in Russia and we weren't able to get our travel visas. Our adoption agency still thinks we should be able to leave on March 10th though. So we are crossing our fingers. Tune in tomorrow for some better news...