Sorry this took so long but things were so busy when we got home. This is Aaden when he was only 5 months old. It is the only baby picture we have of him and we feel so lucky to even have this. I got it off of the Russian Children's website before they took it off.Aaden was born on December 19, 2006. He has blond hair and blue eyes and was about 30 inches tall and 20 lbs when we were there in March. He was born premature at 30 weeks so we are quite impressed with how far he has come. He was the sweetest little guy, he came right to us and didn't have a problem at all. He was so close to walking - if you let him hold your little finger he would take off running and he could stand and play with his toys without losing balance. I know when we go back, he will be walking so I guess we'll have to childproof the house now :) We were told to expect him to be a bit delayed so we thought we'd get a few months before we had to do any of that but we are so happy that he is healthy and on par for his age.
Now begins our next wait. We need to get a court date before we can go back to Russia and the average time is about 1-4 months. We will spend about 3 weeks there - going to court to start the finalization, then they'll be a 10 day waiting period, and then Aaden will officially be part of our family! We'll have custody of him only the last few days we are in Russia and then we'll have to run around getting his passports and going to the US Embassy to officially make him a US citizen. It's so exciting to finally be this close and to have met Aaden and know what an amazing little guy we have waiting for us on the other side of all this.
Until then, we are keeping busy trying to get the house ready. We hadn't done anything because we wanted to wait to find out the age & gender so now I'm definately in nesting mode. I hope the wait is short but if not, I think I have plenty to keep me busy for a while! Here's a few more photos we took during our trip (there was a flu epedemic going on so they made us wear those masks):
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3 comments:
I love the pictures! I can't wait to have some playdates this summer with Aaden and Nathan!
Tara
You know, when Aaden reads this, he is going to be so impressed with his parents and what they went through to have him, he will know how loved he really is.
What a lucky little guy he is to have parents like you and Michael.
Love,
Aunt Kathy
Lori:
I love to read your updates so we know what lies ahead when our turn comes to adopt from Russia. I can't wait to read more!!
Christine
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