We are Aaden's parents! We had court this morning and the judge declared us his parents. Tomorrow starts the 10 day waiting period when they will do all the paperwork and we will pick him up for good on June 2nd.
We got to see him briefly this morning too and he was all smiles :) Although I'm sure he doesn't know who we are yet it sure seemed liked he did. We are looking forward to getting him home and starting our life with him. We're not in a good place to post photos so it will have to wait until Thursday when we are home. Sorry!
Besides all the long travel these past few days, everything else went very smoothly. The medical exams in Moscow yesterday were a breeze. All they did was ask a few questions, listen to our hearts, and check our reflexes. Today, we were in and out of court in about 30 minutes which is very quick we were told. They asked Michael most of the questions so it was even easier for me.
We leave Bryansk tomorrow and will fly home tomorrow night. I promise to post new pictures of Aaden on Thursday.
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March 2008 - When we met Aaden
June 2008 - Our first family photo
using papers and elements from BigBoy by Dana Zarling
Here we go again!
- 10/13/09 - Finish adoptive parenting class - nothing left to do but wait...
- 9/25/09 - All paperwork passed in and we are done!
- 9/22/09 - Officially approved by the agency
- 9/8/09 - Finish homestudy meetings
- 8/18/09 - First homestudy meeting at agency
- 8/3/09 - Drop off paperwork to agency
- 6/7/08 - Home with Aaden
- 6/2/08 - Aaden in our arms forever!
- 5/31/08 - Leave for trip #3 to Russia
- 5/21/08 - Home for the 10 day waiting period
- 5/20/08 - Visit Aaden & court hearing
- 5/17/08 - Leave for trip #2 to Russia
- 5/7/08 - We get THE call. Aaden is ready to come home :) We leave on May 17th for trip #2.
- 4/4/08 - We find out all our paperwork has been submitted to the Bryansk courts and nothing else has been required
- 3/21/08 - We are back home to start the waiting process again.
- 3/19/08 - We petition the court in Russia to start the adoption process of Aaden
- 3/18/08 - We meet our son Aaden for the first time!
- 3/15/08 - We leave for trip #1 to Russia
- 3/12/08 - We get a blind referral to travel to Bryansk in 3 days!
- 2/18/08 - Dossier is moved to Bryansk Region
- 12/5/07 - Find out our dossier has arrived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
- 12/4/07 - Russian Orientation Class to learn about our trip :)
- 11/29/07 - Michael's birthday and our agency got reaccredited!
- 10/29/07 - Dossier is approved by agency and sent off to Russia!
- 10/23/07 - We got our I600A fingerprint approval in the mail!
- 10/10/07 - Finish Russian dossier paperwork & get it all notarized. Now we are just waiting to get the fingerprints back to send it all to be apposilled.
- 10/4/07 - Go into immagration to get our I600A fingerprints for the Russian adoption.
- 9/24/07 - We are on the books for domestic adoption. Hoping and praying we get picked.
- 9/19/07 - Home study is finalized. We are officially approved to be adoptive parents! :)
- 9/18/07 - After talking through it all we decide to double apply to both Russia and the United States, given the current situation.
- 9/12/07 - Find out we can no longer request a girl. We are okay with this but are now worried there are other issues and setbacks with adopting from Russia. Lots to think about!
- 8/21/07 - Start working on Russian dossier paperwork. What a stack of paper!
- 8/20/07 - We completed our final at-home homestudy meeting with Lauren & Michael, Lori, & Ryan.
- 8/14/07 - Our second pre-adopt parenting class & we are done :)
- 8/7/07 - Our first pre-adopt parenting class at agency
- 7/23/07 - Our second homestudy meeting with Lauren & completed Packet "B" of paperwork.
- 7/18/07 - Our first meeting with Lauren.
- 7/10/07 - We are officially assigned our social worker Lauren.
- 6/25/07 - Fill out Packet "A" paperwork & send into agency
- 6/21/07 - Meet with agency for the first time & submitted application
Love at first sight
March 2008 - When we met Aaden
Finally home!
June 2008 - Our first family photo
- Lori & Michael
- We have been married for almost 5 years. Michael has a great 15 year-old son, Ryan, that we love spending time with. Our youngest son, Aaden, came home from Russia in June 2008.
using papers and elements from BigBoy by Dana Zarling
4 comments:
Yipee!!!!!! Oh Lori I am so very very happy for you and Mike too!!!! There are no words to express the joy!!!
Safe travels and I can't wait to see the pictures!!! Congrats Mommy!!!!
Chrissie
Lori:
I've been checking your blog! Glad to see things went smoothly in Russia and you will be on your way home soon. Next trip will be even better because you leave with your new son in your arms!!!
Safe travels
Christine
Congratulations! I'm glad everything went smoothly for you guys for once. I can't wait to see the new pics!
Tara
WOOO HOOOOOO - can't wait to see!!! Congratulations Mommy and Daddy! Does this mean you'll be able to post anything you want now when it comes to pics and such??
Can't wait to catch up.
XOXO
Jackie
taiwanlucy.blogspot.com
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