Top Ten Tips for the First Year of Placement

Top Ten Tips for the First Year of Placement
By Deborah Gray, MSW, MPA

http://www.attach.org/10debgray.pdf

Last Doc done!

The last document that I needed for our Dossier came in the weekend mail! I will photo copy and send them off to my agency for approval! Some 30+ doc's. On our way. Step forward.

"Never Tell me the Odds" Hans Solo

Well now I am quoting "Empire Strikes back"
I was told by my agency that Moscow is closing down for three months! That the Mayor of Moscow has chosen to close down from June-August, I have not seen this posted anywhere and it is not on any website I can find, maybe it was a dream! More like a night mere. I really thought I would be in Russia by now. Well at least be on my way. Paperwork is near done. Just waiting for immigration appointment in a week and a half.

We got our immigration Appointment!!!!!!

In the state of Washington you must mail in your I600A and Homestudy and then they send you your appointment schedule, well today We got our appointment-Wednesday May 6 at noon. 1 day before my birthday! The not so great part was I was hoping to have paper work submitted to Moscow by then, but whatever! I can not control their timeline! So I am pleased to be moving forward! And now I have some time to complete the rest of the paperwork and be on our way! Each step and we are closer to bringing home our baby!
Jules

Happy Easter

So with each holiday passing I think that next time I see this Holiday I will have "her" with us! On days like today she is in are thoughts and prayers and I hope she knows how much we love her.
Just working on the dossier paper work, waiting for immigration to send us an appointment for finger printing,
So Happy Easter!

Very uplifting!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.lshs64.com/enjoytheride.html

Very uplifting!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.lshs64.com/enjoytheride.html

Well 2 steps forward 2 steps sideways!

It does not seem to fail I keep feeling like I never get ahead with this process. Once I think I am done, more things to do! I do not know how anyone does it! I am ready to go, in my mind only, to Moscow and Adopt our little Russian sweetheart! What may make it worse is searching the Russian Data Base, I see you but I can not have you! Then you watch them disappear off the Data base, and puff they are gone! One of these days, soon it will be us in Moscow picking up that very special girl, Samantha. See you soon Baby doll, Mommy loves you dearly, as does Daddy and your 2 bug brothers that talk about you like you are here! XOXO Sweetheart!

SS's Room, my current Favorite room in the house.

Us in our living room.

D1 and M2, one of my all time favorite Pictures of my 2 boys!