Timing update

We submitted our final packet of paperwork to AAI to be sent to Russia to petition the court for a court date.

I asked Kris Burow (our new Adoption Agent, since Alla resigned) when she thought our court date might be.  She said, optimistically, in April.  Dimitri (Minister of Education) has to gather paperwork on the children from the children's home and put it together with our information, and then it is reviewed for a court date.

Also, a new regulation came out with that changed the waiting period from 10-14 days to 30 days.  It's unfortunate that this happened right at the tail end of our process, but it is what it is.

• http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=notices&alert_notice_file=russia_3

So, if we have our court date sometime in April (optimistically), we can bring them home sometime in May.

Thanks for all your support.