Grateful to all - preparing for trip #2

hi everyone.. i was just thinking about our next step in this adoption journey. Seems like i was never going to finish round #2 of the paperwork but i've gotten thru the toughest part. We have about 5 documents left that need to be notarized & apostilled (state certified)... So we hope that after the judge reviews all of our documents, he will give us a court date. On the average, we're looking at 3-4 months from the time of our 1st visit (which was end of Oct., beginning of Nov)...so February or March? Well, March is the coldest month of all so wouldn't that be something to go then! It'll be so interesting that we'll take off to Russia a family of 3 & return a family of 4! Hmmm...it's exciting...

On this eve of Thanksgiving.. Greg & I want to thank all of our friends & family again, for the continued support & encouragement given to us during this whole process. We have not felt alone on this journey & are grateful for the continued prayers, donations, cheerleading, practical help like babysitting Thomas, copying documents, etc. We feel so humbled by the interest in our growing family.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!