Up before dawn

Wow...what a whirlwind..i thought after a successful first trip to Siberia & back that i'd get some rest time. Just a day after coming back I was knee deep in paperwork updates & new paperwork requirements for the Russian court. After our paperwork is sent in we hope to hear back regarding a court date (trip #2). At court, a judge will review our case & papework, etc. & hopefully grant us custody of "A." We'll be coming home a family of 4!

It was no small task to complete adoption documents while keeping Thomas safe & occupied. Usually i limit DVD time & usually he can have 1 little piece of candy every few days..the last 2 weeks, he's gotten his fill of Bob the Builder DVD's & he got into the Halloween candy which kept him busy for over an hour one day.
Of course i'd trade him for nothing but trying to work on the computer, talk on the phone to confirm/obtain document information, was a bit of a small nightmare. It's not meant that mom is home but mom has her back to you cause she's on the computer all day!

I have missed my normal daily household operations & i've missed spending fun time with thomas & Greg. But that's all going to change soon because we are at the finish line! Greg will take all of our notarized documents to Sacramento to get the state seal & then they're off to our adoption agency & then off to Russia.

I woke up at 5am this morning so i could have some time to myself. There's nothing like right before the sun comes up...it starts me off very grounded. I have a picture of "A" up on my desk so in the midst of my "to do" list i can remember that this is for him. I've never before had to rely on the "baby steps" approach to life as much as i've had to with trip #1 to Russia & this paperwork. It's helpful to trust that if you just keep moving forward, doing as much as you can even in little increments that eventually it gets done! Now, today, it's back to my fun life with Thomas (Greg's been working non-stop it seems)...we'll go visit grandma & have lunch with her, we'll hang out at the park later on, we'll cook up something good to eat & we'll look forward to Greg coming home from work. There's nothing like the joyful sounds of thomas when he hears Greg coming home.