The Waiting Game (Part II)

Jeff and I have been keeping very, very busy. We had a wonderful Christmas and great New Year Day. We have been working very hard on Tyler’s nursery and have attached pictures below. We picked an airplane theme and truly have enjoyed the process. Tyler’s Aunt Lisa helped with the artwork and the grandparents bought our awesome nursery furniture. This week is the start of the official waiting for "THE second CALL". We are expecting a call from our agency sometime this week letting us know that we have a court date that we expect to be sometime in early February. The agency tries to give you 10 – 14 days notice, however, we need to go out at least four days early for a medical exam and to visit with Tyler before court. So, we may only get7-10 days notice beofre we have to leave. We have booked an apartment for most of February just in case. We are ready!!

Once we go to court, we start a ten day waiting period. At the end of the 10 days, the adoption decree is final. We will get an adoption certificate and a new birth certificate with Tyler's name on it. We will spend spend four or five business days in Moscow getting Tyler a Russian passport, registering him with the consulate, getting a medical exam and a permanent US immigration visa from the US Embassy. After all that, we can board our flight home. Once we
land here, Tyler will be a US citizen.

Our total stay in Moscow will be 20-25 days. We are very anxious to go back and bring Tyler home. Right now we just pray that Tyler is doing well and that we get a call with our court date.

We areready to start updating on a regular basis so stay tuned for the expected good news on our court date!


Maria and Jeff