Paperwork Under Review in Yaroslavl

A quick update of where we are in our paperwork pregnancy: Our registration dossier is in Russia and has been submitted to the Department of Education in Yaroslavl. That means that the translation has been completed and we are under review for approval. We had a small snafu of sorts in that our "original" home study document never made it to Russia with the rest of the documents. We submitted a certified and appostilled copy but yesterday (Friday 11/21) we were notified that the copy was not acceped. We promptly mailed the only "orignal" home study document that exists to CHI; it should be in the mail to Yaroslovl on Wednesday 11/26. Please pray with us that this will meet all of the requirements and be accepted so that we may move forward to the referral stage of the process.

We also received several new documents from Anna, our coordinator with CHI. She has been diligently working on these for the past several weeks to make sure they are in accordance with the Yaroslovl region. So, now we move on to more paperwork... Oh the wonderful world of paper pregnancy. It is a glorious thing! :-)

As we are beginning our Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season we are ever aware that this may be the last Thanksgiving and Christmas with only our Princess. We are so excited to add another member but at the same time want for this one to be so very special and memorable, for next year may be extra special in an entirely different way. Thank you Lord for the countless blessings that we have received so undeservedly from you.