FINALLY

Yesterday, we were able to register our adoption documents with the regional court here in Ivanovo. The lady was SUPER nice to us and pleased with our Russian skills. For 5 days we tried to get a document notarized -- Murphy's Law. Finally we got the document notarized -- Chris was so proud because he noticed a Russian gramatical error!!! We have 2 more documents to take back to the judge and then we wait some more. Hopefully, sometime in August, we will have to new little ones in our family!

Last week we bought the kids stuffed animals -- they loved them and buried their faces in the softness of the animal. Andrew carried his for a long time. Then tried to steal Natasha's from her. Not a pretty sight -- Natasha has learned how to scream -- really a high pitched scream!