Russia's local government requested an amendment to the court decision.  George (facilitator in Kiev) has done it, judge requested  at least several days for this amendment to become "in power" (sort of a short after-court waiting period), which will be done next week, then we will send it to Russia.  I hope this will be Russia's final request and if so - the new birth certificate will be ready in Russia in 2 weeks, by the time it gets to Kerch - about one more week.  So we should probably be ready to travel towards the end of February, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH RUSSIA!

We have been able to talk with the children the past couple of Sundays. Larissa (our adoption facilitator) does a three way call and translates for us. It is great to hear their voices again. The first question they always ask is, " when are you going to come and get me?" Ray (Pavel) says he is ready to come home now. It has been a long wait for all of us.

We are keeping busy working on the house. There is always something to do. We hope to get the new bathroom working before the 3 new additions to the family arrive. 6 people and 2 bathrooms may get a little interesting at times. We have been shopping and trying to get enough things for them to make their rooms look lived in without buying too much. We want them to be able to pick out what they like.

We are waiting for the call...