Documents nearly in Russia!!

Since our last post we have finally got our full adoption dossier completed and notarized in Belfast, then sent off to the FCO office in England to be legalized, then back from the FCO 2 days later with word that 8 of our docs couldn't be legalized, then spent a few days tracking down replacement documents, then back to the notary in Belfast, back to the FCO, back to us and then finally out to our agency in America, phew!!

Our agency will spend a couple of days reviewing our dossier before sending it out to Russia. After their workers in Russia have checked it over we have been told to expect a referral in one to three months, back to patiently waiting....

Keep you posted on any fresh developments!

Philip, Amanda & Leah

Its been a while...

Can't believe its been almost two years since our last blog post!!

Leah is now 4 and starts P1 in only a few weeks, she is doing fantastically well and is just a delight, she has the lovely combination of being a 'girly' girl, into her princess dress's, sparkly shoes, bling, dressing in mummys clothes etc as well as running, jumping, climbing as fast and as high as possible with no fear whatsoever! When people said 'the time will fly', 'they grow up so fast', etc you just nod and agree but don't really believe it! I can actually confirm the time DOES fly and they DO grow up at 100mph right before your eyes...

All the pain, blood, sweat, tears and frustrations of our adoption journey are now far enough in the past that we are well on the way to adoption number two. We decided pretty early on our return from Kazakhstan that we would adopt again and after a couple of years on the waiting list and another exhaustive period of assessment we have finally completed all the paperwork from the UK side and our adoption dossier is almost ready to go out to Russia.

We will hopefully get details of a referral in the next month or so and possibly be out in Russia within the next couple of months, its a three trip process this time and we trust it will run a little smoother than our Kazakhstan experience, (we hope)!!

Will keep you posted, in the meantime I better update the blog with a few pics of Leah.

Philip, Amanda & Leah

Leah with Jacob and Charlie

Leah on the log ride at Disney

Leah and Olivia at the Zoo