More Paperwork...

...it never ends!  As a matter of fact, it won't end until 3 years after the adoption is finalized!

I woke up feeling like this is the week we will hear (so, we probably won't).  I also knew we had gathered a bunch of documents last summer around the start of the Olympics, which means at the end of next month they would all expire in the eyes of Russian court.  I emailed CHOC to ask about these and she sent me back 7 pages of documents that need redoing.  These are letters from employers and letters of reference about our characters. 

I wanted to make this as easy as possible for those who kindly wrote us letters last year in July.  I retyped them (in case they weren't saved on their computers) word-for-word, only changing ages and time references.  I then emailed each reference their letter and asked for them to print them out, sign them, and mail them to CHOC.  I feel bad hounding people again, but (HAHAHA  just got a text from my sister saying she mailed hers just now!) we need to get these documents gathered in case we need to use them.  Gathering them now is important because they will then have to be sent to be legalized and translated (even though they are almost exactly the same!) and then mailed to our lawyer in Russia.  CHOC says we will gather these and hold off on getting them legalized until we have the court date, because if it is between the 10th and 20th of July we won't need them. 

My cousin pointed out that Murphy's law has been all over this process!  She predicts that the date will be just after August 1st since that is the latest dated document we are redoing.  I figure we won't hear for another two weeks, CHOC will send them off to be legalized, we will pay for that, and then the date will end up being on time and we will scramble to get flights!  Over prepared is still better than not at all and having to wait even longer.

The other couple messaged me today asking if I had heard.  They know we are ahead of them so as soon as we hear they should be hearing too.  He still reminded me that even he was told between the 20th and 25th of July, so that's still not too far away!  Although, Vladmir did say that the next appointments after that time aren't until October! GAH! 

I am REALLY starting to feel antsy about not having a date...and I swear it's been ever since I called it her room upstairs!  THIS is the worst waiting because I have a face, a plan, but no definitive point to look towards!