Announcement!

For those who don't know, Heather and I have decided to adopt from Russia. We began the process a few months ago, mostly just paperwork, but wanted to wait until now to say anything just in case something changed. We're going to try to keep this updated so you can follow along. There might not be lots of posts as right now there is more waiting than doing, but we'll keep you as up-to-date as we can.
A 'brief' summary of things up to now ...

Early into the year we made a decision to look into adopting. After doing some research into the process and agencies to work with, we attended an information meeting with the agency we ended up working with. We sent in an initial form to start the process and then got the next round of paperwork in April. It was quite a bit of paperwork, so we took our time completing it and sent the packet off on June 9. The next step was to attend a mandatory pre-adoption class, which we attended June 13. After completion of the class, we waited to have a social worker assigned to us for our home study. The social worker called relatively quickly and asked if the first of two meetings could be the following day (Thursday, June 26). We happily agreed. We certainly didn't mind doing it sooner than later. We had our second and final portion of the process, which took place at our home, this Monday.

Now we wait for home study approval. Once we receive that, we will be assigned a region and getting the paperwork for the region.
Hopefully it will all go smoothly.