Welcome to our new blog. The purpose of this blog is to allow our family and friends to follow along with us, as we adopt our first baby. It is also to keep in touch with friends who are also adopting children at this time. More about that in a later post.
Since we’ve decided to adopt internationally, the process is much more complex than the traditional adoption, (which is not simple in it’s own right). We must juggle endless mounds of paperwork for both the US and Russian governments. Generally this process takes about one year to complete. In other words, without complications, it will be about 9 - 12 months between starting the paperwork and acutally bringing our baby home. To make this process go as smoothly as possible, we will choose an US adoption agency that is accredited in Russia for international adoption.
We have a lot to learn about adoption, agencies, Russia, babies, etc… stay tuned as we keep you "posted."
ps - A special thank you to my friend, Elle, for all her hard work on the blog design - Isn’t it great?!
Looks great!!! Oh wait… I did it. Glad you like the design.
Comment by elle — February 6, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
Nice site! Good luck on your adoption journey. We started our paper work in Oct. 2005 and are currently waiting on our referral.
Comment by Dede — February 7, 2007 @ 12:36 am
Thanks for your comment on my blog - nice to finally meet you. I look forward to hearing about your journey. I will link you as well.
And the site… another great Elle creation!
Comment by Tricia — February 7, 2007 @ 5:28 am