It is official!!!!!

We did it. We are now officially the parents of Baby B. As we expected the judge did not waive the 10 day waiting period. We are planning to return to St. Pete on March 16, start his paperwork on March 17 and take him out of the baby home on March 18. We will eventually make our way to Moscow most likely on the 20th until March 25.

As you can all imagine we are very excited. We can’t wait to get him home! We’ve waited a long time for this, starting with the fertility treatment, preparing and waiting for 2 years to go to China, then waiting a little less than a year to bring us to this point. It’s funny how sitting here today the waiting doesn’t seem that it was that long. I guess it is like what they say about child birth—you forget the pain. Well we forgot the pain and frustration of the waiting process and when we were greeted with those big cheeks with dimples today we felt even better!

We spent about 3 hours with him today. He is getting a lot more confident with walking and even did a fast walk today. He was very generous with his hugs for his daddy. It is amazing how quickly he has bonded with John. I felt very honored that at the end of our second visit today he threw himself on me for a hug. It made my year!!

We will be home by late tomorrow evening and back to work on Thursday. We will be very busy this weekend finishing the baby proofing of the house. This has been the most excited time of our lives!!

Paka!
Jodi