It's tough because there's just not a whole lot to post about right now. Of course, this will all change once the process really gets moving forward. We are waiting for the home study paperwork to go to our agency. I'm finalizing all of the Russian Dossier documents and will have the apostilled in the near future. In case you have the desire to know....apostille means we have to bring them to a government agency in Georgia which is responsible for the notaries in the state. The agency will check all of the documents notarized in our packet and provide a document which says they are official. Basically, it's a check of the notary process. Russia requires ALL documents be notarized AND apostilled. We were lucky that we have someone who has done almost all the notary work at no cost. I did buy her flowers as a thank you. The apostille is pretty reasonable in GA and costs $2 a document. Some states charge as much as $20 per document from what I've heard. You end up needing about 30 documents apostilled so it can get very costly!
While we're in this wait period life is moving forward. The kids are in school and I'm real busy with work. We know the process will take time and we are being very patient. I promise when something significant occurs I will post and I may even post if nothing at all has happened so you don't think I've forgotten about you!
Thanks for all your well wishes,
Kimberly
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Kimberly, thanks for the update. I come over here to see how the process is going and I am really interested in seeing how long it takes, costs, etc. I have a friend that is adopting her 4th child from China next month (a little boy) and I am excited for them as well as for you.
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