The Countdown Has Begun

Today marks 5 days until we meet "K" for the 1st time. We are getting very anxious to say the least! I am hopeful that before we close our eyes to go to sleep tonight, everything will be finished, packed and ready to go!!!
Hold on angel....we are coming very very soon!!!

Gifts for "K"

Thank you so much to Mom Mom, Aunt Kristen and Aunt Sue for sending a wonderful care package of gifts for "K" for us to take with us. These are just a few of the gifts but they have made sure that he will stay nice and warm during the months until we can bring him home to the sunny South!!!! He has also received his "My First Bear" which we hope he can keep in his crib along with the blanket that we have for him.

Travel Dates

We will be leaving on Sat, Sept 26th and will meet "K" for the 1st time on Tuesday, Sept 29th. We are over the moon with excitment!!! If anyone has any travel advice for us, we would love to have it. We will be staying at the Vlad Inn from Monday, Sept 28th until Saturday, Oct 3rd.
We are coming angel.....11 more days until we see your beautiful little face and hold you for the 1st ime!!

THE NEWS WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

We got our referral!!!!! On 9/9/09, We saw the most beautiful eyes of the little angel that we have been waiting for for forever!!!! We have heard from the IA doctor and they have given us the thumbs up! We are awaiting to hear about travel dates. Sleep tight little one - we are coming!!

The Start of a new month

Today starts month 7 since our dossier was registered in Vladivostok. The months seem to fly by but the wait for our referral seems to continue to get longer and longer. We thought we might have some great news to share last month but unfortunately that is not the case. We understand that we are currently #1 on the list with our agency and we hope maybe the wonderful month of August will be our month to get the referral we have been waiting for. Our excitment builds more and more everyday as we patiently wait to see the beautiful little face of our baby!!! We hope our little one is dreaming every night of the day his/her mommy and daddy are coming to get him. Until then, sweet dreams angel.

Might have some news!!!! Look for the next update.

Update

Well it has been a while since we have posted and mostly because we did not really have any new news to share. Today we found out that we are very very close to the top of the list with our agency for a referral. We are really unsure if that means we will be invited to travel in a week, a month or 6 months so at this point, we are being cautiously optomistic. Meanwhile, we are busy trying to get our house ready and our projects done around the house to get ready for a new little one running around. Our poor puppies have no idea what they will be in for, but I am sure Gunner will be thrilled to have a playmate to run around and play with. We have talked about many names and have a few ideas in mind but really know in our hearts that we have to see their beatuiful little face before we can chose a name.
So that's it for now - just wanted to share some happy news. Keep your fingers crossed that we will finally have the wonderful opportunity to see the face of the one we have been longing for sometime very soon.