Our Feelings

Now that it has been nearly a week since we first learned that we had a referral of an adorable little girl waiting for us to take home, we are as excited as we were then, possibly more. We wish she could be home tomorrow.

We will have to travel to Moscow three times in the next three months or so. While we are excited to see Moscow and the impressive tourist sites within Moscow, we still just wish it were over and she was home. We have not been given our first travel date yet. It will either be the week before Christmas or about the week of January 11, 2010. Travel dates are the next anxious thing for us.

We are also still awaiting USCIS approval as well. This is not needed until the second travel date. We were denied because the Home Study did not include a simple sentence saying our house was within the statute in our home state of Connecticut. It has been rectified so we expect the approval in the next couple of weeks.

Now we are trying to learn how to be parents. Well not really, but we are trying to learn as much as possible as to what children in this age bracket eat and play with; about car seats, strollers, etc. There is so much to learn about this stuff. It is scary becoming a parent for the first time. To have a little girl's well being in our hands. It is our job to give her everything she needs and hopefully more.

I think we will do fine but it is still unnerving while being incredibly exciting!