Update

It has been awhile since I posted; or what feels like a long time (even though it has been less than a week). So I figured I would post a bit.

We are now all set for Katerina to come home. Her room is fully ready to go. The last necessity was a monitor which a friend graciously gave to us as a gift.

We are quite excited. It is hard to believe that the process has moved so quickly (thank you Adopt-A-Child, Inc.). The timing turns out to be great for Kelly and me. Soon our little girl will be home.

She will have to learn what a kitty cat is. And what fish are. And what to do with all the toys in her room but we think she will be okay with all those things. I am sure our cats will grow accustomed to her and love her in time. Although it may be a few years from now when she does not pull on their tails.

For now it is just setting everything up for this visit. The I-600 form. Travel for Katerina back to the USA. Making sure we have everything we need for a child. We are going on a trip, packing for a child we will not have until we get there. Seems weird and exciting and definitely nothing we have ever done before.

And while we are Katerina's legal parents (Momma and Poppa is how we were greeted at the end of the Court hearing), it still has not fully sunk in because she is not with us. I am sure it will sink in that Monday night when she is and we are trying to find out what is wrong when she cries the first time.

Here is to our last, and best, trip to Moscow for awhile.