Delays

Yesterday I thought- Oh my god, we are leaving on Saturday. I will be in Russia for a Month. I have so much to day. So excited. Wow- what a difference a day makes….and what a let down!!!!!!

Today I find out we are delayed. Our coordinator has been working hard on our behalf in Russia. She was supposed to meet with the judge go over the documents (some of which we frantically got together in the last moments before the new year!) to hopefully set our court date. I have been waiting patiently all week . The judge just got back from vacation on Jan 12^th. We had a tentative date of January 21^st for court. I was trying to not get my hopes up but I just don't think I can wait anymore. I know there are families who have waited longer than we have. One family I follow the blog of waited 7 months. 2 families they know waited 11 and 13 months in between trips. We are only on 1 month wait but it still feels like forever already! I don't think I can wait any longer. This is just too hard. I want my babies. The longer this process goes on the harder the transition will be for them. Don't they understand? Why does everything have to be so hard? I just want my babies.

The judge is now asking for more documents. We had to go through an FBI check to finalize our official home study. USCIS/Homeland security also does an FBI check before we are official approved to adopt internationally. Both of which were done over the summer. Seems that the judge wants yet one more new check… like as soon as we finished the FBI check we went out on a crime spree! Give me a break!

The Judge is also asking for some sort of letter verifying the truth and accuracy of all of the official documents that we submitted like all the doctors licenses, CPA license, I171H etc. Thing is that these already have true and accurate statements attached to them signed by the specific person. i.e. the CPA said this is a true copy of my CPA license. But that seems it is not good enough for the judge. It would have to be re-done for at least 8 documents’. Of course 3 copies of each notarized and appostilled! She wants a notary or someone else official to verify the original document. Again, ridiculous!!!!!!!

If I weren’t so sad, upset, and pissed off I’d have to laugh at this situation. Hopefully once the girls are home we can do that. How ridiculous are these things they want from us. Lulu told me one family was asked for GPS coordinates to their house!?!? What? Why? Is that the weirdest request a Judge has made? I bet not. I’d love to hear from other Russian adoptive families to see what is the most ludicrous requests have been.