Yippee, court is done and it was a success! The hearing was just under 2 hours and not too difficult at all. It helped a lot that we adopted Oscar from Russia too. The judge and the prosecutor kept referencing our son and our experience. With that being said though, it was still very stressful. It feels great to have it over with!
We did visit Olivia this morning but only for an hour. Plus, the whole time we were with her our translator was reviewing everything with us for court. On top of that, poor Olivia has a bad cold. She had this bright red nose and chapped cheeks. She wasn't the same happy little baby from our first visit. Seeing her sick just makes this next wait even more difficult. We don't know the exact date that we can come back yet. We are going to go back to the orphanage this evening before we have to get back on the train. It will be nice to have time with her with no other distractions. So excited to just get her home!
Woo hoo! Congratulations mommy and daddy! Olivia is a lucky little girl. The 10 days will fly by and she'll be back in your arms forever in no time!
ReplyDeleteHurray! Congrats to you all!
ReplyDeleteCongrats--glad to hear things went well. I too felt at ease when the judge asked us soo many questions about Roman! Yeah, Oscar is a big brother!! Hope that you get some good news about your pick-up trip.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, hope your wait time passes quickly.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Can't wait to see pictures!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on having that stress behind you! Hopefully the next several day will fly by!
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