Finding A Few Good Markers

This past Spring, we started our adventure to adopt two kids from Russia. After piles of paperwork, a handful of homestudy meetings, talks with other adoptive couples and lots and lots of reading, we now know just enough to be dangerous.

The initial months were wild, but it was all worth it when we received a modest (albeit important) letter from I.N.S. in July. The letter said we were certified to adopt. Yes, we had passed the parenting test. We celebrated our good news and credited our success largely to the fact that the test did not require any math.

As the months passed, we became filled with a sense of excitment and anticipation. In fact, now whenever the phone rings at home, we wonder if this will be "the call". The next phase of our big adventure will come soon and we are looking forward to sharing our journey with you. One way we plan to do so is by posting entries to this site. We will be sporadic at first, but things will pick up once we travel. If we can figure out the technology, we'll even share pictures along the way.

For now, we'll answer the top three questions. 1) We have no real idea yet regarding when we will travel. We are hoping to have referrals for our future little Markers sometime in the coming days/weeks. Once that happens, it will be somewhere between six t0 eight weeks before everything is completed. 2) We are hoping to adopt a little boy and a little girl. Their ages could range anywhere between six months and two years. 3) Yes, Michelle will be heavily sedated before stepping on the plane to Moscow.

We have been overwhelmed by your support. If keeping tabs of our adventure online appeals to you, come back and see what transpires in the weeks ahead. Thanks and God bless.