Tick, Tock...Tick, Tock

A quick check of the calendar confirms that it has been a week since we met Bohdan and Eliana. That day last week goes down as one of the best in our lives, but it will be topped in the weeks ahead when we return to Russia and get to bring these sweet little kids home with us.

All signs are pointing to a trip back sometime in mid December, but we won't know for sure until we get the call. Once the call comes, we'll travel back and go through court proceedings with a Russian judge. Now, I'll go out on a limb here and surmise that most of you reading this have never had to appear before a Russian judge. Suffice it to say, that the reassuring sayings like, "they put their pants on one leg at a time" and "imagine your audience in their underwear" don't really seem to apply here.

Anyway, I never pegged Tom Petty as prophetic, but he hit the nail on the head for us when he wrote: The waiting is the hardest part...Every day you get one more yard...You take it on faith, you take it to the heart...The waiting is the hardest part.

Enough for now. We'll post again when we know something about when we'll travel again. Until then, here are a few more pictures of Bo and Ellie.