Robin here. I am amazed at the patience I have demonstrated over the last ten months of our adoption process. This experience has been so different from our first. Considering what I now know, I am so grateful that our journey to Julia in December of '04 went so smoothly. I think ignorance really is bliss in certain cases.

We initially set out for Russia this time around. But, after five months of uncertainty over accreditation and the future of independent adoptions, we decided to switch to Kaz and go back to the program we already knew and loved. I must say that our coordinator, Alla, did a superb job of moving our dossier along.

And... five weeks ago we thought we would be traveling very soon. But, as Greg previously posted, our dossier is sitting on the desk of a vacationing regional official. Hence, we wait for said official to return and issue our much anticipated LOI so we can finally travel for our daughter.

Poor Julia has been waiting for ten months for a little sister and I have to say that, all in all, she has been very patient. Still, we are all very ready to get this show on the road...