Ready, Not Ready, and Waiting

Well, by Saturday we had our flights, Moscow apartment, Kaluga hotel, visa application, crisp and as new looking as possible money, appointment with Dr Togoyev and most of our packing set and ready! Sounds good, hum? Even though I am not known for being organized, neat and tidy, for Diego's trips we had plenty of time to make lots of lists of what to bring, etc, that this time around had helped a lot!

It's funny, two years ago, when we got the "email" (for Diego we didn't get a call), we were asked if we could be in Moscow within a week to meet our son. At that time, both of us were working and we said we needed more time so our date to be at the MOE was moved from January 22th to January 28th. This time, with a child to take care of and coordinate for, we got The Call on January 6 and asked to be in Kaluga to meet the MOE on January 18th. But Russian adoption has changed in such a way that if you "need" more time, then you may risk loosing your referral.

So we could say that we are as ready as possible, except that Diego and I came down with nasty colds/coughs and while his pediatrician said his immune system seems to be fighting it alright, I got antibiotics and cough medicine and I REALLY hope I will be fine by Friday. Man, next week I will be freaking out with the cold and the fear of coming down with something again...

And now we are just waiting... for what? For our visas to arrive on Friday morning, yes, 24 hours before we are planning to depart!!??!! Two years ago, they misspelled Mark's last name and we had to send his passport back, but we had an "extra" week to spare, this time we don't!! Oh well, positive thoughts and lots of prayers for our little baby waiting, for getting back our health, for getting my sweet Diego ready for this, and for the VISAS!!!