Today, our Child Specific Petition and Power of Attorney forms arrived in the country we’re adopting from. This is the first bit of the paperwork that announces that we’re coming! That we want to adopt Erika and Ilya. Once it is submitted, no other family can try to adopt them internationally, I think. Another family in their own country could still adopt them though. Or they could be pulled into foster care, like Quinn was.
We’ve completed 3/4s of our homestudy. Just one meeting left! So, right now, we are waiting on our passports, waiting on our fingerprinting appointment for immigration and waiting to finish up our homestudy. We’re also looking into loans to get the money we’ll need to complete the adoption.
Does anyone need a cute photo? Hmm… I could always use one…
a moose in moscow 
I don't know if your computer translates for you, but mine will. If not, click on the third blue tab (the one on the far right) on this link and there is a video of your baby girl 🙂 The middle tab has lot's of pictures of her. It is in foreign language, but if you havn't seen it I thought you might like to!http://www.sirotstvy.net/ua/child_needs_family/187.html?pg=15
So does this mean that the children know that you want to adopt them now? How exciting, one step closer!