Merry Christmas

I do not have all my blog friends address so here is a Christmas card to you from Mattie, Jake and Beth.

Still no news from the judge, I do not know what he is waiting for???  But Mattie said it the BEST the other day he asked me if people where your family even if they are far away and I said YES of course they are!!  He really wants to meet his brother NOW.  So hopefully the judges list will not be to long and hopefully I get it soon so I can work on it over my school vacation!!!  

I will keep you all posted

we are still here WAITING

Hello,  Well I talked to Jennifer from WHFC and NO news yet from the Judge maybe tomorrow!!  Mattie and I are getting a little no a lot inpatient waiting to hear from THE JUDGE about what else he wants.  I did get my Dr forms notorized on Friday because the last one expired???  ANd I think my FBI clearance will be here tomorrow I hope because I got a call Fed Ex is coming tomorrow and I am not expecting any thing else unless it is a early xmas gift.  Poor Mattie just wants his brother home now it is getting hard to explain this whole waiting process to a VERY smart 4 year old!  Well I have to get back to baking cookies for Mattie's school bake sale tomorrow, hopefully I get the list from the judge tomorrow I will update when I get the list I promise.

The Judge

     Well I got a email from Svetlana today and she is going to see Jake tomorrow so I should be getting updated information and maybe some pictures YAH!!!!  Also she said ALL my paperwork has made it to the courts so I should be hearing from the judge in the next 2 weeks to see what he wants redone so it is getting closer!!   I can hope to travel before the end of 2009 but not sure if that is possible.  Mattie asks about his brother everyday, he was even ask questions about him at day care so he is READY for his brother to come home!!  

     Mattie's newest thing to ask me is when is his baby sister is coming??  I tell him I just think he will be having a baby brother and he says no he needs a sister to YIKES!!  I  think I have to say no to him for the first time I do not think I can go thru another 2 years of ALL this paper work!!

     SO I am keeping my fingers crossed that the judge only needs a few things redone and I can get the needed documents quickly.  I already sent for an update from the FBI for the fingerprints so one thing started who knows how many more to go???

Still Waiting

Well I am still waiting to hear from the Ekat judge to see what he wants me to redo!!  I hope I hear something soon, Mattie can not wait till his brother comes home.  This weekend Mattie and I went to a Moon Festival party and had a great time.  Thought you would love to see a picture of us from the Festival.  

Happy Birthday Baby Jake

     Happy 2nd Birthday baby Jake!!  Mama's last bit of paper work was sent to Russia today.  Your big brother can not wait for you to get home, he talks about you everyday!!

     This is one of my favorite pictures of Jake.  He is wearing the shirt we sent him, and Mattie picked out the Pooh Bear to send him.

DONE Yes DONE for now!!

     Ok August was VERY busy for us.  Finished all my Doctor appointments, went to CA for Sandra and Eric's wedding and YES Mattie was the cutest ring barrier and back to school for me. Mattie turned 4 , and now sits in a booster seat he is so proud of himself.  And when talking to him about his brother Jake he gets very excited and DO NOT say to him he is going to be a big brother because he will CORRECT you and say he is ALREADY a big brother.  He can not wait for Jake to come home every time we do something he says " I wish Jake was here".  He also says he wants to go to Russia NOW and steal baby Jake and bring him home he is sick of waiting for the judge, as am I but I tell him we need to wait and have patience!!

     So now it is September!!  Well I finally was able to get ALL the Dr's notorized which was not an easy feet.  Today I went to Fallriver to finish getting things appostiled again not as easy as it sounds but I did not leave Fall River  till every thing was correctly notorized and appostilized, thank goodness I have wonderful 1 to 1 aides in my class to cover my room this morning.  OK and after work I was off to Waltham to WHFC to drop off my last documents.  So now all my 40 or so documents are in Russia or on there way to be translated then off to the judge to look over.  So now it is back to waiting I hope the judge sends me a short list to redue but who knows.

     Lucky for Mattie and I we did receive some more updated photos of Jake.  He looks great and he received the cloths and stuff animal of Pooh bear Mattie sent him which made Mattie's day.  

So Close and yet so far

     Here is Jake.  Sytlana emailed me some updated pictures and Mattie and I were VERY excited!!  We are not sure what he is eating??  But we know it is not Papa Gino's Pizza!!  I know I am not a great cook but I hope I can do a little better then that?!?!?!  WOW it has been 3 months since I first meet Jake and I hope he is home with us soon.
     Well all the paper work is DONE and APOSTILED except one more Dr Apt next Tuesday and Mattie's Birth Certificate which has been a night mare to get and still have not received it!!  That is another LONG story for another day or blog.

     I have a meeting at WHFC on Monday and will hand in all the paperwork I have done and they will be sending it to Ekat to get translated so YAH some progress.  

     I sent a care package over to Jake with a family and I know he received it and I have another one on the way with another family so Mattie is excited about sending things to his brother.

     Oh and Mattie does not want to be called a little boy any more he wants to be called "Big Brother"  and since he is a big brother he does not know WHY he needs to sit in a car seat.  Oh yes I am in trouble with him.