Our Return to Petro; court date

Celia and I have been reinvited to Russia for Kirill's court date, scheduled 12/18/08. This will be our second of three trips to Russia, but a symbolic one. We will be preparing for our meeting with a Russian judge on 12/17, then to court on 12/18. Once the gavel hits the bench, Kirill will be legally our son, in the Russian law's eyes. We still don't understand just how much he knows about what is going on, but he is an amazingly patient boy. His orphanage director has been informing him of where we are all at in the adoption process. He tells us he wants to talk to Camille and Danielle just to say hello.

The upcoming trip is a relatively brief one, intended to make the legal process final. We then return in January for an extended visit, 60% of which is in Petrozovodsk, the remainder in Moscow. We are then all scheduled to come home from Moscow on 12/21/08, for good! Danielle our youngest who is 8, will be going for the entire 2 1/2 weeks with Celia in January. A great experience for everyone.