For those of you who are not familiar with the adoption process here is a summary of what will be happening in the next few months. We will make 3 trips to Moscow. On the first trip, which is the end of the month.....we will meet the child at the orphanage, have an International Adoption doctor come with us to the orphanage to review medical records and examine the child, and then we will sign papers to formally accept the child. On the second trip, which is usually about 8 weeks after the first trip, we will go to court. After the court date we will return home and about 3 1/2 weeks later return to Russia to take the child home. Why can't we just take the child home after court? That would make a lot of sense.....but it is not the way things work in Russia.......there is SO much paperwork involved! So, we go with the flow and hope that everything goes smoothly.