Possible Court Date!

Only two weeks after meeting Baby Jill, we think we have a court date. It's not definite yet, but we're tentative for July 30th or July 31st. Can you believe it? Talk about F-A-S-T! What a dream situation! Especially, since we're worried about Baby Jill's skin in our absence!

The Russian courts impose a 10 day appeal period and we've selected to return home after court to be with JC & Jacob. This means we make a total of three separate trips to Moscow but it drastically reduces the amount of time spent away from the dudes. This court trip (trip 2) is only 3 nights and our third "pick up" trip will be 7 nights.

Speaking of "pick up trips". More good news! Aunt Jill will travel with me to bring Baby Jill home. Assuming one of these court dates confirm, Jill & I will travel to Moscow on August 9th and return home with Baby Jill on August 16th. Talk about exceeding expectations... August 16th is exactly 4 months and 1 day after signing our contract to adopt with Lighthouse. I absolutely, positively cannot believe how quick Lorien & her team have made this happen! And, it's been very pleasant too!

My sister (Aunt Jill) has always wanted to go to Moscow and I am so excited we'll experience this adventure together. It seems appropriate Aunt Jill be an integral part of bringing her namesake, Anara Jill, home. Of course, that leave four munchkins without mommies for a week but my parents have enthusiastically agreed to help with kid-care so between GG & Grandpa, my favorite babysitters, Lizzie & Amanda, and Tim by night, the kids will have a blast! (Note: Uncle E will be in California during this time otherwise he'd be on night duty as well. Thanks, E for agreeing to let Jill travel with me!) Cannot wait to bring Baby Jill home!

I've put airline reservations "on hold" and we hope to have news of court confirmation before Monday. More to come!