We have arrived in Amsterdam

Het goodmorning mede bloggers...Goodmorning fellow bloggers!
We have arrived in Amsterdam. It is now 2 am eastern standard time and 8 am here. We have another hour till we board our flight to Moscow. We had a great flight to the Netherlands...one more flight to go for today. About a 3.5 hour flight to Moscow and a few time zones. Below is our itinerary while we are in Russia for the next couple of weeks.

A few photos of from the plane, Barbara, David and Mom a.k.a. Gramie Bunny.




09/04/2007 Depart from the US for Moscow
09/05/2007 arrive in Moscow
09/06/2007 Depart for Kemerovo around 10 pm.
09/07/2007 Arrive in region around 6-7 am. Visit Maksim at the orphanage today.
09/08-09/09 Down time for weekend - Hopefully, we can also visit Maksim during this time.
09/10/2007 Court date
09/11/2007 – 09/12/2007 Spend time in Kemerovo while Maksim's paperwork is being finished
09/13/07 Return to Moscow (if we get the 10 day waiting period we wouldn’t return to Moscow until approx 09/25)
09/14/2007 - Have the Embassy doctor examine the child and submit documents to the US Embassy.
09/15/2007-09/16/2007 Down time for weekend
09/17/2007 – US Embassy interview
09/18/2007 – Submit documentation to Register with the Russian Consulate
09/19/2007 - Pickup registration at the Russian consulate
09/19/2007 - Return home with our son! (Or October 2 if we get the 10 day waiting period in Kemerovo.)

Hopefully, all goes well with the judge in court and we can forgo the ten day waiting period.

Some days it will be difficult to have internet access, but we will do our best to post things as they happen. Thanks Grace, Sue, and Sherry for looking after our other 2 babies and Thank you Scott and Jenny for helping out with the house! **Happy Birthday Kathy! Have a wonderful day everyone!