Attached is a picture of our new family member (Drew) taken about 5 minutes after we accepted our referral and started the next step in our process.Thursday, May 31, 2007
Picture of the new family member
Attached is a picture of our new family member (Drew) taken about 5 minutes after we accepted our referral and started the next step in our process.
More from Nizhniy Novgorod (April 4-6)
We were told today (surprisingly) that we had to decide what Kirill's new name would be, so they could file necessary paperwork.So, here it is.....Drew. We both really like the name Drew and Michael's Mother's maiden name was **** as was his Brother's middle name. So, there you have it! We've been practicing all the things we say to Liam, but swapping the name with Drew I.e. "..and you may not have those fruit snacks until you go potty, Drew" or " Drew, listen to my words.". We're having fun with it. :-) We had another 1 hour visit with him today. He was very interactive and loved the toys we brought. He loved chewing on everything. We took lots of pics, but we don't have a cable connector to download them.Anyway, were fading as it"s 9:30pm here and you know how we like to be asleep by 8:30pm. :-). We'll give more updates as it comes.
Take care.
Xo
Take care.
Xo
Trip #1 to Niznhiy Novgorod
Hello to All!
We arrived safe and sound on Monday night at midnight (CA time about 1pm). Although the planes were quite full on both the flight to Frankfurt and to Nizhniy, they were uneventful. We tried to sleep, but it was a long flight and coach just isn’t as comfy as I imagine business/first class might have been. None the less, we survived!
On Tuesday, we slept until about 1pm (with the exception of getting up very early to call our little bug at home). We ventured out and about in the City Center of Nizhniy Novgorod. The city sits at the confluence of the Olga and Volka rivers, which is very pretty. It is still Winter here, although no snow, so the trees are void of any leaves. It’s been fairly sunny, which has been nice. We wandered around a pedestrian shopping area for awhile and did quite a bit of people watching. The women were all so put together and the men all looked like spys. J
Today, Wednesday, we went to the Ministry of Education where they actually assign you the “referral” of a child. They were surprised when Michael walked in because the woman who worked at the MoE prepared paperwork for our child, but used the name of a single woman who was to come the following week for a different child. The woman at the MoE probably thought Michael was my body guard! Anyway, she gave us the limited information about Kirill Poliakov, born May 16, 2006, in the city of Dzerzhinsk. They had no medical information of any value, so away we went with our driver, interpreter, agency representative and international adoption pediatrician all crammed in a mini van (our fav!), which did not resemble our luxury Sienna. You can imagine our surprise when we had to stop for the “inspector”. Where would she sit? Pretty funny. Anyway, the inspector is like a social worker and her purpose is to observe us with the child during the visit. I think she will attend with us at our court date to talk with the Judge about our visit.
So, we arrived at the baby house, as they call it, around 12 noon. We are taken into an office where the Director of the home works. We received a large amount of information about Kirill’s birth Mother, Father and his medical info since birth. We had a few reasons to be concerned about the child’s health prior to getting there and by the end of the download our IA doctor was not concerned about any health issues other than he was a premie, but his head, height and weight were all at acceptable levels. Then I saw Michael’s facial expression changed and I realized they had just brought in Kirill. I turned around and the baby house doctor was holding him. She passed him to me and his lip quivered…he wasn’t so sure I was ok to go to. But, he was ok with me and didn’t cry at all. He was a little bit slow to warm up, but then he got into the toys and was very interactive, grabbing toys and passing back and forth from hand to hand or sticking in his mouth.
Kirill has very little hair all of which is blond. He has blue eyes and little ears that poke out. He was very happy about 20 minutes into our visit and was enjoying his time with Michael especially when he threw him up in the air!
Once the IA doctor was done with her physical (they strip the baby down and check him out head to toe), she pronounced he was without any medical issues and the only risk she saw was that he was a premie, but that she thought that was minimal. She thought he would overcome any motor skill issues if he had any at all. So, while she can’t tell us he is healthy for now and forever more, she thought he looked very healthy based on his medical history and what she could see during her physical.
SO, WE ACCEPTED KIRLL AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY! Congratulations to Grandmas and Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles and cousins. And, make room in the ‘hood Neighbors…there will be a new kid in town this Summer!
Anyway, we will go back and see Kirill tomorrow for a few hours and again, hopefully, on Friday. And, because we were so lucky in finding him, Liz will be heading home on Saturday and looking forward to spending Easter with our 4-year old baby. J Michael will return on Sunday.
Thanks to everyone for all of your support. Each of you as helped us in different ways to get to this point in the process. We appreciate all of you and look forward to coming home for good this Summer with our baby. BTW, we will be changing his name, so stay tuned…
Lots of Love,
Michael and Liz
xo
We arrived safe and sound on Monday night at midnight (CA time about 1pm). Although the planes were quite full on both the flight to Frankfurt and to Nizhniy, they were uneventful. We tried to sleep, but it was a long flight and coach just isn’t as comfy as I imagine business/first class might have been. None the less, we survived!
On Tuesday, we slept until about 1pm (with the exception of getting up very early to call our little bug at home). We ventured out and about in the City Center of Nizhniy Novgorod. The city sits at the confluence of the Olga and Volka rivers, which is very pretty. It is still Winter here, although no snow, so the trees are void of any leaves. It’s been fairly sunny, which has been nice. We wandered around a pedestrian shopping area for awhile and did quite a bit of people watching. The women were all so put together and the men all looked like spys. J
Today, Wednesday, we went to the Ministry of Education where they actually assign you the “referral” of a child. They were surprised when Michael walked in because the woman who worked at the MoE prepared paperwork for our child, but used the name of a single woman who was to come the following week for a different child. The woman at the MoE probably thought Michael was my body guard! Anyway, she gave us the limited information about Kirill Poliakov, born May 16, 2006, in the city of Dzerzhinsk. They had no medical information of any value, so away we went with our driver, interpreter, agency representative and international adoption pediatrician all crammed in a mini van (our fav!), which did not resemble our luxury Sienna. You can imagine our surprise when we had to stop for the “inspector”. Where would she sit? Pretty funny. Anyway, the inspector is like a social worker and her purpose is to observe us with the child during the visit. I think she will attend with us at our court date to talk with the Judge about our visit.
So, we arrived at the baby house, as they call it, around 12 noon. We are taken into an office where the Director of the home works. We received a large amount of information about Kirill’s birth Mother, Father and his medical info since birth. We had a few reasons to be concerned about the child’s health prior to getting there and by the end of the download our IA doctor was not concerned about any health issues other than he was a premie, but his head, height and weight were all at acceptable levels. Then I saw Michael’s facial expression changed and I realized they had just brought in Kirill. I turned around and the baby house doctor was holding him. She passed him to me and his lip quivered…he wasn’t so sure I was ok to go to. But, he was ok with me and didn’t cry at all. He was a little bit slow to warm up, but then he got into the toys and was very interactive, grabbing toys and passing back and forth from hand to hand or sticking in his mouth.
Kirill has very little hair all of which is blond. He has blue eyes and little ears that poke out. He was very happy about 20 minutes into our visit and was enjoying his time with Michael especially when he threw him up in the air!
Once the IA doctor was done with her physical (they strip the baby down and check him out head to toe), she pronounced he was without any medical issues and the only risk she saw was that he was a premie, but that she thought that was minimal. She thought he would overcome any motor skill issues if he had any at all. So, while she can’t tell us he is healthy for now and forever more, she thought he looked very healthy based on his medical history and what she could see during her physical.
SO, WE ACCEPTED KIRLL AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY! Congratulations to Grandmas and Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles and cousins. And, make room in the ‘hood Neighbors…there will be a new kid in town this Summer!
Anyway, we will go back and see Kirill tomorrow for a few hours and again, hopefully, on Friday. And, because we were so lucky in finding him, Liz will be heading home on Saturday and looking forward to spending Easter with our 4-year old baby. J Michael will return on Sunday.
Thanks to everyone for all of your support. Each of you as helped us in different ways to get to this point in the process. We appreciate all of you and look forward to coming home for good this Summer with our baby. BTW, we will be changing his name, so stay tuned…
Lots of Love,
Michael and Liz
xo
Adoption Process
We began the adoption process in early October, 2006 and had our home study and all adoption paperwork completed by early December. It's amazing how time flies because I thought we were moving very quicky, but it still took 3 whole months to get it done.
In late December, our adoption agency translated and notarized all docs and sent our dossier to Russia the first week of January.
Then, we sat and waited and waited until the middle of March, when we received "the call" that we were heading to Russia on April 1st and would meet our referral on April 4th. We were excited and stressed all at the same time. So much to do to get the house in order and ready for our departure!
In late December, our adoption agency translated and notarized all docs and sent our dossier to Russia the first week of January.
Then, we sat and waited and waited until the middle of March, when we received "the call" that we were heading to Russia on April 1st and would meet our referral on April 4th. We were excited and stressed all at the same time. So much to do to get the house in order and ready for our departure!
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