Welcome Home Tennyson!

We finally made it home.  I did not have access to wi-fi in Moscow so I couldn't upload a picture until today.  We were suppose to be home last night, but we missed our connecting flight in Washington DC.  We had to stay in yet another hotel but at least it was a decent one - Hilton.  We went to bed last night at 8:30 PM so we could get up at 3:00 AM to catch our 6:30 AM flight.  I finally got home this morning around 9:15 AM.  I was so glad to be home.  However, now the exhaustion has hit me.  Everything is going great with Tennyson except he is super scared of my dogs.  He doesn't want them near him.  I am hoping that time will help.  I have already found out that the Cartoon Network helps.

Thank you everyone for following this blog through my journey to find Tennyson, and for all of the kind words and support.  I feel so fortunate to have found him.  We are now a family!

Rachelle

Back in the USSR! Oops, I mean the Russian Federation

Today was another beautiful day in St. Petersburg.  We have been busy seeing the sites.  We do not get to pick up Tennyson until Tuesday morning, so in the meantime we are just seeing everything we can.  Today we went to Peterhof.  It was one of the Palaces of Peter the Great.  It has fountains everywhere and is absolutely amazing.  It was very peaceful, but very expensive.  We are finding that we need to be frugal because there are so many tours we can take that we will run out of money if we aren't mindful of what we are spending.  There are still a lot of places to see, but we have 3 more full days to see them.  We are getting anxious for some Tex Mex, but know that we won't get any until we get home.

On Wednesday I received Tennyson's Birth Certificate and yesterday we went and applied for his Russian Passport.  We will get the passport next Wednesday right before we go to Moscow.

I hope everyone out there in blogging land are doing well.  Catch up soon!

Much Better!

Thank you all for your kind words.  I had to return to the ER early Monday morning but I think they gave me the good stuff because I finally started feeling better around 1PM and could make the decision to come to Russia.  That's right, I made it.  We landed a few hours ago and I am so happy it worked out.  I improved a lot on the plane which is a miracle in itself and felt pretty normal by the time we got here other than being exhausted.  So I don't have any other news.  It is late here so I am going to go to bed and make sure my road to recovery continues.  I will update later in ther week.

Chow!

Rachelle

UGH!

I am heading back to Russia tomorrow evening and I have been super sick all weekend.  I went to the ER yesterday and I had to get IV fluids because of dehydration and very low sodium.  It was a short term fix.  I keep spiking a fever and feel awful.  I had huge plans for the weekend.  I had so many last minute things that I needed to get done and did not get anything done.  It is very frustrating.  My last weekend to be at home alone and I was totally unproductive.

Ok, enough complaining.  I get to go and get my son tomorrow.  Very Exciting!

Back Home

We are back home after a loooooooooooonnnnnngggggg day and a half of flying.  Yep we had an early flight out of St. Pete and a long layover in Frankfurt.  The fact that we were able to hang out in the Lufthansa lounge made the layover much better than it would have been.

Today is catch up day.  Thank you all for the sweet words of congratulations.  I have never been so excited about anything in my life.  Just one week from tomorrow I will be flying back to Russia to get Tennyson.

I'm a Mom!!!!!

I am still in St. Petersburg on my second trip.  I am leaving shortly to catch the plane home.  This trip was great.  My petition was approved for adoption.  I will be coming back to Russia on June 7th to pick up my son.  I don't have pictures to put up just yet.  That probably won't happen until I return and get him.  I still respect the Russia laws of not sharing information about him until he is in my arms for good.

I have 3 great visits with him this trip and we really started to bond.  We played in the Orphanage playground and had a lot of fun.  He is a big healthy boy and I feel so fortuntate.

Well I gotta go and catch a plane.  Cheers!

Thank You

Thank you for the well wishes.  I have had three times the amount of time to get ready for this trip, but I keep thinking I am forgetting something.  I have checked my lists and I seem to have everything.  I think I am better in crisis mode.