Been home three weeks. Heard hide nor hair. Thinking about / figuring out how to word an email to our coordinator in Moscow, Jane, to see if we can probe for information. At least figure out status of our paperwork - is it still in Moscow? Is it back in Ekaterinburg? Is it on a judge's desk? Can we find out?

Monday was a holiday. This Sunday is the presidential election. Maybe after that dies down? Losing hope of going in March. Our thoughts are now focusing on early April as travel time. We hope.

Roman turned 9 months today.

My mom says our wait sounds like being the parents of a teenager in college - you can't see him, you can't keep checking up on him, but you wonder constantly what he's doing and going through. :)

We alternate between going about our business... being a little sad... being frustrated... being a little angry... and being a lot sad. Today is sadness for me. Nine months old. Lord, we thought we'd have him by now.

And we wait...