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Tuesday our agency called to tell us that all of the paperwork had arrived in St. Petersburg. That means that we were able to redo everything and have it in Russia by the end of June. She then told me that they are now waiting on Moscow's Ministry of Education to send a release letter that states our little one is off of the National Registry of Orphans. This could take up to another two weeks. The court appointment cannot be made until our Russian agency has this letter. It looks like traveling in August may be a little ambitious unfortunately.
Yesterday, JC and I also drove to Charlotte to North Carolina's CIS office to have our fingerprints redone. Our first set expires August 1, 2009. Now we will wait on our amended I-171H form to arrive with the new fingerprint expiration date. This is the form that we have to have in order for Emma to become a US Citizen so it is rather important.

I hope that you all have a very Happy and Safe Fourth of July! After visiting another country recently, this quote really hits home to me:

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."

~Erma Bombeck