We’re still waiting to hear the results of the first court hearing for Kristine’s case and have heard little since we were originally told we’d have to wait. Our attorney is now working on many adoption cases so she’s very busy and it seems at times that her nerves are worn thin as well. She is also expecting a baby in a couple of months, so she may not be feeling well either. Rob and I couldn’t help but get a little annoyed when we emailed her a couple of questions about our case and she replied that she’s not an “information office.” We just have to remind ourselves that there is a language barrier and that just might have been her way of saying she didn’t know the answers to our questions. We’re not going to take anything personally. We know she is doing what she can to help us. It’s just frustrating because it almost feels like our case has gotten pushed aside and maybe it has only because there’s nothing anyone can do right now until the first orphan court in Kristine's relatives' region has ruled on her case.
We're trying to stay positive while we wait and to focus on the good side of things. We’re able to live vicariously through the experiences of the other families who are traveling now. They've been able to share some great information with us about their trips to Latvia. It will only help us to be as prepared as possible when our turn comes. One family who is already home from their first trip got to bring their little girl home to stay with them in the U.S. between court visits. We had planned to ask the court to let us do that with Kristine so that gives us hope that we will be able to bring her home after our first trip as well. Our dream is to have Kristine with us by Christmas. We’ve also requested to have Olegs come for a visit again during the Christmas hosting so there is a chance we’ll have both kids with us for Christmas. We’re trying not to get our hopes up too high just in case it doesn’t happen though.
We talked to Kristine this past weekend and she sounded great and was acting silly. She was giggling and chomping on an apple the whole time. Down the road we’ll have to explain to her that it isn’t polite to talk with your mouth full but that’s for another day. LOL! Right now, we'd give anything to have her here spilling her drinks at the table and talking with her mouth full. LOL! She asked us again when we’re coming to Latvia and we told her we’re still waiting for the government to give us permission. We have been told that she may be going back to her children’s home soon. I hope that happens because she really misses her friends there. We're just thankful we've been able to call her regularly while she's been at this other facility.
We haven’t talked to Olegs yet this week because he’s been away each time we’ve called. After calling a few times, we finally got someone on the phone who spoke English and explained that Olegs is away for the week and will be back next Monday. It turns out that this week is the kids’ autumn break so they are out of school. We will look forward to talking to Olegs when he gets back.
It was at the beginning of this month that our attorney told us we'd have to wait a month to hear how the first court rules on our case. The month is now almost up so we hope to hear something very soon. Rob and I will be able to breathe a sigh of relief once we get official word that the first court has ruled in our favor. In the meantime, about all we can do is wait and pray.
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