I guess it can be good when things aren’t going your way because that means one of these days things have to turn around. Today was one of those days. This afternoon we got emails from both Ilga (the hosting chaperone) and Agnese (our attorney) to let us know that the first orphan court ruling is in…(drumroll please….). That court has denied Kristine’s relatives’ request for guardianship so they will not be allowed to take Kristine. HALLELUJAH!!! This clears the way for the process to officially match us with Kristine as her adoptive parents. It’s like finally the obstacles in our path are starting to crumble away. Talk about a HUGE weight being lifted. We had no idea how the court would rule, so we didn’t even want to start getting Kristine’s room ready just in case. Now we can go buy the pink paint to start fixing up her princess room.
Even though we've received word of the orphan court's ruling, our attorney later told us that our case is still moving very slowly. We’re not sure if that’s because of the slow court system or because our attorney is now working on so many cases at once and is too busy. We’ve done our best to be patient but now that things seem to be moving forward, we want to keep that momentum going. We really don’t know when to expect to travel. We could get an email any day with new court dates or it could be weeks more. We have no idea and our attorney has been slow with information since she’s so busy.
We are also excited to report that we will be allowed to host Olegs at Christmas. So that means if we travel to Latvia and bring Kristine back before then, we’ll have both kids with us at Christmas!! One possible problem would be if our travel dates are postponed until mid December. We would hate to be in Latvia getting Kristine while Olegs is here for Christmas. We’ll have to cross that bridge when it gets closer. We’re hoping that won’t be an issue. In the meantime, we’re just so excited that we’ll get to see our kids soon. YIPPEE!!
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