Court Day

Court went pretty well today, better than we expected. We had an appointment at 9am, but didn't get to see the judge until 9:30 because the orphanage director didn't show up until 20 after. There were 2 jurors, the orphanage director, some other lady and the judge in the room. It was pretty informal, he questioned me first, name, birthday, address, then asked Scott the same questions. Then he asked me what kind of house we lived in, how many bedrooms, the community...we gave him our photo album then, and he asked how much we bought our house for. He was amazed that it was so cheap. Then he asked Scott when our anniversary was....of course he stumbled a little bit, I helped him out with the answer...the judge got a kick out of that, he said all men forget that. They really liked our photo album, they thought that our nieces and nephews were really happy and healthy and cute. Overall it was a great experience, no tension, and we were pretty relaxed after a few minutes. It was over in about 15 minutes, they congratulated us and we left.
So, its official!
We were about 30 minutes late for our date with Kasey, and he was outside with his groupa walking and looking around for his papa and mama. We had a good day today, with only a couple of time outs for throwing stuff. He is making progress everyday on learning new english words.
Our 10-day wait has been extended to 11 days due to a Holiday on the 10th of March. Bummer. So, we get him on the 12th of March, then it's back to Kiev for more paperwork. I don't anticipate leaving until the 20th or 21st??? I'm not positive on the date yet.
Other than that, we miss everyone, and I hope it warms up there soon.

Shannon