Day one Part one

Well, today seems like the longest day ever. I didn't really sleep that much on any of the flights so I feel like I have been awake since Saturday morning. We arrived in Tomsk at 645 this morning greeted by our coordinator and driver. We found out our translator who we had last time would not be here this time, kinda bummed. After getting to the hotel and having just enough time to take a shower an change clothes we set off on a whirlwind of doctor visits. We saw 8 specialists, had to get blood taken at two different locations and had chest x-rays at yet another place. I still wonder why we had done all of this like 3 weeks ago back home, but oh well. Now its time for a nap until 315 or 330 and then off to see our boy. Maybe that post will include some pics :).

Food update: Some beef jerky from Laura and a "cup noodles" (no, there is no "of").

Airport!

Well we are sitting at the LAX airport waiting for our flight to board. We breathed a sigh of releif when we got through security, but realized we have to go through security at least 4 more times before this is all over.but I guess we just have to be happy with every step forward.In 26 hours we will be in Tomsk. Can't wait to give the first update from there.

3 days until take off

Well, we are almost all ready to go. I think the last thing we have to do is pack. Barbara has worked really hard over the last few days getting the house ready for Malachi.

All of our paperwork is in and approved and notarized and apostilled. Barbara is picking that up today from our agency. Barbara's last day of work was yesterday which marks the start of her "stay at home mom" days, which I know she has been looking forward to for a long time. Today is my last day of work for the year, and maybe a couple weeks after the new year.

Here are a few links to give you an idea of Tomsk:
1. Weather - Weather In Tomsk (10 day)
2. Webcams - Webcams around Tomsk
3. Wiki - Tomsk, Russia

Getting ready

We have spent the last few days gettnig ready to go back to Russia to pick up our son, Malachi. We have purchased all of our tickets and looks like we will be returning on or before the 24th of December. Like our Pastor Ty said, maybe we should have been more specific when we prayed to have him home by Christmas :). I (Jason) still have to get one more peice of paperwork notarized because the notary messed up the last time and we got to get our fingerprints run for the 3rd time, how exciting!