Today's Court Date

Today's court date didn't go as I had hoped it would have. When we got there this morning, we found out that the courts had summonsed the father and the mother just like they should have. However, the letter they sent didn't make it to the father because the building he claimed to be living at was demolished. Therefore the letter got sent back to the courts. So...since the father wasn't "adequately notified", my case has been delayed until August 5th. Hopefully, I will get a yes then.
It has been a difficult morning. So devastating. Still just trying to process what happened today.
Thanks for your prayers. Still need them
Debbie

Tomorrow is the big day. Please Pray

I wanted to send out one more email and ask all of you to keep tomorrow in your prayers.
I have to be at the court at 8:30 am Tuesday morning. I have no idea exactly what time I will actually see the judge though.
Please pray that everything goes well.
Some concerns are....What if their biological parents do show up? Are all of my documents in order?
Are they enough? Will the judge agree to allow me to adopt? How will it go with the new translator?
Will the judge ask me lots of questions? Will I be able to respond correctly? How will my Romanian hold up? I am nervous for sure.

So 8:30 Tuesday morning will be 10:30 Monday night for all of you in California.
I will let you know how it goes asap.
Love,
Debbie

Swimming, swimming and more swimming

On Saturday, we got to go swimming at the club Karen and Beti belong to. It was a wonderful day.
We spent 7 hrs. there. Nicolae and Cristian loved the water...no fear. It was Cristian's very first time. Nicolae had been to the ocean before, so he had some experience in the water. It was great to see them having so much fun.

Water wings, noodles and splash balls were the choice of toys for the day! Thanks again Tricia for the water balls. The boys and lots of other children at the pool enjoyed playing with them.




Bev and I had a great time as well. It was such a wonderful way to spend the day. Another day of creating memories.

Happy Birthday America!

Happy Birthday America....
Love,
Bev, Debbie, Nicolae and Cristian

Hope you all had a happy 4th of July.
We spent it our day at Dr. Kay's and his wife Amy's house. They had a potluck BBQ.There were lots of American's there. It was a nice way to spend the day.
In the evening we went to Tineretului Park for some fireworks. Romania was having some sort of International Festival. Fireworks on the 4th!
It was nice, but so ready to be back in the U.S.A.

I received my letter from the court in the mail yesterday! It is official...my court date is July 8th at 8:30 am.
Please continue praying for this day!
Love,
Debbie



Bev and the boys at the International Festival

Happy Birthday Paga, Auntie Pam, Uncle Jack and Auntie Ann

Today's Medical appt. went very well.

Thought you might enjoy another picture of the boys.
Nicolae and Cristian having fun dressing up!

Today went amazingly well at the doctor's office. I had to get new medicals for the boys. The last time I went was in February. It took approximately 5 1/2 hrs. Today it took about 30 minutes!
I asked Nann, from ROCK, to go with me because I am not sure how competent my Romanian is. Oh should I say...I know how incompetent my Romanian is. Nann was happy to help out. She even drove us there. Yay! Riding in a car...hmmm. It has been a while.

When we got there the social worker/nurse recognized me right away. She was very nice. She commented right away about the boys too. She thought they looked great and happy. Who was I to disagree?

Anyway, Oana Clocotici, the social worker was so incredibly helpful. She asked if I had their medical papers from the last time. I didn't. Carmen and Ani had received that paperwork and turned it into the DPC. I never even saw their medical papers.
She didn't seemed to worried about it. She was sure that they had copies and left immediately to get them . It took maybe 10 mins. And get this; she even made copies for me to keep!

She then went to speak to the doctor about doing the medical exams for the boys. We might have waited another 5 minutes. The doctor was very friendly. He had been to the states before.
He chatted with Nann about Mexican food, Taco Bell, Oregon, Washington etc. He was great with Nicolae and Cristian too. He checked the boys breathing and heart and that was it. We talked some more and then we were done. No blood work, nothing.

Oana asked if I had the ... all important stamp needed for the medical paperwork... I did.
She came back a little bit later with the completed documents, signed, stamped and delivered. And that was it. We were done! It was truly amazing, especially knowing that the last time it took more than 2 weeks to get the results.
Even more amazing...they didn't charged me anything! Bev and I were of course thrilled. We went out to eat with Nann afterwards. It was a nice way to spend the next couple of hours. Beats sitting waiting for a bunch of doctors to poke and prod the boys.
So for all of you who have been praying. Thanks. Please keep the prayers coming.

FYI...Mr. Mocanu just called and said he checked the files at the courts today for me. Things are looking good. Yeah!