Third stop: Warsaw!

The third stop on our trip is Warsaw - and that's where we are today. Can you guess what the fourth stop is? It starts with "H" and ends with "ome."

It's been a long day, so a short post and no pictures.

Our morning started early. David was so excited that we are one step closer to America. We finished packing, ate breakfast, did last minute cleaning and were ready for our last apartment inspection at 6:45 am. Uneventful! 

We made it to the passport office at 8 am and - viola! - the kids had passport numbers in the system. We had some paperwork to sign and needed to return by 10 am to pick up the kids' temporary passports with their new names. In the meantime, we stopped by the Adoption Center and personally thanked the director who had been so helpful. We made it back to the Passport office and they let us move ahead in line to get our passports.

So we got our passports...and we waited for our translator who had some final documents for us. And we waited. Turns out she caught an error and had to fix it, so we were on the road an hour later than we had planned. Which meant were would get in to Warsaw about 45 minutes after our medical appointments. But once again, they were nice enough to accommodate us. So...here is what our progress looks like now:

Step 1 - get passport/visa pictures taken of kids. DONE!

Step 2 - pick up the official court decree on May 31 May 29. Kids will be entered into the passport system. DONE!

Step 3 - pick up passports on June 3 May 31. Travel to Warsaw. DONE!

Step 4 - Medical appointments (scheduled for 3 pm on May 31). DONE!
Step 5 - Embassy interview (10 am June 3)

Step 6 - pick up Visas (3 pm on June 4)

Step 7 - Fly home! (tickets are for June 7, but if we can go earlier, don't have to pay too much to switch, have a direct flight, and can get seats close together, we might. We'll definitely have to see on that one).

We are so, so, so close. 

We saw our new apartment (not as nice, but who cares) and then met our adoption coordinator's family in Old Town Warsaw. We ate at a great place. The kids and I had bigos (delicious!). We're looking forward to spending a few days here. We're looking even more forward to coming home.