I failed to mention ...

... that we have sort of been on the edge of our seats wondering if we would even be permitted to adopt a child with Down syndrome. A few months back, an adoptive family in Utah murdered their little boy from Russia. The little boy had Down syndrome and the Russians obviously were very upset about this. The problem is that even before all of this, {some} of the Russians didn't understand why anyone would want "these children" and that anyone who did want them must have wanted them for ill reasons {i.e. to do research on them, etc}. When I say "these children", I'm talking about children that have Down syndrome ... those children are taboo in their society.

In light of all of that, we wanted to make sure that our adoption would be successful if we traveled to Russia. We found out yesterday that it will be and that we will be permitted to adopt a child with Down syndrome. This is such a relief to us, as we were really starting to get worried! Can I get a wahoo?!