So what happens now??

So I know the post below was vague and left people with some questions. It was a rough day as I was suffering from another ailment, vertigo. Seriously I'm not a hypochondriac just a perfect example of Murphy's Law. It could have been much worse so I'm not complaining. I'm dredging on but just a little dizzier than usual. :)

So here's what happens now. On Monday the judge will review our paperwork and ask for any additional paperwork that we should bring with us to court. He will also set our court date! We do not need to be there, our coordinator Lena will represent us. Hopefully we will find out Monday morning when the court date is and then start running around in circles making arrangements. We've already applied for our Visa's so that will save us a little money.

Our tentative schedule looks like this:
February 10 - Fly to Moscow
February 11 - 13 - Arrive in Moscow, rest, have our medicals done, visit Red Square, The Kremlin, St. Basils etc..
February 13 - Fly to Volgograd in the evening
FEBRUARY 14 - Visit with Mischa Grace - Happy Valentines Day!
February 15 - Prepare for court (Court can last 10 min - 4 hours)
February 16 - Visit with Mischa Grace
February 16 or 17 - COURT - ("Gotcha Day")

At the court hearing the judge will decide if they are going to waive the standard 10-day wait. If they do, we will take custody of Mischa right away and then we will fly to Moscow for 3-4 days and arrive home somewhere around the 21st - 24th. If they do not waive the 10 days we will spend about another 14 days in Volgograd. We will visit Mischa as much as we can and take custody after the wait, then fly to Moscow for 3-4 days and arrive home on March 7th. We will book our plane tickets for the 7th and if they waive the 10 days we will make changes then. One good thing about traveling in the winter is that it should be fairly easy to get on another plane. Not that many people visiting Russia in February aside from the AP's.

Of course the schedule can change and it will depend on what the judge sets for our court date on Monday. Normally in Volgograd it is usually 10 days after the pre-hearing.

I'm really happy for the weekend but I can't wait for Monday!