[DelMarie]

Ours was a very difficult process as we seemed to have glitches at each step.

We recieved our referral of a little girl 5 months old-whom we fell in love with immediately, despite the very scary medical-which turned out to be mostly untrue.

We traveled 3 months after that, than were told we would be back in less than 2 months.

Our 2nd trip was cancelled the night before our flight out-at christmas time....we were devastated. What followed was 6 long months of waiting. We had gotten caught up in the MOE closure and were told nothing until fnally our social worker in Russia pleaded with the judge to let us complete our adoption.

Our process was started Nov 2003 and completed June 2005. Not the longest as other posters but definetly emotionally draining. My spouse was ready to give up. The months of not knowing felt like another loss to us.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I had the money-but at our age 42, 43 I don't think it would be the smartest thing to go out on the limb financially. Even though our daughter is only 4.5 now, we are wondering how we will recoup to save up for college and retirement.....