After months of waiting, we finally received a court date for our final adoption proceedings. We left for St. Petersburg, again in December of 2005.This time, we arrived at the orphanage to find Dasha telling her friends, "Good-bye, I'll never see you again!" Dasha was dismissed to our care for the remainder of our stay in Russia. She was ecstatic! Eric was thrilled with having a girl! And I 
was terrified!!!
was terrified!!!We were very lucky to have the opportunity to stay at the home of a gentleman from Athens, GA who had started an outreach to orphans in Russia. While we did pay for our room, it was well below what a hotel would've cost and we had a translator!
Russian courts can order that a family stay in Russia for two weeks for a "waiting period" after their adoption is final. We were praying that our two week wait would be waived. Two weeks 
would have meant that we were spending Christmas in Russia and away from Grant. Our prayers were answered, and our waiting period was waived due to the fact that Dasha had already spent time with us. We'd be able to make it home for Christmas! We decided that I would go ahead and fly home to get back to school and get Grant back to some normalcy. I left for Moscow on the day after the proceedings and Grant stayed behind with Dasha to do the final paperwork. On December 7th, Dasha arrived on US soil as Dasha Elizabeth Randolph.
would have meant that we were spending Christmas in Russia and away from Grant. Our prayers were answered, and our waiting period was waived due to the fact that Dasha had already spent time with us. We'd be able to make it home for Christmas! We decided that I would go ahead and fly home to get back to school and get Grant back to some normalcy. I left for Moscow on the day after the proceedings and Grant stayed behind with Dasha to do the final paperwork. On December 7th, Dasha arrived on US soil as Dasha Elizabeth Randolph.
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