[mvpel]

This is a very special Father's Day for me, as it is my first as a new father - on Wednesday, June 14, my wife and I were named by the Sverdlovskiy Oblast Family Court as the legal parents of a Russian orphan: It took two years of paperwork, and over a year since we first met him as a 13-month old orphan having lived since birth in an institution here in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia. We get to take custody of him on June 26 or 27, and head back home to New Hampshire.

[Nathan Zachary]

Congrats!

[beaversmom]

How wonderful. Is that a picture when you first met him? He looks like a healthy boy. Congratulations to you and your wife.

[Thinkin' Gal]

What a wonderful post and photo. Happy Father's Day!

[Gunny P]

You and and the Missus dunna take custody...you become Ma and Pa...Congratulations and God Bless...Just know it's been a haul and a half getting here.

[gakrak]

Congratulations, my wife and I after three biological children (boys) adopted two little girls from Russia. They are now 10 and 7 and the youngest boy is 33. god is good. Amen.