Russia here we come!

We got our travel dates!!!! We leave Philly on 10/9, arrive Moscow 10/10, stay overnight, leave for Murmansk on morning flight. We will spend 10/11, 10/12, 10/13 visiting with Maks. HIs 1st birthday is 10/12--so we are very happy to be able to be there with him that day!! The morning of 10/14 we fly back to Moscow and then we can fly towards London that night, so we should be home in the afternoon on 10/15! Our trip is a little less than a week. So now we are working on the newest paperwork we need, from police clearances, to 8 doctor medical forms, psychologist evaluation (no jokes please!)--we hope to have them all done to carry with us on the 1st trip. So that is the scoop for now!! Below is a map of Russia, you will see Moscow to the left in bold, then follow up to the top of the map and right next to the tip of Finland and Sweden you will see Murmansk, right on the Barents Sea! That is where we are headed!!