Renewing Russian Passport

In speaking with the Russian Consulate today, in order to renew a Russian passport your child must be registered. So any one who adopted prior to registration being mandatory needs to register their child to renew their passport. So we will be making a trip to the Russian Consulate in NYC. We were told that we both need to appear in person with our son. I will wait until I have all my NY documents that need to be apostilled so I can do both the same day while in the city. What a fun day that will be going to the Russian Consulate and then to the NYS Department of State. I guess I will work on renewing his US passport first. Unfortuantely that needs to be done in person too for a child who in under 14 and both parents need to be there.