oh so happy! your first time to meet your boys ... i am so happy it makes me smile all over!!!!
by the way ... i wore your shirt the other day (mailed your check too!!!) and someone commented on it so i told them all about you and am sending them to your blog!!!
we just received the final paper work for Steven's adoption in the mail today. I'm hoping to have it ready to send in by Wed. at the latest (depends on how fast doctors get it back to me).
After that, the adoption is finalized and we get his new birth certificate in the mail. Yay! This also means we can travel out of the country with him (we're only 30 mins. from Canada).
I already asked the social worker when we can apply again :) (Dec. 17th--one year after placement) Mark's not too keen on it though. . .yet.
This blog was created to chronicle our family's journey to adopt our fourth child, a little boy from Haiti. Long before knowing him, we chose his name: Ian, meaning "God is gracious." Along the way our journey grew to include not only one, but two little boys from Haiti!
Ian and Alec finally arrived home on January 19, 2010.
Adoption Timeline (From Most Recent)
1/27/10 - Home to Chile
1/22/10 - Passports (US)
1/19/10 - Evacuated to US
1/12/10 - Haiti Earthquake
1/8/10 - INS Approval - visa appt scheduled for 2/19
11/23/09 - Enter INS/USCIS
11/18/09 - Passports (Haiti)
11/09 - Exit MOI
9/22/09 - (or so) Enter MOI
9/09 - Exit 2nd Legal
8/09 - Enter 2nd Legal
8/28/09 - Exit Parquet
8/8/09 - Enter Parquet
8/7/09 - Exit IBESR
3/4/09 - USCIS Birthparent Interview (Ian)
10/16/08 - USCIS Birthparent Interview (Alec)
9/24/08 - Submitted I-600 & Orphan First in Haiti
7/1/08 - (or so) Entered IBESR
6/4/08 - I-171H approval
5/25/08 - (or so) Entered first legal
5/13/08 - Dossier received in Haiti
4/11/08 - Committed to our boys (Ian & Alec)
4/1/08 - Filed I-600A
2/14/08 - Received referral of twins (referral lost early April)
1/11/08 - Applied to Haiti agency, began dossier preparation
1/10/08 - First conversation with Shiloh's Haiti Adoption Coordinator
3 comments:
That is exciting news. I can just begin to imagine how exciting this is for you. I will be praying for sure!!!
oh so happy! your first time to meet your boys ... i am so happy it makes me smile all over!!!!
by the way ... i wore your shirt the other day (mailed your check too!!!) and someone commented on it so i told them all about you and am sending them to your blog!!!
:)jamie
so exciting!! i'm praying right now!
we just received the final paper work for Steven's adoption in the mail today. I'm hoping to have it ready to send in by Wed. at the latest (depends on how fast doctors get it back to me).
After that, the adoption is finalized and we get his new birth certificate in the mail. Yay! This also means we can travel out of the country with him (we're only 30 mins. from Canada).
I already asked the social worker when we can apply again :) (Dec. 17th--one year after placement) Mark's not too keen on it though. . .yet.
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