8/22/05 Group 12 arrives, new children!! (Waiting Child List)
8/26/05 First chance to look at group. Busy, busy time...
8/28/05 Showed Kimi & Kyrie to Paul
(temporary names given by agency, cute huh)
8/30/05 Wrote agency about Kimi & Kyrie
(couldn't get them out of mind)
8/30/05 Yahoooo! Selected to be new family to Kimi & Kyrie!!!
On cloud 9!!!
9/19/05 Mailed registration to Children's House International
9/19/05 Mailed out LOI to agency
10/4/05 LOI on it's way to China!!
10/12/05 First Home Study Appointment with Anne
10/23/05 1st Online Adoption Class
"Let's Talk Adoption: A Lifetime of Family Conversations"
10/23/05 Ordered Certified Birth (6) & Marriage Certificates (2)
10/24/05 2nd Online Adoption Class
11/8/05 "With Eyes Wide Open: A Preparation Guide to International Adoption"
10/26/05 Second Home Study Appointment with Anne
11/3/05 PA!! Prior Approval from China. It's official!
11/9/05 Third Home Study Appointment with Anne
11/15/05 3rd Online Adoption Class
"Conspicuous Families; Race, Culture, and Adoption"
11/25/05 4th Online Adoption Class
"The Journey of Attachment"
11/30/05 Fourth Home Study Appointment with Anne
12/14/05 Applied for Passport (takes 6-7 weeks)
1/11/06 Submitted I-600 A form & got fingerprinted
02/11/06 Received I-171H form from CIS. Hooray!!
02/15/06 State of Utah, Notary Public (dropped off dossier)
02/16/06 Sent Birth certificates out to get certified
02/17/06 State of Utah, Dossier Certified!
02/27/16 Dossier sent to Department of State & Chinese Embassy
3/6/06 Sent rest of dossier & check to CHI
3/10/06 DTC Yahoooo!!! Received in Beijing on 3/13
3/22/06 LID
5/12/06 Received our "brown envelope" - paperwork for Consulate
7/18/06 TA~Yahoooo!! 6:38 got call, Phew, 119 days from LID
8/7/06 Gotcha Day (What a birthday for mom!!)
8/21/06 CA
LOI- Letter of Intent
PA- Pre-approval
DTC- Dossier to China
LID- Log in Date
TA- Travel Approval. Start making travel arrangements.
CA- Consulate Appointment (exactly 2 weeks after we get the girls)
GD- Gotcha Date!!! Yae! Day we get the girls.
It's been a lot of work and taken longer then expected, but I know it will all be worth it! Most things that we cherish and are worthwhile in life take sacrafice and hard work. We feel so blessed! Everything is falling into place now. We got the Consulate Appointment we wanted, earliest one available. We finalized our travel arrangements yesterday and I can't believe we leave in 10 days!! I'll share our itinerary when I hear back from BOIT.
Now to start packing, we are all counting down. (Trevor made a paper chain and hung it in his room to count down until we go :))
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