One of these days I will get caught up on blogging....
my friend Haylee got soooo many good pictures at the airport.......
my friend Haylee got soooo many good pictures at the airport.......
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Kareen's forever family
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Our journey
We have 3 beautiful girls. Our youngest has down syndrome and has changed our lives for the better. We are now on an unexpected journey to bring home a little girl with down syndrome from an orphanage in Eastern Europe. Kareen is 4 and will only be one month older than Bree. We know we have been led by the Lord to this little girl at this time and we are eager to bring her home to her forever family.
Adoption Timeline
It has helped me to see other people's timelines who have gone through this process before me so I am going to try and give a vague timeline of ours so far.
End of December-started looking more serious into RR and thinking maybe we should pursue this
Jan. 10- Formal Commitment
Jan. 14-FSP set up and "announced" our commitment to adopt Kareen
Jan. 19- Found a SW and started Homestudy process
Jan.19-Jan. 29-County assessors office, gathering vital records, gathered mortgage documents and proof of home ownership, had medicals done, employment letter, etc.......gathered most of the dossier documents and had them notarized
Jan. 29- mailed CSP's and POA's to EE
Feb. 3- Homestudy in home interview
Feb. 5- Received official homestudy report
Feb. 10- Mailed USCIS I-600A
Feb. 16-USCIS received our I-600A into their system
Feb. 28-received fingerprint appt. (scheduled for March 14)
March 2-walked in and got fingerprints done early
March 2-took dossier documents to the capital to be apostilled
March 7-picked up apostilled documents
March 8- called USCIS and learned we were approved; the form was put in the mail
that day
March 12- i171 (golden ticket) arrives in the mail
March 14- Get i171 apostilled and MAIL DOSSIER
March 17- Dossier arrives in EE
March 31-Dossier SUBMITTED!
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sigh...so great :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! Bree ~ hahahah!
ReplyDeleteYippeee
ReplyDeleteoooooo just loved them allxxx
ReplyDeleteLove them all! So great, hope everyone is doing well!
ReplyDeleteLove 'em all :)
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all those pictures of Mia getting hugs! It looked as if she was a big-time celebrity :) What a very happy homecoming. I hope all is going well with the transition and look forward to more updates.
ReplyDeletecongrats!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteRochelle
Elk Grove, CA
My goodness! You brought a little butterfly home with you! Awesome pictures. I'm sure they'll be treasured for years to come.
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous pictures! I love all four sisters together as natural as can be! Some things were just meant to happen. I'm so happy that Mia can now live in a world where she can know that she IS perfect!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the homecoming pictures!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing journey and pictures! Thanks for letting us come and visit you so soon after all of this. ALL your girls are DOLLS! Your home is a dream house for little girls. Mine loved it! My favorites were chit chatting with you, watching Bree karoke, and getting those lovely big hugs from Mia with the pats on the back. You continue to be in my prayers and I hope for your life to continue to be blessed with the sweet tender mercies you are recieving along this journey!
ReplyDeleteSeeing all these photos makes me cry. What a beautiful family, and how wonderful the support you all have. Mia picked a good bunch that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on adding Mia to your family, although I believe she's always been a part of your family, you just had to get to her.
Much love.
cute pics! That was a great day!
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