Bringing Home Di Di: Guess who we met 6 months ago today?

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Guess who we met 6 months ago today?

I can't believe it's already been 6 months, it feels like yesterday.

But, I can't believe he hasn't been here forever.

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Amy K.February 10, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Happy 6 months home, Max!
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Jolene PowellFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Oh my gosh... our 6 month is next week! Thanks for reminding me! I agree, it does feel like they've been here all the time.
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Ellen and TomFebruary 15, 2010 at 8:03 AM
Happy 6 months to all of you! I can't believe how the time has flown already. Our anniversary is tomorrow- I kept counting wrong and thinking it would be in March - oops!
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Our Adoption Timeline

So, you're wondering what it takes to adopt from China - Here's what we've been doing for the past two years.
October 2007 - We first seriously investigate adopting from China
November 2007 - We sign up with our first adoption agency
December 2008 - The paperchase begins
We gather passport photos and copies of our passports, photos of our family and home, a letter of petition to adopt, our birth certificates, our marriage certificate, medical reports from our physicians, letters from our employers, a financial declaration, local background checks, and 5 letters of reference
January of 2008 - We have our first homestudy
February 2008 - We file our paperwork with immigration
March 2008 - We get our immigration paperwork back and send everything off to the Secretary of State and then to the Chinese Consulate in Chicago to be certified and authenticated
April 2008 - Our finalized dossier is sent to our agency and then on 4/22 to China
May 8 2008 - We receive our first log in date (LID)
May 2008 - We finalize our decision to adopt from the waiting child program and get on our agency's list
July 2008 - Our agency loses access to the waiting child list from China
July 2008 - February 2009 - We wait
February 2009 - We make the decision to sign on with another agency and immediately are matched with our son. Februar 16, 2009 - We send a letter of intent (LOI) to adopt him.
February 23, 2009 - We receive pre-approval (PA) to adopt our son
Now we scramble to reassemble updated copies of the same information we assembled in December of 2008 and we update our homestudy.
March 2009 - We resend everything to get certified and authenticated.
March 21, 2009 - Our second completed dossier is sent to China and our original dossier is withdrawn
March 30, 2009 - Our LID (log in date)
April 14, 2009 - We find out our LID

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Guess who we met 6 months ago today?

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