FBI Prints

We received our appointment notice for our FBI finger prints to be done in Nashville. We are having them done on September 11. Things are moving along so very quickly! The fingerprints are part of the I600-A application process. They are required in order to do a complete background check on both of us to see if we have a criminal history or not. Thankfully, neither of us do! All that is left is to complete the dossier paperwork, which will take some time as well as create a photo album to send to Japan for birth mothers to look at. We also need to finalize the homestudy and write a Dear Birthmother letter. So, we still have a quite a bit of paperwork left to do, but that is okay!

Home Study Update

I just heard from Carolyn that our estimated time frame for completing the homestudy is September 1. That is super fast! Less than a month. Normally a home study can take anywhere from 3-4 months. Because she did our study for Kaori's adoption, all that needs to be done is to update a few things. That is awesome!

Other than that, I have begun to compile some photos for our photo album that we will send to Japan for bio-mom's to look at. We have a trip planned to Kansas City for the end of the month and I am planning on getting some recent pictures of all of our family who live there to include in the album. Things are moving along rather quickly. Much faster than round one! But, Taz said that it would!

I600-A

Today I mailed our I600-A to USCIS in Memphis! Although it is not complete as we are waiting on the homestudy to be completed and then mailed off to join our application, we are excited to get that paperwork complete and mailed off. It usually takes up to 12 weeks for the application to be processed, so we have awhile to wait. But, that gives us time to complete our dossier and photo album and our Dear Birthmother letter. We have plenty to keep us busy during that 12 weeks. We also have to come up with 2 Japanese girl names and 2 Japanese boy names. I love this part! We already have one of each, but I will wait and share those until we have all four. For those of you who do not remember why we have to give our baby a Japanese name, I will re-explain. Kaori has dual citizenship, US and Japanese. When she turns 18 she can decide if she wants to maintain her Japanese citizenship. If she wants to, she has to have a Japanese name. Also, if something were to ever happen and we needed medical care for Kaori that we could not get in the US, she would receive free medical care in Japan. Also, she can attend college for free in Japan if she wants to. So, their are a lot of positive things about maintaining her Japanese citizenship!

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First Home Study Visit

We have such a great, easy going social worker. We just completed our first and hopefully one home visit. Because it is our 2nd adoption and Carolyn has been with us throughout Kaori's adoption, she feels comfortable just coming once to our house. So, that would be great considering that Dave would need to come back from ATL in order to be here each time. Kaori was as personable and fun-loving as always. She entertained us all with her words and laughter. We turned in our first set of paperwork and now I am ready to get started on our I600-A form, application to bring a foreign child into the United States. We are very excited at all the exciting things happening in our life and are so blessed with Dave's job and the ability to adopt again. Next up, paperwork!

New Job

It is official. Dave was offered a job in Atlanta yesterday. We are very thankful that this has finally come to end and we can continue on with our plans knowing exactly what we are dealing with. Because we are in the midst of our adoption, we are going to be traveling back and forth from TN to GA quite a bit. We are of course very thankful that Dave still has a job and that we are still able to live close to family. We will keep you posted as things progress. We are not exactly sure when Dave will begin to work in Atlanta full time yet. Still trying to figure things out!