Monday, November 29, 2010

And on and on and on



We have been waiting for 16 months! Wow! That is a long time. We just recently updated our photo album per Taz's suggestion. It will make its way to Japan either this week or next. We are also supposed to decorate the nursery and send pictures of it. At first I was all over that, but now I feel lost as to how to do it being that we do not know the gender and I have specific ideas for both genders, just no ideas for gender neutral. I need to get working on that soon though. I put up our Christmas stuff and when I was hanging the stockings, I found a stocking holder that I purchased last year for baby 2. That was kinda sad leaving it in the box. Well, chin up! Our time will come and we are patiently waiting and praying.
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Monday, November 8, 2010

New Photo Album

Our agency suggested that we create a new photo album. Seems as though the mothers have been wanting to see more pictures of our wedding. So, I just finished a new photo album that I am sending off to L this week. Hopefully it will make it to Japan this month. Here are a few pictures that we included. Lots of pictures of just Dave and I together. It is weird to not include Kaori as much, being that she is such a HUGE part of our family, but I understand that it can be a bit intimidating to the moms. Enjoy a few blast from the past photos.



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Timeline

July 20, 2009 - Received home study packet and began paper work.
July 21, 2009 - Dropped off Kaori's immunization verification form for home study.
July 27, 2009 - Mailed in ATWA application, completed local background checks and completed Samantha's medical exam.
August 6, 2009 - Home Study visit completed.
August 9, 2009 - Mailed our I600-A to USCIS.
September 8, 2009 - Home Study Draft emailed to Lesley
September 11, 2009 - USCIS Fingerprints complete
September 18, 2009 - I600A application complete. Homestudy finalized.
September 22, 2009 - USCIS requesting further evidence.
October 7, 2009 - 171-H approval arrived!
October 20, 2009 - Mailed dossier to ATWA
October 22, 2009 - Dossier received!
November 12, 2009 - Mailed our photo album to ATWA
November 16, 2009 - Photo book received.
November 29, 2009 - Photo book traveled to Japan.
August 2010 - Moved to Georgia
September 13, 2010 - Mailed form off to be re-fingerprinted by the United States. Time to update!
September 22, 2010 - mailed letter to Fulton County to confirm emergency call history.
October 3 - Homestudy home visit
October 6 - picked up results from TB test, drug test, Urine sample, medical exam.
October 15 - All new documents for the update have been turned in.
October 20, 2010 - First draft of update emailed to ATWA for review.
October 23, 2010 - Received our appointment notices in the mail.
October 27 - Had fingerprints done early for the 171H
October 28 - Received final copies of updated homestudy.
January 2011 - New album and photos of the decorated nursery arrived in Japan.
February 2, 2011 - mailed in extension form to USCIS for our I600A.
April 1, 2011 - Mailed new birthmother letter to ATWA and ordered new photo albums.
April 12, 2011 - ATWA mailed all new things to Taz in Japan.
November 16, 2011 - Mailed application to CCAI
December 2011 - Began working on all the documents for our dossier.
WE WAITED AND WAITED WITH NO NEWS UNTIL OCTOBER 2012. GOD WAS NUDGING OUR HEARTS EVER SO GENTLY AND THEN NOT SO GENTLY TO BEGIN A PROGRAM WITH CHINA.
July 2012 - We have a son!!!
October 17 2012 - Request for update sent to orphanege.
October 27 2012 - LOA received!
October 29 2012 - LOA signed and returned to CCAI along with I800 and travel documents. Estimated travel dates (sometime in Jan. 2013)
December 28 - Travel dates sent! We are to be in Beijing on January 10 and we meet Cuyler on the 14th! Yahoo!