Monday, February 12, 2007

Timeline for our Adoption

  • September 23, 2005 - Signed with Christian World Adoption
  • September 30, 2005 - Greg sends Alicia a list of names he likes...our baby girl gets her name, Mari Olivia
  • October 5, 2005 - Contacted Catholic Charities about our Homestudy
  • October 12, 2005 - Ordered Birth Certificates and Marriage Certificate
  • October 13, 2005 - Elizabeth is our witness to send our initial documents to CWA
  • October 18, 2005 - Mailed application and check to CWA
  • October 20, 2005 - Received access to China iplanner
  • October 25, 2005 - Talked with Virginia our case manager at CWA
  • December 10, 2005 - Have fingerprints taken at local police station in North Dakota
  • January 25, 2006 - Find out Greg's fingerprints were good but Alicia's were not readable...just my luck!
  • February 3, 2006 - Alicia has fingerprints redone
  • February 7, 2006 - Alicia turns 31!
  • February 16, 2006 - A new niece arrives...Lilly Kate is born!
  • February 23, 2006 - Fingerprints are back and they are good! We can begin our homestudy!
  • March 6, 2006 - 1st meeting with Amy our social worker for our homestudy
  • March 30, 2006 - 2nd meeting with Amy
  • April 3, 2006 - Go home to meet Lilly
  • May 19, 2006 - 3rd and final homestudy visit, this time at our house
  • June 16, 2006 - Greg turns 31! Happy Birthday!
  • June 19, 2006 - Multicultural Families training in Fargo, ND required for homestudy
  • June 20, 2006 - Alicia has Physical and lab work
  • June 27, 2006 - Had passport photo taken and applied for passport...Happy Birthday Heather!
  • June 21, 2006 - Mailed our I-600 to USCIS (this form is asking for permission to adopt a foreign born child)
  • June 28, 2006 - Received 1-600 back with our FBI clearance appointment date
  • July 3, 2006 - Greg has physical and lab work
  • July 9, 2006 - We celebrate our 12 year Anniversary!
  • July 11, 2006 - Went to Fargo to have FBI fingerprints done
  • July 17, 2006 - Our Homestudy is finalized
  • August 4-10, 2006 - Went on vacation to see Alicia's parents
  • August 12, 2006 - Waiting in the mail was our much anticipated I-171H today! (This form is from the Department of Homeland Security it gives us permission to adopt a foreign born child) Also in the mail are our passports.
  • August 14, 2006 - We had our documents Authenticated in Bismarck, ND by the Secretary of State
  • August 17, 2006 - Fedex'd our dossier to a courier in Washington D. C. she will take them to the United States Department of State and then to the Chinese Consulate
  • August 24, 2006 - FedEx'd our Dossier to CWA!!! All our paperwork is done...it took forever it seems!
  • August 25, 2006 - Virginia received our Dossier
  • August 31, 2006 - Dossier to China (DTC)
  • September 22, 2006 - We have a LID (this is the date that we entered into China's system. All referrals are based on this date!) We are officially "Paper Pregnant"!
  • September 29, 2006 - Greg received a promotion...we will be moving to Houston, TX!!
  • October 22, 2006 - Received a beautiful dress for Mari from CWA
  • November 1, 2006 - Greg leaves for Houston, TX
  • November 12, 2006 - Alicia leaves Minot, ND for Houston, TX
  • December 4, 2006 - Sold our home in North Dakota
  • December 8, 2006 - Bought our new home in Texas!
  • December 12, 2006 - Move into our new home...there is no place like home!

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

Great blog though it is my first one ever to see I think it is really great. I am so excited for you both and know that you will be excellent parents. My only hope is that we will be able to move closer so that we can spend time together and I can know Mari as you know Andrew and Neal. You will have such fun scrapbooking all her firsts!