Finding Malibu: Today was the arrival of our elf from Santa:

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Today was the arrival of our elf from Santa:

2 comments:

Laura said...: Aww, how sweet! Look how thrilled K is to have the elf! I've seen these elves in the store but never thought of getting one. Hmmm, I wonder if it's too late.

Looking forward to the Christmas season pics!

~Laura; December 3, 2011 at 1:12 AM
cupcake's mom said...: Absolutely adorable! She is such a beautiful girl :); December 12, 2011 at 12:31 AM

Adoption Timeline

Dec 27, 2010------HOME 1 YEAR!
Oct 17, 2010------K's 2nd Birthday (the first one with us)!
Jan 17, 2010------K's 15 month birthday

Dec 27, 2009-----Finally HOME with baby K

Dec 24, 2009-----To Moscow and to the US Embassy

Dec 23, 2009-----Pick up baby K from the detskii dom in Kaluga--she's ours forever!

Dec 23, 2009-----Finally arrive in Moscow EARLY in the morning

Dec 19, 2009-----Leave (try #1) for Russia with Auntie Susan

Dec 14, 2009-----Final Exams at MSU and Drury

Dec 9, 2009------Leave for home

Dec 8, 2009------Court Date in Kaluga---10:00 am. The nice Judge said YES!

Dec 6, 2009------See baby K again for first time in month and a half

Dec 4, 2009------Leave for Trip 2 to Kaluga

Nov 17, 2009-----Travel dates for Court in Kaluga!

Nov 5, 2009------Last payment to CSS :-)

Nov 3, 2009------Pick up and apostille the notarized copy of Homestudy Agency's new license and Fed Ex to CSS

Nov, 2, 2009-----Homestudy Agency emailed scan of Homestudy Agency's Updated License to Kaluga

Oct 17, 2009-----Baby K's First Birthday

Oct 14, 2009-----Police background checks and updated dossier documents mailed to agency

Oct 7, 2009------Steve's Birthday AND 70th Birthday of the Baby Home in Kaluga

Sept 29, 2009----Petition to adopt baby K notarized, apostilled, and Fed Exed to agency--ALSO, as of today, we've officially been pursuing this adoption for 4 YEARS!

Sept 20, 2009---Our first meeting with baby K

Sep 17-26, 2009--Travel to Russia to meet baby K

Aug 11, 2009----FBI fingerprints taken and mailed

Aug 7, 2009-----Visa applications mailed

July 28, 2009---Travel dates to visit baby K in Kaluga

mid July 2009---Dossier registered in Kaluga region

July 6, 2009---- Dossier pulled from Tula region

Apr 9, 2009-----Dossier registered in Tula region

Feb 24, 2009----Dossier #2 in Russia

Feb 20, 2009----Homeland Security fingerprints renewed

Feb 13, 2009----Dossier #2 apostilled

Feb 11, 2009----Dossier #2 to notary

Feb 6, 2009-----Homestudy #2 finished

Nov 21, 2008----Physicals for homestudy #2

Nov 7, 2008-----Fingerprints done for homestudy #2

Nov 4, 2008-----Homestudy visit with social worker

Oct 21, 2008----Contract signed with CSS

Sept 26, 2008---Received paperwork from CSS

Sept 17, 2008---Visited Dr. and diagnosed with shingles, received call from CHI that Izhevsk is "closed"

Sept 10, 2008---First call to CSS

Aug, 2008------CHI guidelines for correspondence with regions "changed" but no clear communication as to how or what this will mean for us. Follow-up call to agency gives us very different information than just 3 months previously

July 18, 2008---CHI denied Hague Status

May 27, 2008---Visited in CHI office, bad vibes, representative had "lost our file"

Early Feb 2008--Assigned to Izhevsk region

Jan 25, 2008---Dossier #1 Apostilled

Dec 24, 2007---Received Homeland Security Approval

Dec 21, 2007---CHI reaccredited to work in Russia

Dec 13, 2007---First trip to Homeland Security, first set of fingerprints for Homeland Security

Oct 25, 2007---Homestudy finished

Aug 10, 2007---First set of fingerprints for adoption

July 31, 2007---First physicals for adoption

July 5, 2007----Homestudy biographies finished

July 2007------First agencies reaccredited to work in Russia

April 2007-----Began to work on homestudy

July 2006-Spring 2007--International adoptions from Russia basically shut down during this period, while we were also attempting to get settled and moved-in. This was the "black night of the soul" period for me

June 2006-----Moved

Early 2006-----Attempted to straighten out the miscommunication with CHI, began the process of paperwork for homestudy, but then learned around March that we were to be moving in June. Agency advised us to wait until after we were settled in new home to begin the homestudy

Dec 2, 2005-----Applied for new passports

Nov 30, 2005---Contract signed with CHI

Nov 21, 2005----Initial phone conversation with CHI representative (mistakenly told to pursue our I-600 first before the homestudy)

Nov 10, 2005----Approved by CHI

Sept 29, 2005----Initial Application to CHI

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Today was the arrival of our elf from Santa:

2 comments:

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