Gifts from the God of Life!: Fun at home with Sis!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Fun at home with Sis!

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7 comments:

Susan said...: Are the boys just eatting her up or what? She is so cute and I have a feeling it won't take her long to figure out how to bat her eyelahses at her big brothers to get her way.; July 8, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Michael, Carrie, and S said...: She is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing her pictures! I hope she is enjoying her new brothers. I'm sure that they are happy she is finally home! Congratulations!; July 8, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Becky and Keith said...: She is just way too cute!! She will have her daddy wrapped around her little finger! :-); July 8, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Nicole said...: Meg is so beautiful! Is Bryan ready for life with a beautiful daughter?I bet she is having a blast with the boys!
I will call when we get home!
Nic; July 8, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Lakeshore Cottage Living said...: What a beauty! And those chocolatey brown eyes!!! God is so good!; July 9, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Beth said...: Meg looks like she is settling in well! I am sure the boys just love her.; July 9, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Stephanie said...: Congratulation on your beautiful daughter! I have been following your journey. We are waiting for our referral of a little girl as well. Your story is an inspiration!
Stephanie; July 11, 2008 at 7:45 PM

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Timeline

July 5 - Reunited with Boys... adoption journey COMPLETE! Family COMPLETE!
July 5 - LEAVE RUSSIA FOR HOME!
July 4 - Meet Vitaly, Julia and Marina at Coffee Mania
July 4 - Registration with Russian Consulate
July 3 - Embassy Interview, Immigration, Visa
July 2 - Leave the Baby Home, fly to Moscow
July 1 - Get Passport
June 30 - Get Adoption and Birth Certificate
June 30 - Court (aka Miracle Day!)
June 27 - See Meg again
June 26 - Arrive in Russia
June 25 - Leave for Russia
June 24 - Receive Visas
June 20 - FedEx another check to the Russian Consulate
June 18 - FedEx first set of Visa Applications
June 12 - Tickets booked
June 11, 2008 8:22 AM - THE CALL from CSS saying our court date has been scheduled for June 30
June 5 - e-mail from CSS confirming receipt and that they were mailing on Friday
June 4 - apostille and UPS Clearances to CSS
June 3 - P/U Police Clearance Letter
May 21 - Give Paperwork to TMH for delivery to Russia
May 20 - Apostille Paperwork for Judge
May 14 - start paperwork for judge for court
May 10 - 5 AM leave hotel for flight, home 21 hours later at 6 PM
May 9 - we say farewell for a little while
May 6 - Committee
May 5 - WE MEET THE M and M
May 4 - land in St. Petersburg at 5:10 PM
May 3- Board Delta flight to Russia
April 23 - Spoke with Russian Consulate, they received the new money order and we can expect the visa documentation on Friday. YEAH!
April 21 - UPS SECOND money order to Russian Consulate
April 17 - FedEx Visa Application
Confirmed Reservation at Hotel Oktyabrskaya
April 16 - Complete Visa applications and submit rental requests to several apartments and one hotel
April 15 - Change in Post Placement wording, apostille and FedEx document to CSS for hand delivery to Russia
April 14 - Flights booked!
April 14 - REGISTERED AND Given Travel Dates!!!!!!!!
April 1 - Dr. Heil gives us the go-ahead on the referral
March 31 - REFERRAL!!!!!
March 24 - We are not registered, but another family is... this is progress!
March 11 - Special registration day, but we aren't registered because DHL sent our POA to Hong Kong
March 10 - Russian Holiday, no registration
March (1 or 2) - Apostille and FedEx POA to CSS to be sent to a traveling family
February 28 - St. Pete requests a different POA for a different representative
February 25 - Russian Holiday, no registration
February 11 - Miss registration because I am just now apostilling extra requested documents
February 6 - Request letter from State, letter from Catholic Charities, additional papers for St. Pete
January 29 - Dossier arrives in St. Petersburg, translated
January 2008 - Apostille all St. Petersburg Documents
January 9 - Dossier reviewed and two or three new documents requested
December 21 - Spoke with CSS, they received our dossier!
December 17 - FedEx'd dossier to CSS
December 17, 2007 - Apostilled about 40 documents
November 2007 - New Homestudy done by Catholic Charities (Julie Bolles ROCKS!)
October 2007 - Switched Agencies, signed with CSS
September 2007 - Received CIS approval
August 2007 - Call to check on CIS approval, am told that CHI did not send my homestudy until late June
June 19th - Picked up Homestudy from CHI
February 5, 2007 - Brian Says YES!!! We're moving forward, officially!
January 2007 - Signed Agency Agreement, paid $300 to make us "official"
December 16, 2006 - Submitted Application to CHI