Important Milestones

  • October 23, 2008 - Head Home! The plane is supposed to land around 8:30 pm
  • October 22, 2008 - Swearing In Ceremony
  • October 21, 2008 - Consulate Appointment
  • October 10, 2008 - Leave for China
  • September 8, 2008 - Travel Invitation! Hoping to get an October Consulate Appointment!
  • July 24,2008 - We have LOA! 78 days from LID!
  • May 8, 2008 - Official LID ... Now, we wait.
  • April 28, 2008 - Dossier on the way to China!
  • April 7, 2008 - Received USICS approval for Jessie Rose. Approval was signed on April 4.
  • March 14, 2008 - USCIS/FBI Fingerprinting in Birmingham
  • February 21, 2008 - Homestudy sent off to USCIS
  • January 27, 2008 - Find out home study is in the hands of our agency and they are starting to get the authentications for our dossier.
  • December 13, 2007 - Fourth and final home study! Come on, Karen, get that thing written up!
  • December 3, 2007 - Third homestudy. One more to go!
  • Nov. 18, 2007 - Second homestudy
  • Nov. 11, 2007 - First homestudy scheduled for 1pm.
  • Sept. 24, 2007 - Sent final application and China dossier to agency
  • July 13, 2007 - Pre-Approval to Adopt Received from China
  • March 21, 2007 - Letter of Intent submitted for Jessie Rose

Friday, October 3, 2008

Doris Rocks!

Ya'll who know Doris, know what I say. Those who do not yet know Doris, will.

I was more than a little confused when I got my in-country flight plans, but all has been made clear. Since Jesse is older, Doris wanted to make sure that she was with me when I meet her so she will be able to tell her what is going on and that everything is OK. That she is safe and will be cared for and loved. She was very concerned that neither Pat nor I are fluent in Mandarin. Doris has also performed some of her magic and, hopefully, the magic will hold. It wouldn't hurt to have a few prayers going that Doris' plan works out as intended. We're going to be really, really busy one day ... I'll tell you all about it when we get back.

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