6/24/11
Well I made extra copies of everything and am anxiously awaiting on our dossier to come back so that we can send it to our agency (CCAI) to start the review process. It will be reviewed 3 times and they will be sure everything is correct before it is sent to China! Hopefully they will be finished reviewing it when we get our Approved 797 (this is the immigration paperwork to bring her back into the US) back!
I organized our notebook and got everything ready! I made another list of things to go over and am getting ready for you! I emailed Jaime a few questions today! I am ready to hear from our fingerprints, but she says it could take up to 60 days! I don't like that very much! We just completed them June 10th! I was really hoping to be logged in sometime in August!!!! I will continue to pray that this will happen a little faster, but I know that it is all in God's time!
Monday, June 27, 2011
6 months now and still waiting...
6/22/11
Wow! As each day passes we get more and more excited about your arrival! I think about all the things we will be able to do with you! I can't wait to see your beautiful face and bring you home! Everyone around us is getting more excited too! It's hard to believe that we have been working on paperwork and planning for you for 6 months now! Hang on sweet little girl, we are coming!
Wow! As each day passes we get more and more excited about your arrival! I think about all the things we will be able to do with you! I can't wait to see your beautiful face and bring you home! Everyone around us is getting more excited too! It's hard to believe that we have been working on paperwork and planning for you for 6 months now! Hang on sweet little girl, we are coming!
Paperwork Arrived
6/17/11
Our paperwork arrived at The Assistant Stork today!
6/20/11
I called to verify that they received everything. They do have our paperwork and will be taking it to the Department of State and the Chinese Embassy tomorrow! China now takes 5 days to process so it will be next Monday, June 27th before it will be ready to be picked up!
Our paperwork arrived at The Assistant Stork today!
6/20/11
I called to verify that they received everything. They do have our paperwork and will be taking it to the Department of State and the Chinese Embassy tomorrow! China now takes 5 days to process so it will be next Monday, June 27th before it will be ready to be picked up!
Mailed Dossier to Washington
6/15/11
I finally got everything together and ready to be mailed! After work I mailed all the paperwork to The Assistant Stork. We are getting more and more excited! Each step gets us a little closer to our sweet baby girl!
I finally got everything together and ready to be mailed! After work I mailed all the paperwork to The Assistant Stork. We are getting more and more excited! Each step gets us a little closer to our sweet baby girl!
More and more paperwork!
6/13/11
I worked and worked on paperwork! I made copies of everything and I also made some calls to the courier servies that I had in our packet. I decided to go with "The Assistant Stork". They were very nice, answered all my questions and told me exactly what would happen and what they would do!
I worked and worked on paperwork! I made copies of everything and I also made some calls to the courier servies that I had in our packet. I decided to go with "The Assistant Stork". They were very nice, answered all my questions and told me exactly what would happen and what they would do!
"Catch Up"
Well, I've been journaling all this time, but not updating on here! So I'm going to try and catch up and do better about updating and keeping a log for our sweet baby girl that is out there waiting for us!
3/11- 3/12/2011
This was Wonderful Weekend for Women in Columbia. This is a Christian Ladies conference and it's great! My friends that started 147 Million Orphans bring all their gear to sell and spread the word about adoption so I went to the conference and helped them selling gear and had the opportunity to tell many people that we too were adopting and to please keep us in their prayers!
3/13/11
Today at church sweet Sara Langford had the cutest little piggy tails that were sticking straight up, adorable!!!! Tonight when I tucked Allie into bed, she had this sweet grin on her face and when I ask her what she was up to she said "I'm just imagining me taking Emery into my school for parties and her having those cute pig tails in her hair like Sara." She can not wait to meet her new baby sister!
3/23/11
Today was the day for my physical! Hopefully all will go well and they will fill the form out correctly!
3/28/11
Today Tony went to get copies of everything we are going to need like, Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, me a new social security card, etc.... One more piece of the puzzle!!!!
3/29/11
Tony went to pick the physical forms up today and they weren't correct:( So they are going to fill out new forms for us to pick up!
4/14/11
The physical forms are s till not correct. Tony took extra copies by the office this morning and I went at lunch to pick them up; Guess what ,still not correct. Mine had his birthdate on it! So I left them again and went back after work to pick them back up! The signatures still didn't look the same to me!
4/15/11
Lisa Mosley (Adoption Associates) has our homestudy ready for us to review! I reviewed it and made a few corrections and sent it back to her!
4/18/11
Tony went back to the doctor's office with the forms and had the doctor sign new ones at the same time! Ho brought them to me at work so that I could send them to Jaime (CCAI) to review. She thought that these would be fine! PTL!!!!!!!!!! Finally, correct physical forms!
4/19/11
Finally all the documents are ready and Tracy Ring notarized them today! We are so excited to have another piece of the puzzle!
4/22/11
I did my passport paperwork today!!!!
4/29/11
Busy day today! Tony did his passport paperwork! And then we both had paperwork certified today! I went to Nashville to the County Clerk's office and Tony took the other paperwork to the Columbia County Clerk's office and we had all the documents certified!!!!!! He stopped on his way to work and picked up our notarized and certified copie of our HOMESTUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooray, it's complete and approved! One more piece to the puzzle!!!
5/2/11
I mailed our I-800 off today! Hopefully it won't take too long!!
5/4/11
Our paperwork arrived in Dallas, TX today!!!!!
5/5/11
Today Tony took all the paperwork to the Secretary of State!!! One more piece!!!
5/8/11
A very special Mother's Day today! I got a wonderful necklace with all 4 of the kids names on it! I LOVE IT! It is great! I have thought alot about our sweet baby girl today and her birthmom! I pray that I have her in my arms very soon and that her birthmom has peace and will know that she is being loved and cared for unconditionally!!!!
5/12/11
We received Homeland Security papers today! We were so excited, we thought it was our invitation for fingerprints, but it wasn't, it was just verifying our address! Hopefully the invitataion will come soon!
5/16/11
We received our invitation for fingerprints today!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! We are set to go June 10th!
5/18/11
We received our passports! One more piece of the puzzle!
5/22/11
Today our passport cards came in the mail!
6/10/11
We went and did our fingerprints today! They were very nice and got us right in and out today! They wished us the best on our adoption!!!!!
3/11- 3/12/2011
This was Wonderful Weekend for Women in Columbia. This is a Christian Ladies conference and it's great! My friends that started 147 Million Orphans bring all their gear to sell and spread the word about adoption so I went to the conference and helped them selling gear and had the opportunity to tell many people that we too were adopting and to please keep us in their prayers!
3/13/11
Today at church sweet Sara Langford had the cutest little piggy tails that were sticking straight up, adorable!!!! Tonight when I tucked Allie into bed, she had this sweet grin on her face and when I ask her what she was up to she said "I'm just imagining me taking Emery into my school for parties and her having those cute pig tails in her hair like Sara." She can not wait to meet her new baby sister!
3/23/11
Today was the day for my physical! Hopefully all will go well and they will fill the form out correctly!
3/28/11
Today Tony went to get copies of everything we are going to need like, Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, me a new social security card, etc.... One more piece of the puzzle!!!!
3/29/11
Tony went to pick the physical forms up today and they weren't correct:( So they are going to fill out new forms for us to pick up!
4/14/11
The physical forms are s till not correct. Tony took extra copies by the office this morning and I went at lunch to pick them up; Guess what ,still not correct. Mine had his birthdate on it! So I left them again and went back after work to pick them back up! The signatures still didn't look the same to me!
4/15/11
Lisa Mosley (Adoption Associates) has our homestudy ready for us to review! I reviewed it and made a few corrections and sent it back to her!
4/18/11
Tony went back to the doctor's office with the forms and had the doctor sign new ones at the same time! Ho brought them to me at work so that I could send them to Jaime (CCAI) to review. She thought that these would be fine! PTL!!!!!!!!!! Finally, correct physical forms!
4/19/11
Finally all the documents are ready and Tracy Ring notarized them today! We are so excited to have another piece of the puzzle!
4/22/11
I did my passport paperwork today!!!!
4/29/11
Busy day today! Tony did his passport paperwork! And then we both had paperwork certified today! I went to Nashville to the County Clerk's office and Tony took the other paperwork to the Columbia County Clerk's office and we had all the documents certified!!!!!! He stopped on his way to work and picked up our notarized and certified copie of our HOMESTUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooray, it's complete and approved! One more piece to the puzzle!!!
5/2/11
I mailed our I-800 off today! Hopefully it won't take too long!!
5/4/11
Our paperwork arrived in Dallas, TX today!!!!!
5/5/11
Today Tony took all the paperwork to the Secretary of State!!! One more piece!!!
5/8/11
A very special Mother's Day today! I got a wonderful necklace with all 4 of the kids names on it! I LOVE IT! It is great! I have thought alot about our sweet baby girl today and her birthmom! I pray that I have her in my arms very soon and that her birthmom has peace and will know that she is being loved and cared for unconditionally!!!!
5/12/11
We received Homeland Security papers today! We were so excited, we thought it was our invitation for fingerprints, but it wasn't, it was just verifying our address! Hopefully the invitataion will come soon!
5/16/11
We received our invitation for fingerprints today!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! We are set to go June 10th!
5/18/11
We received our passports! One more piece of the puzzle!
5/22/11
Today our passport cards came in the mail!
6/10/11
We went and did our fingerprints today! They were very nice and got us right in and out today! They wished us the best on our adoption!!!!!
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