Time Line

The other purpose of this blog is to help other adoptive couples who are looking for answers to questions and information on adoption. I love reading other people's blogs. The things I look for most are pictures and time-lines because this helps me have a greater idea of how long our wait will be and I love to see the beautiful faces of the babies and parents knowing we will be in the same position shortly!

Anyway, here is our time-line. It will be updated as we make more progress.

8/10/06 Received Homestudy Package
9/9/06 Homestudy paperwork sent in to Family Tree Adoption Agency (local)
9/11/06 Signed with adoption agency, Reaching Out Thru International Adoption (New Jersey)
9/27/06 First Homestudy Visit
9/30/06 Second Homestudy Visit
10/23/06 Last Homestudy Visit
10/24/06 INS application and Fingerprints sent in
10/24/06 FBI Fingerprints sent in
11/17/06 FBI fingerprints came back to us (No Record!)
11/30/06 Homestudy Report Done -Picked Up!
12/06/06 Received INS approval to adopt an orphan
12/28/06 Last Dossier Document Notarized
1/3/07 Documents Appostiled
1/4/07 Dossier sent to Agency!!!
1/17/06 Dossier sent to be translated :)
2/?/07 Dossier sent to Embassy
3/1/07 Dossier at MFA in Kazakhstan!!
4/2/07 Dossier at MOE!!
6/1-9/24 Region closed, much sadness :(
9/24/07 Received approval from the MOE
9/28/07 Issued our LOI
10/08/07 Travel to Kaz!!
10/10/07 Arrive in Karaganda and meet Ava!
10/28/07 Meeting with the Ministry of Education
10/30/07 Court Date - Ava is ours!
10/31/07 Arrive back home from first trip
11/26/07 Second Trip!
12/2/07 Home with our Ava!!!