10/23/07-Adopt from Russia????? 11/01/07-Turned paperwork in to adoption agency 12/06/07-Received referral of Konstantin in Samara 12/08/07-Homestudy 03/28/08-Travelled to Samara to meet Konstantin 03/31/08-Meeting at Center of Adoption 03/31/08-Lost Konstantin to a Russian family 04/02/08-Home to America--crushed by our loss 06/01/08-Registered in Nizhniy Novogorod and Tyumen 07/20/08-Received referral of 14 mo. old from Vladivostok (on a Sunday!) 07/22/08-Declined referral. He was an "above-average risk" for FAS per the IA doctor. 07/22/08-Waiting again 08/??/08- Added Yekaterinburg as one of our regions 09/19/08-Received referral of 20 month old boy from Kemerovo. We accepted him! 09/19/08-Will try to wait patiently for travel dates! 10/01/08-Received travel VISAS. Still no travel dates. 10/02/08-Travel dates arrived! Leave October 11th. Visit orphanage October 13-14th. 10/13/08-Arrived in Kemerovo. First day at the orphanage. 10/14/08-Had our 2nd day at the orphanage. It was hard to leave him there! 10/16/08-Home! Waiting for court date. I hope it is soon! 10/21/08-Updated paperwork sent to Beacon House. Hopefully these will be sent to Russia on 10/23/08 11/05/08-Our adoption agency still waiting for our state background clearance. They think we can get a court date with local clearance. We went to the police department today and got that done. 11/07/08-Urgent letters sent to immigration letting them know that they need to notify the Moscow embassy that we have been cleared for adoption. 11/10/08-RECEIVED COURT DATES! DEC. 15TH 12/10/08- Left for Russia 12/13/08 - Travel to Kemerovo 12/15/08- Court! He's our son- Nicholas Dmitry 12/16/08- Picked up Nick from orphanage 12/17/08- Head back to Moscow 12/17/08- Nick's physical 12/17/08- U.S. Embassy 12/18/08-Home to the United States 12/28/08-Officially back to our house! :)
4 comments:
What a great pic, the ball in the air even! Hope all is good there!
TOO cute:)
Loved the good news you got from the cardiologist!
Awww so cute!!!!
so sweet! every dad's dream!
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