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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Introducing Aaden Michael!
We are very happy to share these first photos of our new son, Aaden. He is 15 months old and is already running if you let him hold your finger! He loves to laugh when his daddy picks him up and raises him in the air and to snuggle with his mommy when he wakes up from his nap. The hardest part now will the wait to come back and get him. Here is our first photo with Aaden:
Oh he is gorgeous, and he looks like you, well I have a new nephew, I am soooo happy for you and Mike and of course the star of the show Aaden, the tears keep coming from my eyes I am so happy for you. Love, Aunt Kathy
OMG, he is just the sweetest little man!! I'm so so happy for you guys - congratulations Mommy and Daddy! I can't wait to meet him—hopefully this summer!
Congratulations! He is so beautiful and you look so happy holding him. Rosanna is very excited to meet her new cousin. I'm sure Dmitri will love to play with him.
Congratulations MaMa and DaDa. Frank and I are soooo thrilled for you! Aaden is the same age as Gabriella, so we'll have to set up lots of playdates and then Mommy time to scrap them! Can't wait to meet Aaden. Love, Meg, Frank and the Girls
5/7/08 - We get THE call. Aaden is ready to come home :) We leave on May 17th for trip #2.
4/4/08 - We find out all our paperwork has been submitted to the Bryansk courts and nothing else has been required
3/21/08 - We are back home to start the waiting process again.
3/19/08 - We petition the court in Russia to start the adoption process of Aaden
3/18/08 - We meet our son Aaden for the first time!
3/15/08 - We leave for trip #1 to Russia
3/12/08 - We get a blind referral to travel to Bryansk in 3 days!
2/18/08 - Dossier is moved to Bryansk Region
12/5/07 - Find out our dossier has arrived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
12/4/07 - Russian Orientation Class to learn about our trip :)
11/29/07 - Michael's birthday and our agency got reaccredited!
10/29/07 - Dossier is approved by agency and sent off to Russia!
10/23/07 - We got our I600A fingerprint approval in the mail!
10/10/07 - Finish Russian dossier paperwork & get it all notarized. Now we are just waiting to get the fingerprints back to send it all to be apposilled.
10/4/07 - Go into immagration to get our I600A fingerprints for the Russian adoption.
9/24/07 - We are on the books for domestic adoption. Hoping and praying we get picked.
9/19/07 - Home study is finalized. We are officially approved to be adoptive parents! :)
9/18/07 - After talking through it all we decide to double apply to both Russia and the United States, given the current situation.
9/12/07 - Find out we can no longer request a girl. We are okay with this but are now worried there are other issues and setbacks with adopting from Russia. Lots to think about!
8/21/07 - Start working on Russian dossier paperwork. What a stack of paper!
8/20/07 - We completed our final at-home homestudy meeting with Lauren & Michael, Lori, & Ryan.
8/14/07 - Our second pre-adopt parenting class & we are done :)
8/7/07 - Our first pre-adopt parenting class at agency
7/23/07 - Our second homestudy meeting with Lauren & completed Packet "B" of paperwork.
7/18/07 - Our first meeting with Lauren.
7/10/07 - We are officially assigned our social worker Lauren.
6/25/07 - Fill out Packet "A" paperwork & send into agency
6/21/07 - Meet with agency for the first time & submitted application
We have been married for almost 5 years. Michael has a great 15 year-old son, Ryan, that we love spending time with. Our youngest son, Aaden, came home from Russia in June 2008.
12 comments:
Congratulation Lori and Michael! I had tears in my eyes when I saw the pictures. This is so unbelievable. I can't wait to meet Aeden!
Love,
Tara, Peter & Nathan
Sorry, I already spelled his name wrong. I mean Aaden!
Tara
Oh he is gorgeous, and he looks like you, well I have a new nephew, I am soooo happy for you and Mike and of course the star of the show Aaden, the tears keep coming from my eyes I am so happy for you.
Love,
Aunt Kathy
OMG, he is just the sweetest little man!! I'm so so happy for you guys - congratulations Mommy and Daddy!
I can't wait to meet him—hopefully this summer!
XO
Jackie
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Lori & Michael
Congratulations! Aaden is adorable!
Christine
He is soo cute. G-d Bless. It will be one of the hardest things to do leaving him.
Melissa
Michael & Lori:
Our new grandson is beautiful if we do say so ourselves!!!! CAN NOT WAIT TO HOLD HIM. Aaden Michael Caralis it sounds perfect;
Love to you both and congratulations, mom and dad Caralis
Congratulations! He is so beautiful and you look so happy holding him.
Rosanna is very excited to meet her new cousin. I'm sure Dmitri will love to play with him.
BTW - Jim says he had a triple double on Tuesday.
Love, Karen and Jim
Congratulations Lori and Michael!!!! He is a handsome little guy. We are so happy for you and can't wait to meet and hold Aaden. Lots of love!
Shana, Gary, and Ava
Lori he is so beautiful!!!! I am so very happy for you!!!
Chrissie
Congratulations MaMa and DaDa. Frank and I are soooo thrilled for you! Aaden is the same age as Gabriella, so we'll have to set up lots of playdates and then Mommy time to scrap them! Can't wait to meet Aaden.
Love,
Meg, Frank and the Girls
I am crying and so is my mom! We are so happy for you!!!! Can't wait till he comes home. He is Beautiful!
Love Karen, Andy and the gang
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