The Big Day - June 2, 2008
5 minutes later while waiting in the car...
First Night with Mommy & Daddy
Nap Time
Hanging in Moscow
U.S. Embassy Day - June 6, 2008
Finally - Coming Home! June 7, 2008
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March 2008 - When we met Aaden
June 2008 - Our first family photo
using papers and elements from BigBoy by Dana Zarling
Here we go again!
- 10/13/09 - Finish adoptive parenting class - nothing left to do but wait...
- 9/25/09 - All paperwork passed in and we are done!
- 9/22/09 - Officially approved by the agency
- 9/8/09 - Finish homestudy meetings
- 8/18/09 - First homestudy meeting at agency
- 8/3/09 - Drop off paperwork to agency
- 6/7/08 - Home with Aaden
- 6/2/08 - Aaden in our arms forever!
- 5/31/08 - Leave for trip #3 to Russia
- 5/21/08 - Home for the 10 day waiting period
- 5/20/08 - Visit Aaden & court hearing
- 5/17/08 - Leave for trip #2 to Russia
- 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
Love at first sight
March 2008 - When we met Aaden
Finally home!
June 2008 - Our first family photo
- Lori & Michael
- 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.
using papers and elements from BigBoy by Dana Zarling
1 comment:
Congratulations on becomming a family, Lori! Aaden is beautiful and looks very happy.
Thank you for your support and I hope that your transition is going well!
Adrian
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