It's been a while since we've had any adoption milestones for Aaden but today is a big one to me. He was 17.5 months old when he was placed in our arms in Russia. Today, he has been home with us for 17.5 months. Every day moving forward he will have spent more of his life with his family than without.
I can't believe how big he has gotten now. He went from being just 17 lbs and not on the charts for either height/weight to being well on the charts. He was delayed in just about everything and now he is considered ahead in gross motors skills and some other areas according to his EI teachers. We are just still working on his speech (which he is still behind but has made so many leaps and bounds over the last few months that I don't think it will be long before he has caught up).
He will be 3 next month and we have decided to put him in preschool after the winter break in January. He is becoming so independant so quickly and mama is having a harder time with it than he is! But I am so proud of him and feel so blessed to be his mother.
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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:
I am adopting in Bryansk right now doing an independent adoption. I would love your email address! The video of trip 3 brought tears and was inspiring. Thank you for sharing your experience with me. I adopted in 2006, my son, and am now trying to adopt a girl in Bryansk. Please email me at karyo69@aol.com.
Kerry
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