It is easy to get caught up in all the negative things in our lives, in all of the things that bother us each day.
I am thankful for a day that makes me pause and truly reflect on the blessings in my life, because when I really think about them it far outweighs the negatives.
I hope all of you have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!
A few HIV + children that need homes
Adoption Time Frame
- 10/08 - Started adoption process
- 11/16/08 - First homestudy visit
- 11/18/08 - picked up certified marriage licenses
- 11/22/08 - fingerprinted for homestudy and state police clearance
- 11/23/08-Last homestudy visit
- 11/25/08-medical exams
- 11/08-1/09 - gathered all documents needed for dossier
- 12/30/08 - overnighted I-600A application to USCIS
- 1/2/09 - USCIS cashed check
- 1/12/09 - received final homestudy report and overnighted to USCIS
- 1/20/09 - got all documents notarized (the ones that were not notarized already)
- 1/21/09 - overnighted all documents (except I-171H) to be apostilled (one document to PA, rest to NJ)
- 1/23/09 - Received apostilles back from NJ
- 1/26/09 - received apostilled document from PA; sent dossier (minus I-171H) to Ukraine
- 1/29/09 - facilitator received dossier (minus I-171H) in Ukraine
- 2/2/09 - received letter from USCIS with case number saying they received our I-600A application
- 2/5/09 - received letter from USCIS with date and time of fingerprint appt.
- 2/17/09 - FBI fingerprints for I-600A application
- 04/13/09 - Finally received I-171H!!! overnighted to be apostilled.
- 04/15/09 - received apostilles back - sent final documents to Ukraine!!
- 04/21/09 - facilitator received completed paperwork
- 4/23/09 - dossier registered with SDA - submission date of Sept. 21 given
- 06/09 - updated documents
- 07/13/09 - Dossier submitted to SDA!!!
- 07/30/09 - SDA appointment
- 07/31/09 - met Victoria for the first time
- 08/19/09 - court date
- 09/03/09 - picked up court decree; got new birth certificate
- 09/04/09- legalized birth certificate; tax ID number; applied for passport; VICTORIA'S GOTCHA DAY!!
- 09/09/09- picked up passport
- 09/10/09 - Victoria's medical; applied for visa; started I-601 waiver process
- 09/15/09 - waiver approved; picked up visa; HOME AT LAST!!!
About Me
- ukraine09
- My name is Jaime. I am wife to a wonderful husband, Joe, and mother to two beautiful daughters, Morgan who is 6 and Victoria who is 4. Victoria joined our family from Ukraine on Sept. 15, 2009. I started this blog for our friends and family to follow our journey to adopt our daughter from Ukraine. I am continuing this blog about our daily life and raising a child with HIV. Maybe in the future it will be used as an adoption blog again??????
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