Big V and Little Sy: plane tickets, check!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

plane tickets, check!

Well, we are working on all of the details that have to be done before we leave to meet Vlad. Making a list and checking it about a million times! Today, we got our plane tickets -- we leave on March 11th -- in ten days. Can you believe it?!

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LisaMarch 1, 2011 at 8:52 AM
I am sooooo excited for you!!! I can't wait to read your posts when you finally get to meet him
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LindyMarch 1, 2011 at 9:24 AM
I can feel the excitement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So happy that you will be holding your little man in less then 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CrystalMarch 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM
yay, I can't believe you are almost there. I can't wait to see new pictures of him.
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MelMarch 1, 2011 at 6:02 PM
YAAAAHOOOOOO!!!! I can't WAIT to know you have met your sweet boy!! And see pics! :)
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JessicaMarch 1, 2011 at 6:46 PM
TEN DAYS!! I am so jealous!! You better wait for me over there! haha! I cannot wait to hear all about you meeting Vlad!!
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EmiMarch 2, 2011 at 8:29 AM
Just ten days! This is so exciting!
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Organized ChaosMarch 2, 2011 at 6:17 PM
I'm so excited for you! You have to let me know if you see my 2. I'm hopefully not too far behind you!
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Our Timeline

7-21-2007 Vlad is born

2-27-2009 Syrus is born

6-2009 Found Reece's Rainbow and saw Vlad

8-3-2010 Knew Vlad was our son!

8-7-2010 Committed to Vlad with Reece's Rainbow

8-16-2010 Met with agency to start homestudy

8-17-2010 Started all the paperwork and physicals

9-1-2010 Sent first packet to be apostilled

9-2-2010 Background checks and fingerprinting

9-7-2010 Turned in two packets to the homestudy agency AND express shipped our first packet to Vlad's country!

9-10-2010 Packet 1 has been delivered!! Faxed Packet 3 for approval.

9-13-2010 Ordered birth and marriage certificates

9-14-2010 Homestudy appointment

9-16-2010 Packet 3 approved!

9-20-2010 Homestudy appointment

9-21-2010 Sent out background check requests for every state lived in by the six adults living in our house! Sent 17 documents to be apostilled for our dossier. And MOST importantly, sent a blanket to Vlad with his little name embroidered on it.

9-27-2010 Finished 8 hours of adoption training courses

9-28-2010 Homestudy appointment

10-2-2010 Wrote request for State Police Clearance; Filled out Passport Application for Syrus; Filled out I-600a Immigration Application; Composed fundraising letter

10-4-2010 LAST HOMESTUDY APPOINTMENT!!!

10-5-2010 Mailed State Police Clearance request

10-6-2010 Called state offices about out-of-state clearances.

10-9-2010 Applied for Sy's Passport

10-13-2010 Received PA, IN, and MA clearances

10-18-2010 Received NY clearance and attended last adoption class

10-19-2010 Homestudy sent to DCFS for approval

10-22-2010 Received Sy's Passport -- he is official!

10-26-2010 Received State Police Clearance letters

11-4-2010 Approved by DCFS

11-9-2010 Sent I-600A Application to Immigration

11-15-2010 Vlad got his blanket :)

11-20-2010 Received confirmation that our immigration application is being processed

11-30-2010 Spoke to USCIS -- received fingerprinting date!

12-10-2010 Faxed 75 pages for approval

12-20-2010 Almost all documents approved!

12-22-2010 USCIS fingerprinting appointment

12-28-2010 USCIS fingerprinting for other four adults in our home :)

1-8-2011 Received notice that I have to be fingerprinted AGAIN and the appointment isn't until 1-31-2011

1-11-2011 Walked in and got fingerprinted! Woohoo!

1-13-2011 Immigration Officer emailed that we are approved!

1-14-2011 Got entire dossier apostilled -- just waiting on the I-171h approval from immigration to arrive!

1-19-2011 Received the I-171h form!! Awwww yeah!! I got my golden ticket, baby! :)

1-21-2011 MAILED THE DOSSIER TO VLAD'S COUNTRY!

1-24-2011 Dossier arrived in country

2-10-2011 DOSSER SUBMITTED!

2-23-2011 Received our travel date -- we have to be in Vlad's country for our first appointment on Monday, March 14th!!

3-12-2011 Arrived in Vlad's country

3-14-2011 SDA Appointment

3-16-2011 Met Vlad!

4-1-2011 We are named Vlad's parents in court!

4-12-2011 The ten day wait is over

4-16-2011 GOTCHA DAY!

4-19 and 4-20-2011 Embassy Appointments

4-21-2011 Vlad arrives in the USA

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

plane tickets, check!

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