Our Adoption Adventure: Heard Over The Monitor This Morning....

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

..."Ho, Ho, Hoooooo." (and I am sure Angelina was pointing at the Santa on her pj's!)

I think someone is ready for Christmas!

Christine and Stephen said...: Sounds like she's ready for Santa to come!!! I hope your first Christmas with Angelina is WONDERFUL!!!!

Christine; December 23, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Becky and Keith said...: Hehehe... Andrew was yelling up at the sky "Santa! Come out of the North Pole, please! Come to MY house! Thank you!" :-) Kids are just so darn cute! I hope Angelina's first Christmas was wonderful!!; December 26, 2008 at 9:46 AM

Lina's Adoption Time Line

9/11/07 - Had our introduction meeting at Wide Horizons For Children
9/11/07-10/12/07 - Completed agency application
10/18/07 - Homestudy began! Our first meeting with our social worker
10/18/07 - 11/30/07 - Homestudy completed, waited for NH background check
12/5/07 - Received NH background check, homestudy officially completed
1/10/08 - Notice of Favorable Determination received
1/18/08 - Dossier documents delivered and returned from apostilling
1/22/08 - Dossier mailed to WHFC!
1/23/08 - We are officially considered a "waiting family"!
2/11/08 - We learned that our dossier has been registered with the Region of Bryansk in Russia
4/24/08 - We Received our Referral!
5/6/08 - 5/11/08 - First Trip to Bryansk, Russia
5/8/08 - We met our Daughter in Bryansk!
7/1/08 - We got our court date!! Its July 14th
7/9/08 - 7/15/08 - Second trip to Russia
7/11/08 - We had our 8-doctor (really 5 doctor) medical exam in Moscow.
7/14/08 - The Judge Said Yes!
7/27/08 - 8/2/08 - 3rd (and last) trip to Russia.
7/28/08 - GOTCHA DAY! (Angelina turns 19 months)
8/2/08 - HOME!
8/7/08 - First Post Placement Visit
8/26/08 - Registration with Russian Consulate Completed
8/28/08 - Received our Certificate of Citizenship
10/16/08 - Angelina's NH Re-Adoption