Monday, July 2, 2007

Aidan


Our beautiful 5 year old daughter Aidan Hannah is very excited about being a big sister. We are having fun talking about it and all the fun things to come. Life will be a little different for all of us with two kids around.

The hardest part of all this planning is the decision to keep Aidan home and travel with out her. We have discussed eighteen different versions of how to go and bring her and keep her home as well as one of us making it two trips and the other staying the duration - I will not bore you with the list but trust me they all work and they are all complicated puzzle pieces. We will not know until we (Tom and I) are there what the duration of the trip will look like. So continue to follow along and see what happens.
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Jo said...

Aidan,
Walking to school, playing on the playground, ballet, violin, games, painting our nails, eating DIBS. We have so many fun things to do while you wait for your baby sister to come home.
We love you!
Jo and Pa

11.9.07

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Timeline

11/08/07 Left Kazakhstan on route home to NYC
10/22/07 Left Arkalyk for Almaty
10/03/07 Court Day - Petition for Adoption Accepted!
9/15/07 First day in Arkalyk at orphanage, met Veronika
9/12/07 Departing NYC on route to Kazakhstan
9/04/07 LOI - arrived today!
8/24/07 Heard from Agency with information about children, region and some details about trip. (1 week to gather info while caseworker on vacation)
7/27/07 Began process of updating FBI clearance and medical forms
7/03/07 Dossier arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan at the MFA
6/27/07 Approved by Kaz Embassy in DC and shipped to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Astana, Kazakhstan (MFA is the 1st ministry to review dossier)
6/22/07 Dossier shipped to Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington, DC
6/01/07 Dossier fully translated and awaiting to be sent to Kaz Embassy.
5/21/07 Agency submitted dossier for translation.
5/15/07 Dossier complete / sent to adoption agency
5/09/07 I-171H Approval letter forwarded by INS to US Embassy in Almaty, Kazakhstan
5/01/07 Notarize, Authenticate, Apostille and copy of all documents
4/24/07 INS fingerprinting
4/08/07 Paper work hell...........working to gather all that is needed to complete dossier
3/12/07 Received notice of FBI clearance from US Department of Justice
3/11/07 Second home study visit
3/04/07 First home study visit
3/02/07 Had fingerprints taken for FBI clearance
2/28/07 I600A - Application filed with BCIS (Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services ) for I-171H
2/21/07 Applied for home study review and began collecting documents for dossier
2/20/07 Signed with Adoption Agency - Adoption Ark