Livin' a blessed life: Mommy and her girl...

11/23/09....was the first time we were able to hold our precious Isabella. One year later she is home and has blessed us beyond measure!!!

Our Journey Begins

8/14/08 Adoption Applicated submitted and accepted by FTIA

9/4/08 First of 3 homestudy visits

9/17/08 Homestudy completed

10/1/08 Made trip to Indianapolis to get documents apostilled. My Mom and dear friend Beth went along. Derrick was in the field and Nana, Derrick's Mother, was with the boys. A fun and exciting day. A real milestone!

10/2/08 Dossier #1 hand delivered to FTIA

10/9/08 Derrick and I went to the CIS (Citizen and Immigration Services) office, in Louisville, to be fingerprinted. Dad was with the boys.

10/10/08 DTR!!! (Date to Russia) Our documents are on their way to Russia

8/3/09 Assigned to Bryansk Region.

8/18/09 Received "the call". We now have a picture of our baby girl. Our region is now Kemerovo.

8/19/09 Began updating dossier 1.

9/3/09 hand delivered updated dossier 1 documents to FTIA.

10/20/09 We have travel dates!!! Leave for Moscow 11/21 and return home 11/26 (Thanksgiving Day). We will get to see Isabella on 11/23 & 11/24. YIPEEE!!

10/23/09 Mailed request to CIS for an appointment to get re-fingerprinted. Our fingerprints expire 01/09/10.

11/13/09 sent requests for FBI and State background checks.

11/21/09 left for Novokuznetsk, Russia

11/23/09 Meet our little angel

11/24/09 said goodbye to our sweet girl-for just a little while

11/25/09 started our journey home.

11/26/09 Home!

11/27/09 off to Louisville to get our fingerprints updated for USCIS.

12/13/09 to Indy to get documents for dossier 2 apostilled.

12/14/09 Dossier 2 hand delivered to Inessa at FTIA.

12/15/09 Dossier 2 on it's way to Russia!!

1/5/10 received FBI clearance letters. Went as a family to Indy to get documents apostilled. After we took care of business we headed to the Indy Children's Museum. Had paperwork back to Kathy by 4:30 pm. What a day!

2/4/10 Mailed request to USCIS to extend our I-171H approval which expires 4/24/10.

2/14/10 Recieved our Court date. We leave it 6 days!!! What a Valentines Day Gift!!

2/20/10 Left for Russia.

2/25/10 Court Date. We are a family of 5!!

3/9/10 Gotcha..we walked out of the orphanage for the last time..with our baby girl.

3/12/10 started our journey home..headed to Moscow.

3/17/10 HOME;-)

Livin' a blessed life

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Mommy and her girl...

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