Here are the newest pictures of our girls. I miss them so much. I pray we get some good news soon. Both the girls are growing up too fast.
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A journal of our family, our adoption journey ... and other musings
Adoption Timeline
- Sept. 13, 2010: ADOPTION DAY!!
- May 2010: Find out we have a Haitian adoption decree from December 2009.
- Jan. 24, 2010: Islande and Katiana join us in the U.S.!
- Jan. 12, 2010: 7.0 Quake hits Haiti
- Dec. 6, 2009: Happy 5th Birthday, Katiana!
- Nov. 12, 2009: Hear we're in Civil Court awaiting the judge's approval.
- Oct. 24-28, 2009: Jodie makes sixth trip (Mark makes second) to Haiti to sign a blank notebook to "prove" we want our girls. We also find out on the trip that we exited Parquet in June or July 2009, but have sat in limbo since then.
- Sept. 26, 2009: Fingerprints done for third time; also find out we have to go to Haiti to "prove" we want our girls.
- June 8, 2009: News our file has been submitted to Parquet (I don't know what date we went in).
- May 16, 2009: Receive word that we have IBESR approval! Now it's off to Parquet.
- April 4, 2009: Jodie hears from several friends that she and Mark are listed in the March 2, 2009, edition of Le Moniteur as having received dispensation. Still awaiting to hear about IBESR.
- March13-18, 2009: Jodie makes fifth trip to Haiti. Files are STILL in dispensation (again).
- March 5, 2009: Happy 9th Birthday, Islande!
- January 20, 2009: Second homestudy update, preparing for I-171H update (grrrrrr).
- January 16, 2009: Request 2nd extension of I-72/I-600 since signing in July.
- December 6, 2008: Happy 4th Birthday, Katiana!
- July 19-24, 2008: Fourth trip to Haiti to sign I-600
- July 1, 2008: Update fingerprints and take certificates to State Department for authentication; send docs with friends to Haiti July 8.
- June 28: We actually do need to have "Certificate of Good Communal Living," which must be notarized, authenticated, translated and legalized before sending to Haiti -- NOW!
- June 26, 2008: Hear from social worker that "Certificate of Good Communal Living" not required; but also that I have to travel to Haiti to sign I-600
- June 16, 2008: IBESR wanting another "Certificate of Good Communal Living" from us, even though we did one in January
- May 5, 2008: We hear we're out of dispensation
- March 5, 2008: Happy 8th birthday, Islande!
- February 2008: Third trip to Haiti
- February 2008: Find out we're in dispensation (renewed step within IBESR)
- February 2008: Home study expiring. Have to pay to update.
- January 2008: Receive word that IBESR requests a letter stating how long Mark and I have known each other
- December 6, 2007: Happy 3rd Birthday, Katiana!
- October 7, 2007: We hear we're in IBESR. Files 15810 and 15811
- August 24, 2007: We have First Legalization
- August 2007: Dossier complete in time for Jodie to hand-deliver dossier to Haiti on mission trip
- June 2007: We make our first trip to Haiti. God chooses for us Islande and Katiana
- April 2007: Russia shuts down U.S. adoptions until further notice
- April 2007: God switches our gears from Russia to Haiti.
- April 2007: Differences between adoption and home study agencies force us to choose one. We stay with home study agency.
- March 2007: Receive overwhelming instructions for dossier
- February 2007: Finish home study
- December 2006: Begin home study
- November 2006: Sent application for Russian adoption
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- Jodie
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- God is restoring the years the locusts have eaten. I love being married to my darling husband, and I love being Mom to my THREE sweet daughters: one homegrown, two from Haiti. Check out the beginning our our adoption journey at http://jodiemalodie.wordpress.com/
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10 comments:
Yay! You got two happy ones!
Pretty smiles on pretty girls...your house is going to very female friendly. Hope your hubby is ready!
They are so precious! I can't wait to meet them in person!
islande is beautiful!! katiana has an impish little grin;)
Beautiful! I really hope you get good news soon.
Heather
GORGEOUS!!
I think I say the same thing every time...beautiful!! Like the look of your blog too!!
Your girls look GREAT! Praying for you all the time :-)
They are both gorgeous. And you're so right...they are growing up so fast. It bothers me big time that we are missing out on so much . Some days I just want to scream, and say, don't you know what we are missing out on!!! But, I guess that won't get me anywhere!
They are beautiful! I know that you are one proud momma!
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