Hi everyone,
Not much going on to post about lately, we are still ANXIOUSLY waiting to get "the call." We are NEXT to get a baby girl referral in Kemerovo City.....I'm sure most of you know the anxiety I am feeling right now. It has been a little over a year since our dossier first arrived in Russia (July 13, 2007), and we are praying our call will be by the end of this month!
What HAS been keeping me sane is seeing all the other families traveling and bringing home their BEAUTIFUL children. Congratulations to all of those families!!!!!
Bye for now,
Renae and Joe
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brother and sister 2009
brother and sister 2010
brother and sister 2010
Olivia before she turned 1
Olivia in car leaving the baby home
Olivia on her 2nd Birthday with Pappy
Olivia's 3rd Birthday
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Joe and I live in New Jersey and are anxiously waiting to travel to Russia to bring home our little girl. I have an angel of a son, Michael, who is 19 and is in his second year of college. We are all so excited to bring this little girl home and shower her with love!
brother and sister 2009
brother and sister 2010
brother and sister 2010
Olivia before she turned 1
Olivia in car leaving the baby home
Olivia on her 2nd Birthday with Pappy
Olivia's 3rd Birthday
Joe and Renae
Weather in Moscow, Russia
Blogs I Read
- The Israel Family-April
- The Smith's-Stephanie
- Journey To My Little Russian Princess-Shannon
- True Story-Sandy
- Susan & Randy
- Heather & Jason
- Adrienne and Jim-Owen
- When You Wish Upon a STAR-Jenn
- The Littlest Tsarina-Kim
- Big Happy Family-Carrie
- Ondrea and Brian
- Nicole and Bret
- Angie and Curt
- Michelle and Ian
- Carrie and Michael It's a small world
- Childrenshopeint.blogspot
- Journey with the Williams Family - Rachel and Troy
- Russian Adoption - Penny and Chris
- Russian Fairy Tale - Carey and Norman
- The Mixons-Russianpeanut
- Wilson World - Wendy and Slade
Important Dates
- 12/22/06 Accepted into CHI adoption program
- 2/9/07 First home study appointment
- 2/15/07 Went for passports
- 3/26/07 Received passports in the mail
- 4/04/07 Home Study Completed
- 4/12/07 Sent CIS paperwork
- 5/12/07 Went for fingerprints
- 6/19/07 Received I 171H approval letter
- 6/25/07 Sent completed dossier to CHI
- 7/13/07 - Dossier sent to Tver Russia
- 10/26/07 Switched from Tver to Krasnoyarsk region
- 11/01/07 Officially put on the Krasnoyarsk list as a waiting family
- 12/19/07 CHI received new accreditation
- 1/10/08 Vaccination shots
- 4/13/08 9 months since dossier went to Russia
- 4/16/08 Updated Home Study and Registration Paperwork Sent to Russia
- 5/14/08 Sent dossier in to new agency
- 5/18/08 New dossier arrived in Russia to be translated
- 6/4/08 New dossier sent to Kemerovo City
- 5/1/08 Switched adoption agencies
- 7/13/08 1 year since dossier went to Russia
- 7/22/08 Got re-fingerprinted at Newark CIS
- 8/2/08 Got fingerprinted for FBI clearance
- 8/4/08 Sent fingerprints overnight to FBI
- 8/7/08 Joe and Renae Medicals
- 8/7/08 Received approved CIS fingerprint extension
- 8/18/08 Received FBI fingerprint clearances
- 9/04/08 Sent out request for I-171H free extension (expires in December 08)
- 9/23/08 REFERRAL!
- 10/2/08 Received travel dates
- 10/3/08 Sent for Visas
- 10/08/08 Received Visas for 1st travel
- 10/11/08 1st trip to Russia
- 10/13/08 Met Olivia for the first time
- 10/18/08 Home from 1st trip after meeting our daughter
- 11/5/08 Received the updated I 171H approval letter in mail
- 11/21/08 RECEIVED COURT DATE
- 12/13/08 Leave for trip 2/court
- 12/17/08 COURT DAY!
- 12/19/08 Returned home from 2nd trip
- 1/10/09 Leaving for trip 3-pick up Olivia
- 1/12/09 Picked up Olivia at baby home
- 1/21/09 Returned Home with Olivia
3 comments:
Renae,
I'm praying for you everyday. I am so thankful that God brought you into my life during this time. It is a comfort to laugh, fret, encourage, etc. almost everyday. Hope you're having a great weekend!
:)))) Karen
Hi Renae!
Keith, Erick and I are praying for you guys too! I just know that you will hear something soon. Hang in there, the waiting is the HARDEST part!
Hi!
Fellow CSS family here- just wanted to say hang in thier- your time will come. Our first dossier was done March 2 2007 and like you, we waited with your former agency a year and then made the switch in Dec. 07 whne we then had to redo entire dossier with homestudy update and taxes etc. Our new Dossier was done Mid March 08 and we traveled for trip 1 just 3 weeks later. Girls take a little longer as you know, but we just came home with our little boy 3 weeks ago. IT WILL HAPPEN! I'll be blog stalking to see when it does! Good luck and God bless you in your wait!
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