Friday, February 6, 2009
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Our family Fall 2008
photo taken by Susan J Weiand photography
Our children
photo taken by Susan J Weiand Photography
Our family
At the beach..summer 2008
My Brothers' Blog
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME
- Janine
- Glad you stopped by. I'm a stay at home mom of three kids and married to my hubby of 9 years. We live in California.
Emily's parents
My Adoption Mantra
Trip 2
Us on a bridge in St Pete around the corner from our hotel
St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Trip 1
Self Portrait in the Yusupov Palace
Breakfast at our hotel on the morning of our MOE appt
Our Daughter's Referral Photo given to us at MOE
Our sweet baby girl at 2 months old
Emily at 12 months
Our first meeting...day 1
Emily at 13 months
Trip 2
Waiting in Frankfurt
Adoption Milestones
- 4/26/08 Left Moscow and arrived home
- 4/24/08 US Embassy Appt
- 4/22/08 Picked up Emily from the Babyhome and took the overnight train to Moscow
- 4/21/08 Our Court Date
- 4/18/08 Travel to Russia on Trip 2
- 3/13/08 Met our daughter for the first time!
- 3/11/08 Travel to Russia on Trip 1
- 3/04/08 Receive 171-H!!!
- 12/21/07 USCIS receives requested additional documents for I-600A
- 10/25/07 Sent off the last of the dossier documents..the official wait begins for our baby girl!!
- 10/19/07 Met with our placing agency on the east coast
- 9/27/07 Homestudy sent to USCIS..I-600A application complete
- 9/26/07 Hubby takes the MMPI-2 Inventory
- 9/24/07 Janine takes the MMPI-2 Inventory
- 9/08/07 FBI Fingerprints taken
- 9/07/07 Review roughdraft of homestudy
- 8/29/07 Our passports arrive
- 8/27/07 Sent in last packet of docs to Homestudy agency
- 8/24/07 Sent in I-600A application to local USCIS office
- 8/24/07 Janine's medical appt
- 8/21/07 Hubby's medical appt
- 8/21/07 Home Visit
- 8/20/07 Both Individual Interviews
- 8/10/07 Couple Interview
- 8/01/07 Passports renewed for the whole family
- 8/01/07 Sent in application to our placing agency
- 8/01/07 Sent in 2nd packet of paperwork to Homestudy Agency
- 7/30/07 Assigned a SW at our Homestudy agency
- 7/18/07 Fingerprints are taken at the State level
- 7/17/07 Attended the preadopt education class at our Homestudy Agency
- 7/17/07 Hand delivered Application to our Homestudy Agency
- 7/16/07 Sent away for our birth certificates and marriage license
ADOPTION STORIES I FOLLOW
- 4 from Russia
- Adventure to Haylie
- Bringing Nicholas Home
- Bringing Sweet Pea Home
- Confessions of a Russian Adoption
- Dreaming on an Angel
- Family of Five
- Family Reunion
- Hoping for Girl
- In a Land far, far Away
- It's a Small World
- Journey to Max
- Journey with the Williams Family
- Lauren and Marco
- Making our House a Home
- Olive You
- On the Road to Addis
- Our Journey of Love
- Our Russian Peanut
- Russian Adoption Journey
- Russian Blessings
- Russian Fairy Tale
- The Littlest Tsarina
- The Monroe 6
- The Road Home
- To Russia for our Daughter
- When you wish upon a star
RUSSIAN ADOPTION RESOURCES
Where in the World....Are you?
6 comments:
Love the new pictures!! What a cutie pie!
She is too cute. I love the shirt!
Joy
How adorable! I love the tutu, and the shirt! :D
Emily is so darn cute...I bet you just want to gobble her up all the time!
Keeps me going through this awful wait for our referral to see her smiling face on your blog.
Thanks,
Angie
wherever did you get that super cute tutu for her?
Adorable outfit on an adorable little red haired girl!!!
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