FINDING EMILY: Happy Family Day

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