We finally had some "official" family photos taken. I added some to the slide show and the rest below:
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Family Photos
Posted by Jason & Melanie at 9:59 PM
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Welcome to our blog. It is a journal of our adoption journey to Ukraine and up to one year home. Our journal from our actual time in Ukraine is found in March-May 2008 posts. Please feel free to leave a comment or email us.
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Our Timeline of significant dates:
July 2006- Made decision to adopt
2007
Feb 4- Mailed Application to agency
Feb 14- First Homestudy
Feb 24- Applied for passports
Feb 26- Mailed CIS application
Mar 5- 2nd Homestudy (with home inspection)
Mar 12- Fingerprints and background check at ABI
Mar 14- 3rd Homestudy (Individual- Jason)
Mar 20- 3rd Homestudy (Individual Mel then Grant)
Apr 6- Last Homestudy
Apr 6- Fingerprinted again (this time for CIS)
Apr 8- Received Police Clearance in the mail
Apr 11- Jason & Mel physicals and labs for Homestudy
Apri 16- Grant medicals done for Homestudy
June- LOADS of paperwork obtained
for Dossier (Dossier= the formal pack of papers sent to Ukraine)
June 4- Passports come in the mail
June 20- CIS 1170 form came in (this is the final piece of the puzzle to close out homestudies :)
June 23- 2nd set of medicals done for Dossier
Aug 2- Dossier Review meeting at agency
Aug 6- Dossier appostilled and sent to Ukraine
Sept 1- Dossier officially translated and submitted to the SDA (Adoption Center in Ukraine)
Dec 11- Received SDA appointment for March 17th
May 17- Inna and Vitali arrive in America to our forever family
July 2006- Made decision to adopt
2007
Feb 4- Mailed Application to agency
Feb 14- First Homestudy
Feb 24- Applied for passports
Feb 26- Mailed CIS application
Mar 5- 2nd Homestudy (with home inspection)
Mar 12- Fingerprints and background check at ABI
Mar 14- 3rd Homestudy (Individual- Jason)
Mar 20- 3rd Homestudy (Individual Mel then Grant)
Apr 6- Last Homestudy
Apr 6- Fingerprinted again (this time for CIS)
Apr 8- Received Police Clearance in the mail
Apr 11- Jason & Mel physicals and labs for Homestudy
Apri 16- Grant medicals done for Homestudy
June- LOADS of paperwork obtained
for Dossier (Dossier= the formal pack of papers sent to Ukraine)
June 4- Passports come in the mail
June 20- CIS 1170 form came in (this is the final piece of the puzzle to close out homestudies :)
June 23- 2nd set of medicals done for Dossier
Aug 2- Dossier Review meeting at agency
Aug 6- Dossier appostilled and sent to Ukraine
Sept 1- Dossier officially translated and submitted to the SDA (Adoption Center in Ukraine)
Dec 11- Received SDA appointment for March 17th
May 17- Inna and Vitali arrive in America to our forever family
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8 comments:
So cute!!!! Such a difference from that first meeting!!! Thanks for continuing to update!!
Love,
Jeanne
I can/will 'second' the recommendation to share some plans for the next day! Our girls were 12 and 9 when they became ours--to this day our now 15 yr. old VERY much wants to know our plans in advance. It isn't nearly as critical to her, but you can tell it is important to her.
I believe it is true that their former unpredictable life has sort of 'hard wired' them to prepare for what may be coming next.
That's a great idea to post/provide tips to 'soon-to-be' adoptive parents of older children!
the pictures are beautiful! thank you so much for posting them!
Look at your beautiful family!!! You are so blessed....
:) Allison
What a beautiful family you have! Blessings.
Love the pics! Hope you have one for Aunt Nik:)
Dear Jason and Melanie,
good afternoon!My name is Cristina,I'm 21 y.o. and I write you from Turin,in Italy.This morning I read your story.I think that you have really a fantastic family.You are special parents.It is straordinary,what you made for Inna and Vitalik.In May 2008,I also was in Novograd Volinskyj.In that city lives my little ukrainian sister.She calls Olena and she lives in the same internat where lived your Inna.Olena has an alcoholc father,who I met in May.He doesn't love her daughter,so Olena lives alone in internat.Every year,Olena comes to my home in Italy for 3 mounths.We are her Italian family.Now she is in internat,but in December maybe she will return here.We can't adopt Olena,because she isn't an orphan.But I love Olena by all my heart.She is a child with many problems,but for me she is the best child in the world.If you have photos of Inna's internat and of children,who we saw in this internat,can you send me?Maybe Olena is in your photos.I pray you,send me this photos...I don't see Olena from mounths!
A big kiss for your sons.
Cristina
My e-mail is:cristina.olena@mail.ru
Wow!! These are beautiful, your family is so precious!
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