The Hosford Family's Ukrainian Adoption: Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Merry Christmas

Okay, so I'm a day late and a dollar short but we had a wonderful Christmas and hope you all did too.

Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve, Christmas morning and the pictures I used for my Christmas cards/birth announcements this year.

3 comments:

Tina MichelleDecember 26, 2010 at 9:07 PM
Those pics are so adorable! My Brijet has that pink dress and we love it!
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The McEachernsDecember 26, 2010 at 9:34 PM
I missed the birth announcement post, so belated congratulations! Beautiful pics!
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Mike and ChristieDecember 27, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Congratulations! Everybody looks Awesome!
Merry Christmas
Christie M
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Adoption Time Frame

10/08 - Started adoption process
11/16/08 - First homestudy visit
11/18/08 - picked up certified marriage licenses
11/22/08 - fingerprinted for homestudy and state police clearance
11/23/08-Last homestudy visit
11/25/08-medical exams
11/08-1/09 - gathered all documents needed for dossier
12/30/08 - overnighted I-600A application to USCIS
1/2/09 - USCIS cashed check
1/12/09 - received final homestudy report and overnighted to USCIS
1/20/09 - got all documents notarized (the ones that were not notarized already)
1/21/09 - overnighted all documents (except I-171H) to be apostilled (one document to PA, rest to NJ)
1/23/09 - Received apostilles back from NJ
1/26/09 - received apostilled document from PA; sent dossier (minus I-171H) to Ukraine
1/29/09 - facilitator received dossier (minus I-171H) in Ukraine
2/2/09 - received letter from USCIS with case number saying they received our I-600A application
2/5/09 - received letter from USCIS with date and time of fingerprint appt.
2/17/09 - FBI fingerprints for I-600A application
04/13/09 - Finally received I-171H!!! overnighted to be apostilled.
04/15/09 - received apostilles back - sent final documents to Ukraine!!
04/21/09 - facilitator received completed paperwork
4/23/09 - dossier registered with SDA - submission date of Sept. 21 given
06/09 - updated documents
07/13/09 - Dossier submitted to SDA!!!
07/30/09 - SDA appointment
07/31/09 - met Victoria for the first time
08/19/09 - court date
09/03/09 - picked up court decree; got new birth certificate
09/04/09- legalized birth certificate; tax ID number; applied for passport; VICTORIA'S GOTCHA DAY!!
09/09/09- picked up passport
09/10/09 - Victoria's medical; applied for visa; started I-601 waiver process
09/15/09 - waiver approved; picked up visa; HOME AT LAST!!!