Adoption

Today we received some very exciting news! We are officially LID! That is: logged in dossier!  Exactly one week from when our dossier was mailed, our paperwork is logged in and in the process of being sent to the appropriate … Continued

On this day last year we traveled from Lima, Peru to Arequipa, Peru to meet our new son and daughter for the very first time. I can still feel the rush of emotions as we prepared for Carlos and Yamilet … Continued

I’m thinking of you more each day, little Chapel. Wondering how you are. My mind races to the orphanage with rows and rows of cribs with you there caught in the midst of it. I’m sure you’re used to the … Continued

 At  the end of last week we received notice that we had I800a approval.  That was huge- but no sooner had the day rolled on before we got a notice from our adoption agency. The address on the approval was … Continued

Apparently there was a slight miscommunication when I emailed our officer on Friday to ask if our fingerprints had cleared, because she emailed me back and said they had not! I emailed again this morning and she said our approval … Continued

When I talked to our CIS officer over a week ago she said that she’d already reviewed our home study and as soon as she received our fingerprints she could approve our i800a!! Woohoo! So we had our fingerprints done … Continued

I’m picking my jaw up off the floor.  I’m in utter shock. It’s only been around three weeks since we sent our i800a application to CIS.  We received our fingerprint appointment on Saturday and it was only a little over … Continued

Want to know what this is? This is me, WORKING ON OUR DOSSIER for Ch*na!! I am so excited to be finally working on this step! And I have to say, the requirements for the dossier for Ch*na are a … Continued

I must stop our present beach camping trip doings to make a little announcement! We finally got the long awaited news! As of today, our home study and i800a are officially ON THE WAY to CIS! I seriously couldn’t be … Continued