Why did we choose adoption?
Timeline:
07/24/2008
Abigail Receives her Texas Birth Certificate
07/07/2008
12 Month Post Placement Visit with Social Worker
06/20/2008
Abigail’s Re-adoption Court Hearing
12/05/2007
6 Month Post Placement Visit with Social Worker
08/08/2007
Abigail Receives her Certificate of Citizenship
07/13/2007
Abigail Arrives in Dallas to her new HOME!
07/12/2007
U.S. Consulate Appointment – receive Abigail’s visa to get into the United States
07/07/2007
Arrived into Guangzhou, Guangdong after an hour flight from Nanning
07/03/2007
Adoption Day!
07/02/2007
07/01/2007
Arrived into Nanning, Guangxi after an hour flight from Hong Kong
06/27/2007
Arrived into Hong Kong at 7 p.m. after a 14 hour flight from LAX
06/19/2007
Granted Consulate Appointment on July 11, 2007
06/14/2007
Received Travel Approval
06/06/2007
Received Daniel’s passport
05/29/2007
Received Caroline’s passport
05/17/2007
Received “Letter of Acceptance” from China. This is China’s final “Are you sure you want Abigail?” document that we are required to sign & return. The next milestone is our travel approval!
05/09/2007
Confirmation from our agency that we are in the “match room” in China (+/- 4-6 weeks to travel)
03/09/2007
Home study Addendum Authenticated (Houston)
03/07/2007
Abigail’s One Year Birthday!
03/06/2007
Received Pre-approval from China to adopt Xiao Xia
03/02/2007
Home study Addendum Certified (Austin)
02/20/2007
Home study Addendum Meeting with Our Social Worker
02/19/2007
Sent Letter of Intent (LOI) for Xiao Xia
02/12/2007
Received Referral for Xiao Xia
02/11/2007
Dossier Logged Into China (LID)
01/24/2007
Dossier Sent to China
01/19/2007
Dossier Sent to CCAI
01/19/2007
Dossier Authenticated (Houston)
01/10/2007
Dossier Certified (Austin)
01/7/2007
Missy’s 30th birthday – she is now old enough to adopt from China
01/3/2007
Received I-171H
11/14/2006
Got fingerprinted
10/10/2006
Received our fingerprint appt. from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
09/11/2006
Completed our Home study
08/17/2006
Started our Home study through Hope Cottage
07/11/2006
Application to CCAI approved
07/10/2006
Application to CCAI (our adoption agency) submitted
