Milestones

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 Gotcha Day!
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
Late-February 2006 Formal family decision to adopt

Abigail’s Adoption Timeline

Joshua’s Adoption Timeline

11/22/2010 JOSHUA DAY!!!!
11/17/2010 Fly to Beijing via Chicago
11/8/2010 Homestudy Update sent to USCIS
11/5/2010 Chinese Visas in for Missy and the girls
11/2/2010 Visit with Social Worker for Home Study Update
10/18/2010 TRAVEL APPROVAL
9/30/2010 Received Article 5 (Finally, officially waiting for Travel Approval!)
9/13/2010 NVC Letter Received - lets you know all your US approvals have been forwarded on to GZ
9/1/2010 I-800 Provisional Approval (US’s approval to adopt Joshua)
8/9/2010 Letter of Acceptance (Letter Seeking Confirmation of Adopter) ie - are you sure you’re sure you want to adopt? Ugh...YES!!!
6/21/2010 Dossier Logged into China (LID)
6/11/2010 Dossier sent to China
6/7-9/2010 Scramble to acquire a new police clearance letter, and get it sealed.
6/05/2010 Notified that there was a problem with our police clearance letter...ugh.
5/20/2010 Dossier Sent to CCAI for critical review and translation
5/20/2010 Received documents from Courier service in Houston
5/17/2010 Dossier Authenticated (Houston, Tx)
5/15/2010 Joshua’s 3rd Birthday
5/13/2010 Received Certified Letter of Employment from AR...rushed it to Houston to join the other documents
5/11/2010 Received Certified Documents and Discovered one document needed Arkansas Certification instead of Tx...rush document to AR, sent other documents to courier in Houston
5/10/2010 Dossier Certified (Austin, Tx)
5/5/2010 Sent I 797C to Texas Secretary of State along with the return envelope we forgot to include with the first batch of documents.
5/4/2010 Received I 797C - USCIS approval
5/4/2010 Sent Documents to Texas Secretary of State for Certification
4/23/2010 USCIS Fingerprint appointment for I - 797C
4/14/2010 Received invitation for fingerprint appointment
3/25/2010 Received update on Joshua! Notice of Receipt for I-800A
3/18/2010 Mailed in I-800A application
3/05/2010 Home Study Approved by CCAI
1/29/2010 Obtained last document for Dossier...just waiting on Home Study so we can file with USCIS
1/23/2010 Third meeting with our social worker
1/21/2010 First and Second meeting with our social worker for the Home Study
1/05/2010 Received Dossier Guide from CCAI to begin the paper chase process
12/22/2009 Received Pre Approval from China to adopt Wu Chang Shun!!!
12/19/2009 Application approved by CCAI
12/10/2009 Application to CCAI submitted
12/08/2009 Informed CCAI that we would be thrilled to pursue this little boy (Sent in Letter of Intent - LOI)
12/04/2009 Received email from CCAI asking us to consider whether we would be interested in adopting the little boy
11/21/2009 Sent an inquiry to CCAI (the agency we used to bring Abigail home) about a little boy on their Waiting Child list
November 2009 Formal family decision to adopt again