Armstrong Family: 2+3=5!: Time To Go!!!

Packing went well yesterday and besides last-minute details to do when Karl comes home, we are all ready to go! We are all so very excited and thankful that we can go to this Reunion together!

........................Adoption Highlights

2/21/09 - 1 year home in U.S./EE. UU. as LFA!
1/15/09 - 1 year since our first day together as LFA!!!!!
1/9/09 - Refinalized Adoption in IL!
2/21/08 - Came Home Together!
1/15/08 - We met the Children for the first time!
1/14/08 - We flew down to Cali.
1/13/08 - We flew to Bogota.
12/20/07 - Went to Chicago and had documents apostilled and got our special Adoption Visas!!!
12/19/07 - Bought Airline Tickets for all 5 of us!!!
12/17/07 - Received official date to travel/meet the children today!!! We will fly to Bogota on 1/13/08 & will meet the children on 1/15/08!!!
12/11/07 - We wrote our acceptance letter and emailed it to our Agency!
12/11/07 - Our Agency translated the official paperwork for the referral of the children and then emailed & UPS'd it to us!
12/6/07 - CHI Representative in Colombia receives our official assignment paperwork for the children!
12/1/07 - Got updated FBI prints & clearances back!
11/14/07 - Got refingerprinted AND received the call for our referral of the kids!!! It is unofficially official!!!
11/7/07- Translations & Original Addendums presented to ICBF!
11/1/08 - Addendums mailed & faxed to Colombia!
10/17/07 - Notified that ICBF wants our Home Study updated with more detailed information on a couple of topics.
10/12/07 - Received Karl's new passport.
9/28/07 - Mailed Renewal Application for Karl's passport & read through most of our Colombia Travel Guide!
9/26/07 - Heard today from our CHI Adoption Consultant who just returned from Colombia that our Dossier/Case is being processed & she'll let us know when she knows more :)
9/17/07 - Dossier presented to ICBF early this week!
ICBF = The Colombian Department of Children's Welfare. They will review our Dossier and will match us with the children.
9/14/07 - Translation of our Dossier is completed!
9/10/07 - Translation of our Dossier is in process.
9/4/07 - Dossier is in Colombia!
8/29/07 - Dossier is finished & on its way to Colombia!
8/27/07 - Our Agency will mail off our Dossier to Colombia - where it will be translated into Spanish & delivered to the ICBF, the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare. It won't be long now until we are parents!!!
8/27/07 - Our Dossier ARRIVED in Oregon at 10:30 a.m.!!! It is now in the hands of our Agency!!!
8/25/07 - Finished 3 Sets of Photo Pages & Sent Our Dossier to our Agency in Oregon!!!
8/22/07 - We started our Spanish Class: 6 - 7:50 p.m. every Wednesday night!
8/8/07 - Met with the Adoption Ministry Committee at our Church to brainstorm & re-group. Since we are first-time parents, we especially need to get prepared to bring our 3 children home in a relatively short amount of time!
7/28/07 - Our 171-H/#3 notification arrived. This letter was to notify us that our petition to adopt/our advanced processing application has been forwarded to the US Consulate in Bogota, Colombia!
7/23/07 - Present - Working on Photo Pages for the children to receive upon assignment that will be sent along with our Dossier packet!
7/13/07 - We have already traveled to Springfield to the Secretary of State's Office to have our notorized documents authenticated!
7/5/07 - Our Agency looked over our Dossier Documents & said they look "GREAT" - so they are ready to be apostilled.
7/2/07 - We now have our 171-H & are moving forward!
6/6/07 - Our Home Study was sent to USCIS. They processed an important document we need called the 171-H.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Time To Go!!!

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