Armstrong Family: 2+3=5!: Photos of LFA Day One

........................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.