Well, as many of you know we've been trying for some time to add a child to our family. Unfortunately, we got some news in March from our reproductive doctor that made us take some time to reflect on whether we wanted to be "pregnant" or just be parents ... no matter how it happened.
After an impromptu trip to Orlando, Florida (the happiest place on earth) we decided we really want to be parents and we've decided to explore adoption both domestic and international.
We attended our first Adoption Information meeting on March 29th in Pittsfield, MA and we are excited to begin this next step in reaching our dream to become parents. We are considering both dometic and international adoption - specifically Russia where we would be able to adopt siblings and add 2 children to our family at one time.
The journey only looks long from the beginning. When we look back up the path, the reality is, we can be happy we started or we can wish we had.
About Us
- Christine and Stephen
- After 5 1/2 years of trying to become a family ... our dream came true on November 11, 2009 when Roman and Maxim became our sons forever!
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Adoption Time Line
- 4/9/10 - 3rd Post Placement Visit with Lori
- 3/19/10 - Maxim turns 2
- 2/12/10 - 2nd Post Placement Visit with Lori
- 1/3/10 - Roman turns 3
- 11/30/09 - 1st Post Placement Visit with Lori
- 11/19/09 - Roman and Max go to the Pediatrican
- 11/14/09 - Leave Moscow for the USA
- 11/11/09 - GOTCHA DAY
- 10/30/09 - COURT DATE
- 10/25/09 - Leave for Russia
- 9/24/09 - Received our court date - 10/29/2009
- 9/8/09 - WHFC has received the updated documents and they are now on the way to Russia! We have met the deadline!!!
- 9/4/09 - Mailed updated documents to WHFC - will receive them on 9/8/09
- 8/25/09 - Received the list of updated documents for the judge - he wants them in Russia by 9?18/09
- 8/5/2009 - Russian judge has received paperwork and begins to review
- 5/23/09 - Paperwork on it's way to WHFC and then Russia!
- 5/22/09 - Round 1 court paperwork complete!
- 4/7/09 - Received the next round of paperwork from Vica
- 4/3/09 - Leave Russia and our boys to return home to the states
- 4/2/09 - 2nd visit with Roman
- 4/1/09 - 2nd visit with Max
- 3/31/09 - Our first with Roman
- 3/30/09 - Our first visit with Maxim
- 3/28/09 - We leave for our 1st trip to Russia
- 3/20/09 - We have travel dates - We leave for Russia on 3/28
- 3/5/09 - We got the referral call for 2 boys
- 01/22/09 - Russia Orientation Class at WHFC
- 10/30/08 - Dossier is complete and being sent to Russia
- 10/24/08 - Dossier sent to WHFC
- 10/4/08 - CIS Approval FINALLY arrives in the mail
- 8/27/08 - Received the final documents for dossier - just waiting for immigration fingerprints
- 8/26/08 - Go into immagration to get our I600A fingerprints for the Russian adoption
- 7/31/08 - homestudy is FINALIZED. We are officially on the books to be parents.
- 6/24/08 - FBI Fingerprints are returned and done
- 6/24/08 - Pre adoption class --- FINALLY!
- 5/27/08 - Received Russian dossier requirements - this is going to take some time!
- 5/22/08 - Jennifer comes to visit our home - final step in the homestudy!!!
- 5/16/08 - Individual appointments with Jennifer
- 5/2/08 - Our first meeting with our social worker Jennifer
- 4/26/08 - Finger prints are done and on their way to Albany for clearance
- 4/18/2008 - Application B arrived in the mail
- 4/17/08 - We've been assigned our social worker - Jennifer!
- 4/11/08 - Application A in the mail and on the way back to Wide Horizon
- 4/9/08 Received Application A in the mail
- 4/7/08 - Mailed Registration Application to Wide Horizon for Children
- 3/29/08 - Attended Adoption Information Meeting at Wide Horizon for Children
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