Our journey to becoming parents: Look who had a birthday!!!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Look who had a birthday!!!

Monday, August 23rd was Stephen's birthday and the boys had a great time celebrating with Papa!!! We all went out for dinner at Ruby Tuesdays where the boys were outdoing one another singing "Happy Birthday to you" ... when we got home they were more than ready to continue the celebration with cake and singing!!! After they sang "Happy Birthday" to Papa they continued the celebration with a birthday dance and then a few cards and Papa's gift of a Food Dehydrator .... it was a great birthday celebration!!! Happy Birthday Papa!!!!

1 comment:

Melissa said...: Happy Birthday Daddy! The first of many as a daddy. Congrats! Sounds like a good one. The boys are getting so big. I love the photos of them on the beach. Too cute!
Melissa; August 24, 2010 at 10:40 AM

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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