- February 2012 – This exciting, beautiful and crazy adoption journey begins (saving, praying, seeking…)
- January 5, 2013 – Official application to adopt sent to Holt International
- January 8, 2013 – Accepted into Holt’s Korea program – We’re paper pregnant!
- January 11, 2013 – Official home study application submitted to Villa Hope
- January 17, 2013 – No longer moving forward with Korea / Looking into another country program
- January 22, 2013 – We get to go to China with Holt! Yay! We are beyond thrilled!!
- January 28, 2013 – Home study paperwork is on its way. It was mailed to us today!
- March 9, 2013 – First Home Study Visit
- March 10, 2013 – Second Home Study Visit
- March 23, 2013 – Third Home Study Visit
- March 25, 2013 – Fourth Home Study Visit
- April 17, 2013 – Home Study Official Approval – Holt!!!
- April 25, 2013 – 1-800A at USCIS Lockbox
- May 4, 2013 – Received USCIS confirmation letter
- May 28, 2013 – Fingerprinting completed in B’ham at Immigration Office
- June 18, 2013 – I-797 Approval
- August 16, 2013 DTC – Dossier to CHINA!!!
- August 22, 2013 LID!! Whoop Whoop! Now we wait on the call…
- September 10, 2013 Referral!!
- September 11, 2013 LOI sent to Holt
- September 12, 2013 LOI logged in at CCCWA
- December 9, 2013 Soft LOA
- December 14, 2013 Hard Copy LOA (overnighted I-800 to Lockbox)
- December 31, 2013 I-800 Approved
- January 4, 2014 Hard Copy I-800 Approval
- January 13, 2014 Article 5 Drop Off (Date it should have been dropped – but it wasn’t)
- January 23, 2014 Article 5 Drop Off
- March 3, 2014 Travel APPROVAL!!!!!!!!!!!! (Just a little PUMPED!)
- March 17, 2014 Gotcha!!!!!!
- March 24, 2014 Consulate Appointment
We wait in hope 