Sept 2010 – cleaning for the home study
Sept 2, 2010 – sent email to “aldridge weekly status” – notifying extended family of possibility Sept 2, 2010 – Barbara (a Holt social worker) coming over at 2PM to start home study
Sept 3, 2010 – Couples interview with Barbara at lunch for home study.
Sept 3, 2010 – Carolyn picked up my notarized medical forms. Go to Dale and Kim's for labor day weekend - they get a blue and gold Mccaw (parrot no 7), I come home with a quaker parrot.
Sept 8, 2010 – my interview at lunch for the home study – home study interviews complete.
Sept 11, 2010 – my birth certificate with great seal comes in the mail – it actually looks certified.
Sept 12, 2010 - happy 12th birthday Emmi - had a great date with you.
Sept 17, 2010 – Carolyn registers Allie and Jenna with some sort of safety registry.
Sept 18, 2010 – Vince and Jerusha invited us over for dinner. Very nice couple - had a blast. Note – starting to figure out what this certified means. Each secretary of state needs to certify that the notary is an actual notary – and that they witnessed the respective signature. By the end of this process we’ll be experts.
Sept 19, 2010 – Carolyn ordered a certified copy of her birth certificate to keep things moving. Sept 20, 2010 – Judy called, some questions to finish our home study.
Sept 21, 2010 – Holt notifies us that the home study is approved.
Sept 24, 2010 – received written adoption study in the mail.
Sept 25, 2010 – happy 29th anniversary
Sept 26, 2010 – Carolyn working on the USCIS application – we both sign
Sept 27, 2010 – C mailed USCIS application
Sept 27, 2010 – passports arrive in the mail
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
August 2010
Aug 2010 – started to fill out adoption forms. Went to the doc.
Aug 2010 – got for forms for the physician.
Aug 2010 – met Carolyn at the fingerprint guy, lunch afterward
Aug 2010 – adoption on hold – we go to Branson for a week.
Aug 2010 – met C & the girls at the fingerprint guy for lunch – A & J get fingerprinted.
Aug 2010 – long evenings of filling out forms. Working hard to get them done before Judy goes on break. Don’t think we’ll make it.
Aug 2010 – went to get my tb test, hiv test, my urinalysis and my hep b test. All clear.
Aug 2010 – Tue, 24 - Carolyn took all the forms over to Judy at Holt. We are just short a few medical forms. We are now ready for the home study. C and the girls have started to clean up around the house.
Aug 2010 – started to discuss the Dossier. More forms to fill out – now into a process. Notarized, certified, then authenticated. Notarized is by a notary when a form is signed; certified is by the Secretary of State of the appropriate state; authenticated is by the Chinese consulate in Chicago.
Aug 2010 – went to Lees Summit US Post Office - applied for Passports – over $700 for all of us.
Aug 2010 – went to bank – had several documents notarized – financial statement, letter of intent, C’s non-employment status.
Aug 2010 – got for forms for the physician.
Aug 2010 – met Carolyn at the fingerprint guy, lunch afterward
Aug 2010 – adoption on hold – we go to Branson for a week.
Aug 2010 – met C & the girls at the fingerprint guy for lunch – A & J get fingerprinted.
Aug 2010 – long evenings of filling out forms. Working hard to get them done before Judy goes on break. Don’t think we’ll make it.
Aug 2010 – went to get my tb test, hiv test, my urinalysis and my hep b test. All clear.
Aug 2010 – Tue, 24 - Carolyn took all the forms over to Judy at Holt. We are just short a few medical forms. We are now ready for the home study. C and the girls have started to clean up around the house.
Aug 2010 – started to discuss the Dossier. More forms to fill out – now into a process. Notarized, certified, then authenticated. Notarized is by a notary when a form is signed; certified is by the Secretary of State of the appropriate state; authenticated is by the Chinese consulate in Chicago.
Aug 2010 – went to Lees Summit US Post Office - applied for Passports – over $700 for all of us.
Aug 2010 – went to bank – had several documents notarized – financial statement, letter of intent, C’s non-employment status.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
July 2010
July 2010 - we apply with Holt.
July 2010 - went to an adoption class at Holt. All weekend – a long weekend. Classes are intense. Holt staff are very professional, informed, helpful. They really know what they are talking about. Interesting point to me is the movie – young adoptee kids sharing their perspective, young adults, adoptive parents. All talk about post adoption support services. The young adults talk about race like they are not American, they are not (e.g. Korean), they are international adoptees – like they are their own race. They discuss it – want to talk to others like themselves. That is other international adoptees. Fascinating.
July 2010 – started through the adoption class materials with A J & E. Went through the art exercise and the exercise where you make a list of your top 10 – then begin to make cuts. I think they got it.
July 2010 – talked to Kyle and Cindy W at Rock Brook. They’ve adopted 4 – a daughter from Russia and 3 half siblings from Bolivia. We work out them coming over for a visit for an evening. We spend the evening listening to stories. Wonderful people.
July 2010 – emailed Dale and Amy about this topic – both responded positively. C also emailed Bobby.
July 2010 – I got fingerprinted
July 2010 - went to an adoption class at Holt. All weekend – a long weekend. Classes are intense. Holt staff are very professional, informed, helpful. They really know what they are talking about. Interesting point to me is the movie – young adoptee kids sharing their perspective, young adults, adoptive parents. All talk about post adoption support services. The young adults talk about race like they are not American, they are not (e.g. Korean), they are international adoptees – like they are their own race. They discuss it – want to talk to others like themselves. That is other international adoptees. Fascinating.
July 2010 – started through the adoption class materials with A J & E. Went through the art exercise and the exercise where you make a list of your top 10 – then begin to make cuts. I think they got it.
July 2010 – talked to Kyle and Cindy W at Rock Brook. They’ve adopted 4 – a daughter from Russia and 3 half siblings from Bolivia. We work out them coming over for a visit for an evening. We spend the evening listening to stories. Wonderful people.
July 2010 – emailed Dale and Amy about this topic – both responded positively. C also emailed Bobby.
July 2010 – I got fingerprinted
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
June 2010
June 2010 – have discussed a foreign adoption several times – she or I bringing it up. Praying about it.
June 2010 – I've contacted several adoption agencies. Holt has offices in KC on both the MO and KS side. Bob K at GEHA used Children’s Hope International – an agency in St Louis. He and his wife brought home 2 girls form Ethiopia. Talked to him about it. His girls have no attachment issues – have fit into the family well. They are at a new normal.
June 2010 – look at the kids on the Holt website – it breaks your heart.
June 2010 – Carolyn discussed the possibility of a foreign adoption with A, J & E. They are all excited.
June 2010 – I've contacted several adoption agencies. Holt has offices in KC on both the MO and KS side. Bob K at GEHA used Children’s Hope International – an agency in St Louis. He and his wife brought home 2 girls form Ethiopia. Talked to him about it. His girls have no attachment issues – have fit into the family well. They are at a new normal.
June 2010 – look at the kids on the Holt website – it breaks your heart.
June 2010 – Carolyn discussed the possibility of a foreign adoption with A, J & E. They are all excited.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
May 2010
May 2010 Carolyn and I begin considering a foreign adoption, again. This is the 4th time. The first was before Allie was born, the second before Emmi was born, the 3rd was after Emmi was born. One or the other of us brings it up - then we let it go for a few days.
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