The Adoption Chronicles

Looking for Little Slick!

• April 2012 - decided on international adoption
• 4/7/12 - attended a free adoption seminar 
• 4/18/12 - we have informational packets from at least 15 agencies 
• 4/21/12 - we chose our agency!
• On the hunt for a home study agency now. 
• 4/25/12 - We found our home study agency! 
• Now starts the mountain of paperwork. No seriously, I have a stack that's at least an inch thick.
• 5/7/12 - Finished with our physicals and cleared by our doctor as healthy future parents!
• 5/9/12 - Fingerprinted. They even used the old school black ink and everything. We also got our birth certificates in the mail today! Woohoo, we have everything for the home study!
• Our paperwork stack has grown...we're now at almost 3 inches thick!
• It's now over 8 inches - 5/17/12
• 6/25/12 - Our dossier and home study submitted to our agency
• 6/26/12 - We got THE call! Less than 24 hours after turning in our paperwork, we were matched!
• 7/16 - 7/20/12 - Flew across the world to meet out LO for the first time
• 10/22 - 10/26/12 - Went back for court
• The judge said YES!
• 11/26/12 - A forever family :)
• 12/5/12 - Home in the USA
• 12/6/12 - Back in OUR home as a family of 3!

July 2013 - Thinking and exploring options to make Little Slick a big brother. Hmmm...

April 2014 - We have a plan but now we're just waiting on the country we've chosen to clear up some things before we get knee deep in paperwork. We hope to get things seriously rolling this summer!

Stalled for now - sadly the countries we're interested in are either in turmoil or we're too young to adopt from them. 

• 11/25/14 - Started dipping our toes into a new program...hmmm let's see
• 11/26/14 - Today we discovered a picture a beautiful picture
• 12/1/14 - Filled out a new agency application
• 12/16/14 -