My dear friend Anni told me about this song by Third Day called "Merry Christmas." One of the band member's had adopted a little girl from China and wrote this song about the wait for his daughter and the Christmas's that passed without her home. I was so touched by this song I just had to share it. It is very probable that our daughter is not even born yet, but I still had a few moments at Christmas this year that I wished she were in our arms and home already. I will definitely be playing this song next Christmas again!
One Mommy. One Daddy. Two brothers. Four hearts who waited so long for our sister and daughter to come home. And now our wonderful family is finally complete!
Lilypie Second Birthday tickers
Adoption TimeLine
2011: 12/28 -FINALIZED! Adelyn is All OURS! 12/10 - Last post-placement visit 10/22 - Third post-placement visit 8/28 - Second post-placement visit 7/6 - First post-placement visit 6/24 - Home Forever 6/22 - GOTCHA DAY!!!!!! 6/17- Leave for Korea 6/10 - TRAVEL CALL!!!!!! 6/8 - NVC Out 6/3 - NVC In 6/3 - I-171 (I600 copy) received in mail 5/27 - I600 APPROVAL! 5/26 - Received 9 month update with DVD! 5/12 - 797C Notice of Action received from USCIS saying they had received our I600 on May 5. 5/3 - I600 Submitted! 5/1 - Homestudy visit #4 (needed for updating homestudy) 4/29 - County Court Approval! 4/19 - Paperwork sent to county courts 4/15 - ICPC approval! 4/6 - Paperwork sent to ICPC Office in Lansing 4/5- Legals arrived! 3/30- Care package sent to Korea! 3/24- Agency sent Acceptance papers to Korea 3/10- Health Forms updated 3/5- Acceptance paperwork finished/mailed to agency 2/28-Officially accepted Referral!! 2/25- Received referral file/pictures 2/23- REFERRAL!!!! 2/6- Finished all of our Hague trainings
2010: 8/24- Dossier/Homestudy to Korea!! 8/19- Korea webinar 7/19- I-600A APPROVED! 6/21- Fingerprinting completed 6/7- Received I-797C (Fingerprinting Appointment Notice) 5/26- Submitted I-600A 5/4- Homestudy APPROVED! 3/28- Homestudy meeting #3! 3/21- Homestudy meeting #2! 3/13- Homestudy meeting #1! 3/7- Passports received 3/2- FAC caseworker assigned! 3/2- FAC application approved! 2/24- FAC application completed/mailedl! 2/5 - Applied for passports 1/30- Completed half of our Hague trainings 1/21- Spence-Chapin application approved! 1/13- Spence-Chapin application mailedl! 2009: 12/23- Qualified for Korean Program! 11/15- Began researching agencies/countries 11/1 - Made decision to adopt
Hopeful timeline to bring our daughter home: Spring 2011
"Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."
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