Adelyn is home with her brothers (who are head over heels in love with her) and to our forever family! She is such a doll! We love her so much! She is such an easy-going baby and so happy. She wakes up smiling and laughing! The only time she fusses is when she gets tired. She loves to swing and rock. She is even eating regular baby food- pears, banana yogurt, ravioli and rice cereal! She LOVES Cheerios and Gerber puffs too. We are going to try to make some jook (rice porridge) this week for her. That is what she ate when she was in Korea. She is such a wonderful baby. She plays well on the floor with toys and the boys make her laugh. She does like to keep Jeff or I in sight and doesn't go too far without making sure we are right there. But she is very content meeting other people as long as we are either holding her or standing next to her. I think she is realizing who Mommy and Daddy are and reaches for us whenever she is unsure of herself. We are so blessed that she has bonded so easily to all of us. She fits right in perfectly. We just love her to pieces!!
I know many of you have been waiting patiently... or perhaps impatiently LOL! for us to update on our plane ride home and how things went. Please forgive me for not updating sooner... to put it mildly, this jet-lag has really thrown off all of our schedules! It is 1:31 in the morning and I'm not even tired! ha ha ha ha.... Unfortunately, neither is Addi! I promise I will finish updating with all of the details soon! As soon as our little princess finally goes to sleep...
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."
1 comments:
Right where she belongs...between her two brothers!! Love it!
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