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Friday, January 26, 2007

Our Adoption Time Line per request.

*Decided to adopt in Jan. 2006
*Signed with agency in March
*Paper ready by May
*Baby girl born May 7
*Received referral May 11 (and accepted it in my heart that instant)
*Officially accepted referral May 13
*Dossier to GC June 19
*Visit trip Aug. 10-13 - Amazing!
*DNA done Aug. 25 Finally!
*It's a Match! Aug. 30
*Decided on her name ~ Soleil - Sept. 30
*PreApproval - Oct. 3
*Second visit trip Oct. 4-10
*Into PGN - Oct. 23
*Kicked Out of PGN for who knows what - Nov. 7
*Resubmitted to PGN - Nov. 17
*Traveled to Guatemala with my 3 older kids to foster our baby in Antigua - Dec. 6
*Dave joined us for Christmas Dec. 20-27
*Out of PGN Jan. 10, 2007 (after 11 1/2 weeks)
*Adoption decree signed Jan. 13
*New birth certificate issued for "Damaris Stewart" ~ Jan. 22
*Dave arrived to help bring us home - Jan. 29
*Submitted to the Embassy for the final appointment date (pink slip) - Feb. 1
*Visited the Rio Dulce (where Dave and I met almost 12 years ago) Feb. 1-4 (pics to follow)
*Hoping to have Soli's new passport and our pink slip in hand by the end of tomorrow Feb. 6

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