Our favorite Japanese garden, crisp weather, beautiful fall colors, a tasty onigiri picnic, and a content 2-and-a-half-year-old. What a lovely day!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Dollops of daily life from an expat living in Japan and adopting from Russia
Adoption 2 Timeline
- January 7, 2012 - Home Sweet Home!
- December 4, 2011 - A visit to Nebraska
- November 25, 2011 - Gotcha Day!
- November 14, 2011 - Passed court!
- November 7, 2011 - Beginning of Trip 2
- September 13, 2011 - Dossier Two sent
- September 12, 2011 - Dossier Two completed
- August 1-5, 2011 - First trip to Kaliningrad
- July 21, 2011 - Referral received!
- July 18, 2011 - Dossier registered in Kaliningrad
- April 18, 2011 - I-171H received
- February 22, 2011 - Dossier One sent to Russia
- January 28, 2011 - Submitted I-600A form
- January 28, 2011 - Mailed Dossier One to FTIA
- January 20, 2011 - Home study finalized
- October 16-17, 2010 - Home study visit
- September 9, 2010 - Approved for FTIA's Russia program
- August 30, 2010 - Mailed application to FTIA
Adoption 1 Timeline
- February 12, 2009 - Home Sweet Home!
- February 3, 2009 - Gotcha Day!
- January 23, 2009 - Court Hearing #2
- January 19, 2009 - Court Hearing
- January 13, 2009 - Beginning of Trip Two
- December 20, 2008 - Dossier Two sent to Russia
- December 12, 2008 - Dossier Two completed
- November 10, 2008 (11:15AM) - Met Denis!!
- November 9-15, 2008 - Our first trip to Kaliningrad
- October 24, 2008 - Received our referral!
- September 25, 2008 - Were told that we will be traveling in October (no referral info yet!)
- August 22, 2008 - Were informed that we can tentatively expect to receive a referral in Sept-Oct
- June 25, 2008 - Dossier registered in Kaliningrad
- May 23, 2008 - FTIA received reaccreditation
- May 2, 2008 - I-171H received
- April 30, 2008 - Dossier One sent to Russia
- April 21, 2008 - Submitted our dossier to FTIA
- April 16, 2008 - Home Study was finalized
- April 9, 2008 - Received a draft copy of our home study
- April 1, 2008 - Received the final document for our home study
- March 1, 2008 - Completed our home visit
- February 9, 2008 - Submitted autobiographies to our social worker
- January 28, 2008 - Documents started arriving this week
- January 16, 2008 - Began gathering documents for our home study and dossier
- January 15, 2008 - Received approval from FTIA for its Russia program
- January 9, 2008 - Mailed application to FTIA
Visitors Near and Far
3 comments:
Ooh pretty. Your Sunday outing put ours to shame ;)
What a great day. Love the fall colors there. All of our trees are naked!
Bill
bminnick@nwciowa.edu
mar said...
wondering where this garden is exactly... such a peaceful mood in your pictures with beautiful colours and happy faces.
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