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What did you do right? What would you have done differently?
We are hopefully near the end of our waiting process for our little girl from Guatemala. She was five when we started and she turned seven today. She speaks very little English and we speak very little Spanish, but we always find a way to communicate. I realize that comging to the states will be a loss of everything she's ever known: birth parents who abandoned her, SIX hogars and a failed adoption with another couple.
We have visited her in the orphanage 6 times in the past year, so we've bonded "there" quite well. I have to admit though, that as the time gets closer, I get more anxious. I have NO doubts that she is to be our daughter, but I thought I'd come here for some tried and true advice.
So, 1. What did you do right when your older child came home?
2. What do you wish your had done differently?
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Aug. 07 - Paperwork Started
Nov. 07 - Paperwork Finished
Nov. 28, 07 - I-171H
Nov. 28, 07 - Dossier Hand-delivered
Nov. 28, 07 - 1st Visit Trip
Dec. 31, 07 - POA Reg.
Feb. 4, 08 - 2nd Visit Trip
Feb. 12, 08 - CA Reg.
April 30, 08 - Submitted for PA
May 2, 08 - I-72 - 
June 4, 08 - 3rd Visit Trip
June 6, 08 - PA 
Aug. 8, 08 - 4th Visit Trip
Aug. 25, 08 - Submitted to PGN
Jan. 31, 09 - Attorney did not register POA correctly before Dec. 31, 07, so over to CNA as a transition case
April 22, 09 - Empathy Study and began to foster
Sept. 11, 09 - Family Court Approval
Nov. 9, 09 - "Pink" 
Nov. 11, 09 - Home Sweet Home 
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