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11-13-2007, 02:37 PM
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Where are you going to be?
Assuming the wait time will go to 2.5-3 years....
Three years from now.... How long will your child be home? (waiting or already home now) Do you expect any other long term changes in your life? What's one other goal that you really hope to have accomplised by then?
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Karen Gotcha Video _________________________________________________ 11/25/04 Decision to adopt our first daughter 03/14/05 LID for our first daughter 01/29/06 Referral for our first daughter (total time from LID to referral-10.5 months) 03/20/06 Our first daughter in our arms 12/12/06 Decision to adopt again 04/14/07 LID for our second daughter 04/14/08 ONE year waiting 09/1/08 Re-submitted paperwork before it expired 04/14/09 TWO years waiting 04/27/09 Out of review room  06/14/09 Fingerprinted again, before they expired Still waiting... How long is forever? -381 LIDs till our referral- That's how long forever is! We've been waiting 31 months since our Log-In-Date with China 
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#2
11-14-2007, 06:47 AM
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Since we've switched to special needs, we hope to be matched in the next several months and travel by next summer. So by three years from now, I hope to be raising our child and considering a second adoption. The Army will most likely have moved us somewhere, so I have no idea where we'll be geographically - LOL!
If we hadn't switched, I might not have such an upbeat attitude about looking ahead three years. I really feel for those who are facing this long wait. Hopefully three years will bring referrals for all those currently waiting!
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11-14-2007, 07:42 AM
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We will be home already. We are currently waiting for LOA for our son, Ricky. He is a waiting chiild.
We are not planning on anymore children. We will have one girl and one boy. I cannot believe I have said that. We have spent most of our married life (over 11 years) trying to have children. It is weird to not to have to obsess about something that I have obsessed about for over 10 years.
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Jen 9/11/06 - LID  9/4/07 - Referral of Ricky!  Travel to China 1/17/2008 to 1/31/2008 Home since 2/1/2008 http://jbzanie.blogspot.com/
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11-14-2007, 12:37 PM
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i'll probably be at home with my baby , assesing the chance of placing my house for sale and moving Back to Texas to be closer to my family and my mom!
my old friends will be left behind , once I have my baby , our goals in time wil be very diffrent, my new friends will enjoy doing things together with me and my baby, trips to the zoo , playdates , going to chucky cheese?I will probably be working the day shift now. 
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 Alicia In ArizonaDTC June 30 2006 LID July 11 2006
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11-14-2007, 08:36 PM
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Cady will be 6 yrs old and in Kindergarten or 1st grade! Melody will be with us for around a year, and if she is 15 months when we get her she will be 2 and a half!
I'm just hoping to still have the same job in three years because our company is strong Union, and we're planning a strike in 09. The company could just say "forget it" and hire outside of California. YIKES. I REALLY don't want to be looking for a new job at my age! (lazy but true) As for other goals, I want to lose a considerable amount of wait. Age + weight = sore muscles. I'm tired of being overweight and Im tired of being old. But there's only one of them that I can control. I can't wait till Cady has her baby sister. She talks about her all the time, and we are so ready to see it happen.
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Karen Gotcha Video _________________________________________________ 11/25/04 Decision to adopt our first daughter 03/14/05 LID for our first daughter 01/29/06 Referral for our first daughter (total time from LID to referral-10.5 months) 03/20/06 Our first daughter in our arms 12/12/06 Decision to adopt again 04/14/07 LID for our second daughter 04/14/08 ONE year waiting 09/1/08 Re-submitted paperwork before it expired 04/14/09 TWO years waiting 04/27/09 Out of review room 06/14/09 Fingerprinted again, before they expired Still waiting... How long is forever? -381 LIDs till our referral- That's how long forever is! We've been waiting 31 months since our Log-In-Date with China
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11-15-2007, 06:28 AM
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Three years from now we will be raising our first little one (who knows when we will get her home), be settled into our new house which we are building now and hopefully thinking about starting our adoption for DD #2!
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11-16-2007, 05:55 AM
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Assuming the wait time will go to 2.5-3 years....
Three years from now.... How long will your child be home? (waiting or already home now): Charlotte just got home with us yesterday, so 3 years from now, she will have been home with us for 3 years, and she will be 4 years old. Do you expect any other long term changes in your life? No, but since life is unpredictable, you never know. What's one other goal that you really hope to have accomplised by then? Complete her Life Book.
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February 2005: Filed Formal Application April 2005: completed Home Study visits June 2005: Filed I-600A July 16, 2005: Fingerprints done! August 26, 2005: Home study sent to BCIS! October 18, 2005: I-171 Arrived! November 7, 2005: dossier to agency!! November 11, 2005: DTC!!  November 22, 2005 LID!!!!!!!! DOR September 4, 2007!!!!!!!  Forever Family Day: October 29, 2007!!!!!!!  
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11-22-2007, 08:33 AM
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Three Years from now....
Wow, that very thought gave me chills! Three years from now my now youngest daughter should be on her last year of college and more established with goals towards a secure future of passion and dreams coming true. We should by then have another little family member! We are probably 1 to 2 years away from her adoption. She will have been with us for awhile and we will be wondering how we ever lived without her. We as parents will probably be at least semi-retired! We will be taking her everywhere with us. We will be traveling and teaching her about life with as much gusto as possible. Our family will be growing more too with marriages and maybe more grandchildren too. We sadly might also be saying our "goodbyes" to our now very elderly family members. Our lives will very dramatically be changing in the next 3 years. There is no doupt in my mind. One thing for sure is we will be continuing to, LIVE LARGE!
(Welcome back Trace! What a beautiful family you have. It has been very fun following your story. Thank you!) -Karen In MT LID 7-14-06
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11-22-2007, 11:52 AM
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Thanks  And you are very welcome - thanks for following along!
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February 2005: Filed Formal Application April 2005: completed Home Study visits June 2005: Filed I-600A July 16, 2005: Fingerprints done! August 26, 2005: Home study sent to BCIS! October 18, 2005: I-171 Arrived! November 7, 2005: dossier to agency!! November 11, 2005: DTC!! November 22, 2005 LID!!!!!!!! DOR September 4, 2007!!!!!!! Forever Family Day: October 29, 2007!!!!!!!
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