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Old 03-02-2009, 04:51 PM
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Did you know.....

....these people were all influenced from adoption either by being adopted or being adoptive parents.

Adopted people:
Bill Clinton
Sarah McLauchlan
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Marilyn Monroe
Faith Hill
Nat King Cole
Nancy Reagan
Eleanor Rosevelt
Moses
John Lennon
Dave Thomas

Adoptive Parents:
Calista Flockhart
Oscar De La Renta
Ozzy Osborne
Jamie Lee Curtis
Magic Johnson
Marie Osmond
Barbra Walters
Walt Disney
Michelle Pfeiffer

I found this bit of trivia when looking for ideas for a baby shower for adoption.

Here's the link to the site where the trivia form was created:

An Adoption Baby Shower Celebrates Your New Family
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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? -379 LIDs till our referral- That's how long forever is!
We've been waiting 32 months since our Log-In-Date with China

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Old 03-03-2009, 07:40 AM
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Cool list.

For you football fans out there, Dan Marino and his wife have adopted 2 girls from China.
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10/14/06: Attended workshop.
10/26/06: Application approved!
01/04/07: I600A mailed off!
01/05/07: Everything certified but I-171H.
01/17/07: Everything authenticated but I-171H.
02/02/07: Fingerprints taken.
02/28/07: Received I-171H
03/14/07: DTA
03/16/07: DTC
04/04/07: LID
04/23/08: LOI
04/28/08: PA
07/02/08: LOA
08/04/08: TA
10/02/08: Travel
10/05/08: Gotcha Day
10/14/08: CA
10/16/08: Home

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