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10-25-2006, 05:05 AM
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Referral - to Kirov we go!
 The ring chant we had a week or so ago just took a little bit to reach us here in Florida! We got the call and we are going to visit a baby boy in Kirov. We should be going early December.We're going blind with no medical (obviously). Did anyone bring a doctor with them to the region? We have a list of doctors, and we are thinking about doing this, but just wanted to know if it was worth it. Do you remember how much they cost? I will certainly consult an IA doc here at home too. Just wondering if the doctor in Russia is necessary.
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12/15/05 I-600A Filed 12/16/05 Application to Agency 12/22/05 Fingerprints 12/30/05 Home Study 03/06/06 Signed Contract with Agency 04/11/06 171 Approved 05/2006 Paper Chasing 06/2006 ...... still Paper Chasing (hey! I'm a newbie) 07/2006 Officially Waiting & Praying 10/2006 Got the Call - It's a BOY 12/7/2006 Trip 1 - KIROV 12/18/2006 Court 12/24/2006 HOME with Alek Forever 
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10-25-2006, 05:10 AM
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I know we have already talked about Kirov, but I just wanted to add my congrats here to you!!! I am sure it will all go great and I can't wait to see pics of your Kirov cutie!!!!
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Kris Mom to Aleksandr (b. 3-2004, a. 8-2004 Kirov, Russia) and to Maks-Joseph (b. 10-05, a. 11-06 Murmansk, Russia) Our family is complete!!! www.hearttohome.blogspot.com
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10-25-2006, 05:43 AM
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Congratulations on your referral! Can't wait to hear how trip one goes!
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Jeana 5/09/05 Applied to Agency 5/19/05 Accepted by Agency 6/09/05 Began Homestudy 7/07/05 Final Homestudy Visit 8/09/05 Homestudy Completed 8/10/05 Submitted I600A 9/12/05 Fingerprinted 9/23/05 Dossier Apostilled 10/4/05 Dossier Sent to Agency 10/6/05 Assigned to Tver Region 10/7/05 Received I-171H 10/28/05 Dossier Sent to Russia 5/11/06 Received referral for a beautiful baby girl! 6/3/06 - 6/9/06 Trip One! 7/7/06 Court Date (Travel 7/2 - 7/15) 7/7/06 GOTCHA!!! 7/15/06 Home at Last! 9/14/06 Florida Recognition of a Foreign Adoption Hearing Adoption Blog: http://baby-story.blogspot.com/
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10-25-2006, 05:56 AM
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Oh Congratulations, what wondeful news!!!!
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"The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God." - Max Lucado
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10-25-2006, 06:45 AM
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CONGRATULATIONS. I'll post myself a reminder on the travel thread to move you up!!!!
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The Spanish Way:- Informative chat - 17th May 2004 Home with my Sweetheart - 8th December 2005  Was living here  Now we're here 
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10-25-2006, 06:56 AM
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 Woooo Hoooo Congrats!!! I don't have any wisdom on the doctor(s) thing, but I am sure that the others will!! Congratulations again...... 
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07/23/04 08/06/04 Summer Hosted 08/19/04 Homestudy Completed 09/01/04 All paper > Moscow 09/29/04 Call fr RU Agency:Aunt trying to stop Adoption 10/15/04 RU called saying If adoption continues not til Spring 05 12/14/04 SURPRISE CALL Be on Plane in 4 DAYS 12/20/04 Arrive Moscow 12/23/04 COURT 4:55 MosTime Anya is my DAUGHTER 12/26/04 10 Days NOT Waived home 01/16/05 Return to Process Anya out of RU 01/23/05 Flight Cancelled! Blizzard in NY 01/25/05 Arrive at JFK with my DD
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10-25-2006, 07:02 AM
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That is AWESOME news! Congratulations!
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Julia's Journey -from Ulan-Ude -Trip #1 November 2004 -Trip #2 March 9, 2005 -Gotcha Day March 17, 2005 -Home Forever March 26, 2005 -RAD diagnosis May 2006 -PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006 Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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10-25-2006, 07:09 AM
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What great news. I know on frua there are several threads about doctors that will travel with you!
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Robin He has one, she has two, now adopting one together. 2005: 2/05 - 7/05- Research process/agencies 7/25-Submitted app to agency & I-600A to USCIS. 8/26 & 9/8-Homestudy interviews and visit to our home 10/12-Homestudy approved-mailed to USCIS 11/8-Fingerprint appts; dossier sent for apostilling 11/21-Dossier sent to Russia for translation 2006: 1/12 - Rcvd 171-H - sent to Russia for transl. 3/6 - Officially Registered in Smolensk!!! 5/17 - Waiting on reaccreditation (NGO rcvd) 10/13/06 - Accepted Referral of 24 mo old boy 2007: Feb - redid entire dossier and fingerprints.... May 31 - June 8 TRIP 1!!! June 28th - received new 171-H Aug 1 - court Aug 9 - home forever with Cole!
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10-25-2006, 07:36 AM
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Congratulations!!!
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Christie  Mommy to Viktor, adopted March 2006 Krasnodar, Russia
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10-25-2006, 08:36 AM
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Yahoo, congrats to you!!! That is great! Start packing!!!
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Officially signed with agency for Kaz 2/05 Officially gave up on Kaz 9/06 Started in Russia to find our two kiddos 9/06 Waiting..........10/06 Got boy referral 10/06, Girl 12/06 Trip One call...we meet them on 12/26&27/06!!! Court Date 2/9/07 Home 2/28/2007, with our two kiddos!!!!! 
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10-25-2006, 08:41 AM
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Congratulations on your referral!
I loved going to Kirov. Have you joined the Yahoo group for Kirov families yet? If you read through back posts you will get a lot of great info. Also, there was a family on their trip 1 (our trip 2) that took a doctor with them from the American Clinic in Moscow.
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10-25-2006, 08:53 AM
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We got home with our 4 year old boy on February 24th from the Kirov Region. Our Trip 1 was last December 05, and then Trip 2 was Feb 9th of this year.
We went to the orphanage in Kotelenich. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy ........ oh by the way, the one Hotel has a two lane bowling alley and a good retaurant. I know they have hockey in Florida, but in Kirov their "NHL" team plays outside. Kirov is a fun little city. We enjoyed the train ride ...... best night sleep I had in a while - rocked me right to bed. We would be happy to send you some photo's or what have you ........ PM if you are interested.
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10-25-2006, 09:14 AM
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Yippee!!!!!
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A Mom No Longer Waiting! Tver, Russia - Oct 2003
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10-25-2006, 09:20 AM
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Another hearty congrats from a "Kirov family." I agree that the train ride really is neat.. very amazing way to get to know Russia a little bit. ENJOY and CONGRATS!!!
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Proud mommy to 2 Russian miracles: ** Amazing son, born 07/2002, adopted 04/2003 from Kirov, and ** Beautiful baby girl, born 02/2004, adopted 10/2004 from Tver. Our family is complete!
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10-25-2006, 10:36 AM
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How exciting! What a great Christmas gift! (we all needed something to be excited about after this FSU season!! haha).
Even though we did not intend on having a "blind" referral it ended up that way because we lost the referral we were going to meet. But I cannot tell you ENOUGH how FANTASTIC our IA doc was (at Texas Childrens..I can get you the info if you want it). You may already remember what happened with us...but we got the referral of our little Hannah and went and met her. I actually had to meet with the orphanage director, jot down all the med info, go back to the hotel and call our IA doc. They had one on call 24hrs a day for people traveling so she came immediately to the phone. I sent her the pics and med info, and she called us back on the hotel within 10 minutes with her opinion of Hannah's health. I could not have even imagined better service! For us, it would not have made a difference if we had a MD with us...basically, it is not hard to see if a child "looks" sick. Also, with the IA doc, we got TONS of paperwork re: milestones, charts etc etc to test her. Also they charge a one time fee for as many referrals as you need evaled..so that if for some reason this child is not healthy enough for you, you will not be paying a big fat fee over and over. Hope that doesn't happen though...I hope this is THE ONE!!!!!!!! PM me if you want/need any more info! GOOD LUCK!
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Praying for a baby girl under 1 year 10/7/04 Signed with Agency 12/04 Completed home study 1/21/05 Completed Dossier 1/25/05 Received I-171H 3/7/05 Dossier to Kemerovo  9/30/05-Got THE CALL! 10/11/05-Had to let her go...medicals  11/05-turned down second referral....medicals Dec. 05-Expired dossier redone Dec 05-sent dossier to Izhevsk 3/13/06 received REFERRAL! 3/16/06 ACCEPTED HER!! 4/8/06...First trip!!!! Lost referral in-country got a new one! 4/11/06 Signed for a 9 1/2 month old girl!! 5/16/06 Leaving on Trip 2 COURT DATES May 23 and 25th! 5/26/06 GOTCHA!! our prayers have been answered!! We welcome our sweet angel Hannah to our family! 6/2/06 Home forever! 
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