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06-18-2008, 03:16 PM
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Got Dates!!!
I will be off to Moscow on July 1st. CAN NOT WAIT. Hopefully to see the littel ones on 3rd and 4th. Return on 5th. YEAH!
Keep the prayers coming.
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2/2/08 - Signed With Placement Agency 2/12/08 - Picked Homestudy agency 2/23/08 -First Home Visit 2/27/08 - Mailed I600A 3/16/08 - Final Home Visit 3/20/08 - Recived fingerprinting Date 4/9/08 - Fingerprinted by USCIS 6/1/08 - Got the call 7/1/08 - going on 1st trip 9/7/08 - Flying Back 2nd trip 9/10/08 - Court Date-Success!!! Got Kids 10 days waived 9/13/08 - Home At Last 
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#2
06-18-2008, 05:38 PM
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Congratulations! What a great way to celebrate the fourth of July! Good luck.
Liz
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Daughter Adopted from Orenburg 7/02 Applied to agency for 2nd adoption 11/04 Son adopted from Samara 02/06
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06-18-2008, 08:37 PM
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We were there over the fourth in 2005! It will be HOT...be prepared! Have a great trip!
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Every day is a new beginning...
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06-18-2008, 10:23 PM
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Woo Hoo! Congratulations and godspeed. Take lots of photos and even keep a journal if you can.
Amy K, NJ
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Adopted baby Joanna from Tver Region 10/06
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06-19-2008, 08:17 AM
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Wow!! This is great news!!! I am so happy for you!!
HORRAY!!!!
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Cyndi http://ramsellfamily.blogspot.com/ May 05~Signed w/ agency Aug 05~Homestudy Complete Sept 05~Fingerprinted Oct 05~BCIS Approval Nov 05~Dossier Completed Dec 12 05~Dossier sent to Kemerovo Region Mar 13 06~The Call~Trip 1~April 7 06  Trip 2 ~~ Aug. 4th! Court Aug. 8th! Aug. 16th, 2006 HOME FOREVER w/ 18 mo old Delaney!
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06-19-2008, 12:09 PM
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Enjoy, your trip of a lifetime! Congrats
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"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant"
Martin Luther King, jr.
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06-19-2008, 01:33 PM
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Thanks everyone! Can I tell you. I ma having a hard time concentrating at work. I have so much going through my head. Talk soon guys.
Keep up the prayers. You guys are working magic I tell you.
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2/2/08 - Signed With Placement Agency 2/12/08 - Picked Homestudy agency 2/23/08 -First Home Visit 2/27/08 - Mailed I600A 3/16/08 - Final Home Visit 3/20/08 - Recived fingerprinting Date 4/9/08 - Fingerprinted by USCIS 6/1/08 - Got the call 7/1/08 - going on 1st trip 9/7/08 - Flying Back 2nd trip 9/10/08 - Court Date-Success!!! Got Kids 10 days waived 9/13/08 - Home At Last
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06-19-2008, 02:33 PM
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Awesome news, Ophelia!
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MissDaisyofTexas Oct 2006--signed with placing agency Dec 2006--homestudy visit Feb 2007--Finished dossier May 2007--Trip #1!!! July 2007--Trip #2!!! Aug 2007--Home with our 3 year old son from Vladivostok, Russia April 2008--starting homestudy paperwork for Adoption #2!!!
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06-20-2008, 04:05 AM
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My prayers will be with you all as you travel across the sea to meet your litte destiny....remember to enjoy it all and have fun as in so many ways its the trip of a lifetime! Hugs and hugs and hugs my friend!
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3/17/04 start 6/22 8/29 I-600 lost 11/17 H.S. Done 12/2 I-171 approval 12/6 Dossier Apostilled 12/16 OFFICIALLY WAITING 5/08 Waiting 146 days 6/4 to Russia 6/7 Met our Prince 9/4 Day 263 9/5 GOTCHA!!!!! 9/14/05 HOME FOREVER!!!! " I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you and every long lost dream lead me to where you are others who broke my heart they were just northern stars pointing me on my way into your loving arms this much I know is true....That God blessed the broken road and lead me straight to you, I think about the years I spent just passing through, I'd like to take the time I lost and give it back to you but you just smile and take my hand even then you understand that its all part of this grander plan that is coming true and every long lost dream lead me to where you are..."-SELAH
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06-20-2008, 07:10 AM
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Wonderful news! We'll be thinking of you! Have a safe trip!
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Christina Big Boy (b. 9/1/01 a. 11/16/04) Buttercup (b. 6/8/04 a. 11/16/04) Vladivostok, Russia Every life event presents an opportunity, a gift. You just need to look closely to find it.
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06-20-2008, 07:53 AM
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Congratulations on your dates. Take some extra shorts and shirts as I recall, we sweated ALOT since it was so hot! SAFE TRAVELS
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DelMarie & Robert Applied to agency Jan 2004 A forever family on Monday May 23, 2005. Home from Krasnodar Russian on June 1, 2005. Veronika Marie-4 years old on Feb 15, 2008
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06-20-2008, 10:17 AM
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CONGRATS!!! We spent the 4th of July in Moscow in 2002...with our newly adopted daughter!
Have a wonderful trip!!! 
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Proud Mommy to two...who have taught me I can not change their pasts but I can change me and the way I parent them~ *Yaya~My Siberian Sweetie ~born in 2001~Home 2002~now 7, in 2nd grade and such a lovely little lady!  *Bubbs~My Samaran Sunshine~born in 2003~Home 2004~now 5, in Kindy and such a 5 year old boy!  'My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish.' ~"My Wish" by Rascal Flatts
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06-24-2008, 07:43 AM
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WOO HOO HOOOOEEEY!!! I could not be happier for you.
Much love and all of God's blessings as you prepare for this journey of a lifetime. xoxoxo
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Adopting one boy and one girl from Krasnoyarsk May - October, 2007 - Researching adoption/agencies October 17 - Signed w/ Placing Agency...dossier paperchase begins October 19 - Signed w/ Homestudy Agency October 22 - Filed I-600A November 26 - Picked up approved homestudy December 28 - Apostilled Dossier & Homestudy arrive in Russia January 4, 2008 - Learn dossier being registered in Krasnoyarsk January 5-January 29 - Nitpicking of docs in Kras; 5 rounds later, we're finally good-to-go January 16 - Received I-600A/I-797C approval! February 5 - Dossiers finally registered in Kras April 23 - Best day ever! Received referral for our little boy May 15 - Received our referral for our little girl! Yippee!! May 20-25 - TRIP 1 July 29th Court Date Rescheduled - orphanage quarantine August 5, 2008 - New Court Date August 6 - Adoptions Approved August 14 - Depart JFK Trip 3 August 18 - Pick up Babies August 23 - Home Forever
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06-24-2008, 05:00 PM
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Hi! Congrats on receiving "the call"! Looks like our trips will overlap. Our appointment is July 1st to meet our baby girl! We'll fly home on July 3rd. We're staying at the Marriott Courtyard. Where will you be staying? Sherri
JC - Adopted from Russia 2006 Jacob - Adopted from Kaz 2007 4/15/08: Applied 6/24/08: The Call!
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06-24-2008, 06:44 PM
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Congrats!! This is wonderful news....
Keep us updated!
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