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08-11-2009, 10:55 AM
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Family Day #3 and Final PPR!!
Saturday we celebrated our third Family Day!!! Last week I sent in our final PPR! Wow, I am overwhelmed and overjoyed! I still can't believe what a wonderful child I get to be a Mommy to! Three years ago I never imagined my life being changed in such an amazing way. Delaney always says, "The judge said we could be together forever and all the days!"
 We had a great day, starting with her deciding on Family Day breakfast, three kinds of cheese, bread and butter, granola bar and chocolate milk...greeeat! Then she open her gifts and was totally upset because me and my mom did not have presents! What a sweetie-pie! She said, "It's Family Day we should all get presents!" So, she got princess sheets, a new leotard and skirt for dance, art supplies and a cupcake maker and her Russian gift. Then she made us cards with her art stuff. We made a famous heart shaped cake and went to play miniature golf and rode the bumper boats and played some aracde games. We came home to have our pajama party and made our pajama party food and played games, did puzzles and blew bubbles inside! We watched Finding Nemo, then we slept on the air mattress in the living room! Delaney kept asking when it would be Family Day again....what a blessing and an honor it is to have such a kind hearted daughter! It has also been a blessing to have made friends here on this forum and others and our RIL friends. I have learned so much from everyone, including a very special 4 year old!
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Cyndi http://ramsellfamily.blogspot.com/ Begin Process: May 2005 Trip 1: April 2006 Kemerovo Trip 2: Aug. 4th, 2006  Aug. 16th, 2006 HOME FOREVER w/ 18 mo old Delaney! Last edited by MamaChinch : 08-11-2009 at 11:13 AM. 
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08-11-2009, 10:57 AM
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a few more....
.....you know me....oh yes....our pajama party feast was, taquitos and chips and guacamole, pizza, lavosh sandwiches, watermelon, grapes and carrots....we need lessons in foods that go together! he he!!
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Cyndi http://ramsellfamily.blogspot.com/ Begin Process: May 2005 Trip 1: April 2006 Kemerovo Trip 2: Aug. 4th, 2006 Aug. 16th, 2006 HOME FOREVER w/ 18 mo old Delaney! Last edited by MamaChinch : 08-11-2009 at 11:01 AM.
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08-11-2009, 12:36 PM
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Congratulations on 3 years!!!
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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!!! October 1 2008--Dossier registered in region January 2009--Going on Trip #1! March 2009--Trip #2 April 2009--home with our 1 year old son from Vladivostok, Russia
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08-11-2009, 04:51 PM
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08-11-2009, 05:42 PM
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She's a doll! Congratulations! I love the way you spend the whole day celebrating. It's such a special day!
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08-11-2009, 06:13 PM
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it's such an amazing milestone - i can't believe we are just one short year behind you.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
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"As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things." Ecclesiastes 11:5
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08-11-2009, 09:34 PM
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Congratulations to you guys!!!!! What a family day--man I wish I were in your family too!!!! I loved the photos. We're so glad to have you guys as friends(but sorry you live so darned far away.....). Best,
Amy K, NJ
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08-12-2009, 05:24 AM
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That looks like so much fine I wanted to join in! Congrats!~
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9/3/08 Signed w/agency 9/8/08 Sent I600A form w/out Homestudy 9/20/08 Homestudy started 9/22/08 Mailed fingerprints to FBI 10/2/08 FBI OK'd us 10/15/08 Biometrics done for I600A 11/24/08 Homestudy mailed to complete I600A 12/15/08 Dossier to Russia 1/20/09 I171H received 4/9/09 Received 2 refferals! Boy and Girl! 4/15/09 Now have 1 of 2 referrals. 4/21/09 Received 2nd referral! 4/28/09 Accepted 2nd referral and waiting on 1st trip! 5/11/09 Child #2 is no longer available, back to waiting for another referral. 5/27/09 Still waiting for trip #1 for referral #1. 6/15/09 Dossier done. Waiting for referral for #2. Still waiting on travel dates for #1. 6/17/09 Travel dates for #1! 6/25/09 Waiting for #2 after home with #1. 6/27/09-7/4/09 Trip #1 completed 12/4/09 No court date yet. New set of docs sent to Russia...didin't like the apostille and now the docs are sarting to expire  
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08-12-2009, 08:14 AM
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OMG! What a celebration! That is so cool. Just dont tell my kids. We go out for dinner, toast our glasses and take a picture. They're going to want gifts too!
I think its great you guys celebrate this big!!
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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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08-12-2009, 08:30 AM
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She is such a cutie AND a sweetie! Congrats...love all the pcitures!!!
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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 8 and a 'Tween', and in 3rd grade. She's all girl!!!  *Bubbs~My Samaran Sunshine~born in 2003~Home 2004~now 6, in Kindy and such a sweet, silly & special 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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08-12-2009, 08:45 AM
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Thanks, everyone! Christina, it's easy to do gifts for one! My mom got the cupcake maker for her, which I did not! he he!
I can't believe so many of us are either done or very close to the last PPR....that's such a great feeling! Amy ~ you guys ARE family...just TOO far! We miss you!
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Cyndi http://ramsellfamily.blogspot.com/ Begin Process: May 2005 Trip 1: April 2006 Kemerovo Trip 2: Aug. 4th, 2006 Aug. 16th, 2006 HOME FOREVER w/ 18 mo old Delaney!
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08-19-2009, 06:28 AM
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Amazing, Cyn, just AMAZING! I love the pictures.
 Delaney is more beautiful everytime I see her. I can't wait until you go for #2 and can begin the milestones and PPRs all over again.  Tee hee hee...LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!! xoxoxo
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Adopted one boy & one girl from Krasnoyarsk May - October, 2007 - Researching adoption/agencies October 17 - Application to adopt FedEx'd to our agency February 5 - Dossiers 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 - chix pox August 5, 2008 - New Court Date August 6 - Adoptions Approved August 14 - Depart JFK Trip 3 August 18 - Custody!! Pick up Babies (11 & 21 mos old) August 23, 2008 - Home Forever
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