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19 November 2007

Introducing...

Weeone

It's a girl!

She's from Hanoi, she's 3 1/2 months old, and she is perfect!

For the sake of privacy, I'm going to refer to her on this blog as Dep, which in Vietnamese means "beautiful". Which she is. As well as very curious and alert, don't ya think? And adorable. I can't wait to meet her live and in person!

Posted at 05:18 PM in Adoption Blather, pics, Vietnam | | Comments (29) | TrackBack (0)

13 November 2007

wtf, wtf, wtf?

What is going on with the Vietnam adoption process? So many stories! Who should we believe, who should we not believe, can we trust our agency? Fuck. I'd rather wait and spend a little more money than have doubts for the rest of my life on the ethics of my adoption. I know this post is vague, but I am just beginning to read all of the rumors and whatnot. And they are pretty vague on details, and my head is spinning trying to figure out this latest curveball in the adoption world.

Posted at 03:35 PM in Adoption Blather, Vietnam, Waiting | | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)

Hanoi

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  • Bye-bye IVF, it has most certainly NOT been a pleasure. Now we're days or weeks away from traveling to bring our first child home—a beautiful baby girl!

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Adoption Timeline

  • 10 March 2007 – Orientation with homestudy agency
    17 March 2007 – Sent application to homestudy agency
    23 March 2007 – Reviewed list of necessary paperwork with agency rep. The paper chase begins!
    03 April 2007 – First meeting with social worker for homestudy
    17 April 2007 – Second visit with homestudy social worker. In-home visit.
    17 May 2007 – Last paperwork for homestudy sent to agency! Yahoooo!
    17 May 2007 – Third and final visit with homestudy social worker.
    12 June 2007 – Homestudy report sent to CIS
    13 July 2007 – Received I-171 Approval!!!.
    17 July 2007 – Notarized I-171 copies sent to our agency.
    16 August 2007 – Dossier to Vietnam! We're waitin', baby!
    14 November 2007 –REFERRAL!!
    It's a girl!!!
    18 December 2007 – USCIS in HCMC confirmed receipt of our I-600 form. Just waiting for final approval from them now so we can travel!
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