The Joy of what is…: "Taylah Tuesday!!"

EEEEEK!!! There is only ONE HOUR left to buy DOTS to uncover sweet little Taylah(Elisha)'s face!! Quick, go HERE and buy some DOTS!!!

Our Timeline to Timothy

3/5/2010 - The first time I laid eyes on Timothy & Reece's Rainbow

3/12/2010 - Convinced John I wasn't kidding! We prayed about commiting to Timothy (in my heart, I was already committed!)

4/16/2010 - Timothy's Family Found him!! (he was moved to the "My family found me!" page on RR)

4/16/2010 - Rec'd Certified Copies of Marriage Cert. (3) from FL (THANK YOU Cindy!!)

4/24/2010 - Timothy's Family Sponsorship Page went up!

4/27/2010 - Sent $275 to RR

4/29/2010 - Sent $1000 to RR (we're "officially" committed to our boy now!!)

4/29/2010 - Interview for story in The Hawkeye(will run in Sunday's paper!)

5/2/2010 - Our article was in the Hawkeye! www.thehawkeye.com/story/adoption-050210

5/4/2010 - Mailed Fingerprint & Background papers to DCI $69

5/14&15/2010 - Crop to Adopt Scrapbooking fun!

5/17/2010 - Mel's Physical appointment

5/18/2010 - POAs & CSP done!

5/21&22/2010 - Garage Sale!!

5/22/2010 - Sent I-600a to USCIS (gulp!) $830

5/25/2010 - Redoing POAs & CSP. Fed Ex'd them to Des Moines! $13.40 x 2

5/26/2010 - Getting letter from CPA for my proof of employment. Signing paperwork for Summer Enrichement job (extra $ for our Timothy fund!). $100

5/28/2010 - Apostilled POAs & CSP came back! Sent to Timothy's country!! They'll be there on Wednesday (6/2) $99.76

5/29-30/2010 - Home Study Visit $950

5/31/2010 - Photos for passports (FREE a gift from the photo lady at Walmart)

6/1/2010 - Applied for Passports $202.20 - Sent out letters to businesses for donations - POAs & CSP arrived safely in Timothy's country!! YAY!!

6/2/2010 - Draft of HS report!! Our SW ROCKS!!

6/3/2010 - Sent Marriage certificates back to FL to be apostilled. Gulp!! This is for the Dossier!!

6/8/2010 - Recieved Final HS report! Needed a couple of fixes though, so emailed SW to request updated HS reports. HS sent to statside team and approved pending updates.

6/14/2010 - Started Summer Enrichment teaching job. Checked on status of Passports, mine should arrive on or around 6/20. John's "not in the system". Not too sure what that means, will check again in a couple of days. UGH!

6/15/2010 - Still waiting for corrected HS. Rcv'd Apostilled Marriage Certificates.

6/17/2010 - Rcv'd Passports *&* Fingerprinting appointment letters!! Got the last batch of paperwork notarized and sent to the team! Appt is for 7/9

6/23/2010 - Made the trek to Des Moines in faith that they would take us in early for our fingerprinting. YES!!! Mission ACCOMPLISHED!!! Now we wait for the I-171H!

6/25/2010 - Mailed letter of residence to FL for apostilling. DUH! Forgot it when I sent the marriage certs. ($10 for apostille & $8.80 for postage)

7/1 - 7/14/2010 - Timothy's country will not accept dossiers during this time, they will open back up on the 15th. I am PRAYING that ours will be there by then!! Please God!! (Didn't make it! Still waiting on our USCIS approval)

7/4/2010 - Craft table at West Burlington 4th of July celebration. Praying for a HUGE turn out!! (This was a very disappointing BUST!) :(

7/16/2010 - Our Dossier is basically done! Waiting for I 171h and one more letter from the ILs about our housing. Then to the SOS for apostilles!

7/24/2010 - First USCIS pink slip! They requested more info.
7/29/2010 - SW sent packet (updated HS, letters of empoyment, tax forms) to USCIS. Now we wait... again...

8/5/2010 - Rec'vd updated HS.

8/8/2010 - Fundraiser with Amy Tobias SUCCESS!!! $765.00

8/12/2010 - John's Dad passed away. We went to FL for the funeral. 8/13 - 8/16 :(

8/21/2010 - Despite a gazillion set backs... RUMMAGE SALE!! SUCCESS!!! $1018.30

8/23/2010 - APPROVED!!!!!! Should be getting our 171h in the mail in the next couple of days. Thank you God!!

8/27/2010 - FINALLY received our I-171h in the mail!

8/30/2010 - Heading to Des Moines to get the apostilling done! Then to fax the dossier to have it checked before mailing. DONE!!! $160.00

9/3/2010 - FedEx'd the Monster! Dossier is en route to Timothy's country!! Praise God!! $134.00

We also got to move to the "Almost There" page on RR. :)

9/14/2010 - Necklace Fundraiser with Sarah's Treasure Box!
$700

9/16/2010 - SUBMITTED!!!

9/17 & 9/18/2010 - VolleyBall Tournament at RecPlex Fundraiser!! Our last active fundraiser!! $530

9/22/2010 - Rec'd our Family Sponsorship Grant from RR.

9/27/2010 - Rec'd our APPOINTMENT TIME FOR SDA!!!

10/11/2010 - Depart from Moline, IL to Kiev, Ukraine!!

10/12/2010 - Met the Bachman family in Frankfurt, Germany

10/13/2010 - Dinner at TGIFridays with the Lutzs, the Parkers, and the Deans.

10/14/2010 - 10:00 am SDA appointment

10/15/2010 - Had lunch with the Howells, another adopting family (not RR) at a real Ukrainian cafeteria!! Picked up referral from SDA It's official, we can go to his region to meet him!

10/16/2010 - Had lunch with the Bachmans, and the Westbrooks

10/17/2010 - Traveled to Timothy's region by train with the Bachmans

10/18/2010 - MET OUR SON!!

10/28/2010 - Court - Adoption Approved!

10/29/2010 - John went home. :(

11/8/2010 - Ten day wait is OVER!!

11/9/2010 - Court decree picked up.

11/10/2010 - New Birth Certificate for Timothy Danil DeLlanos issued.

11/11/2010 - Passports applied for

11/15/2010 - Going away party for Timothy with his groupa. His last night in the orphanage

11/16/2010 - Pick up passports & GOTCHA DAY!!!! Train trip back to Kiev

11/18/2010 - First US Embassy appointment(Medical)

11/19/2010 - Second US Embassy appointment (Visa)

11/20/2010 - HOME!!!!!

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