Here Are the Dates When Chris and I Started the Whole Adoption

February 15, 2005 _________Home Study Interviews with Jennifer of Adoption Home Study Specialists at our house March 11, ______________ Home study ready April 9, ________________Home Study Mtg. June 10, _______________Ins Approval Received!!!! June 15,_______________ Ukraine Classes adoption Ctr. June 15,_______________ AC closes for 2 weeks June 15 -June 27 _________Daddy goes to Ukraine on Hopeful Hearts Mission Trip June 19,________________Certified Dossier June 20________________ Pam, Mom, Nicholas, Thomas, and Caitlyn travel to Frankfor to apostile Dossier. June 21________________ Chris goes to Frankfort to apostile one last document, turns Dossier in to the two Ladies later that day. July 1,__________________ Dossier was review July 20, _________________Went to Frankfort the first time around. July 22, _________________Chris took the paperwork to Frankfort. Then dossier turned in to the ladies. October 1,_______________ Received Ukraine Registration letter from Adoption Center in Kyiv! October 3, _______________Faxed Registration Letter to the ladies October 8,_______________ The Ladies travel to Ukraine and takes our Registration letters to hand deliver our response October 18 , ______________Receive word that the AC has our Egistration Response. November 16,_____________ Receive another letter from AC in Kyiv that we will get a travel date letter in Late December or early January. No word from them about the travel letter as of yet. Been looking for it in the mail. December 2005 December 22,____________ AC unexpectedly closes due to transition from once branch of the govermment to another. The new AC group is not ready to open. ______________________________________________________________________ January 2006 January 31,2006 _________President of Ukraine signs a new law to re - open Adoption Center until May 1, 2006 February 2006 February 2 _____________Old AC reopens February 11 ____________Daddy,Mommy adn Thomas Volunteer with setup activities attend Hopeful Hearts fundraiser dinner at Seelbach Hotel February 27, ____________INS -----Refingerprint appt. made for March. February 28____________ Daddy and Mommy go to Homeland Security to get fingerprints redone vefore they expire on 3/27/05. March 1 2006 Fingerprints redone. March 4 _______________Ladies travel to Ukraine to meet with New AC leadership. March 31 ______________Receive updated INS Fingerprint letter for AC. April 1, 2006 ____________Meeting with the two Ladies with the adoption to discuss the what was going on with the AC. April 14, _______________Receive letter from old AC that they will be closing on May 1ST, and our paperwork will not be processed by them. It will be processed by New AC. E-mailed the lates letter to the ladies in order to determine the next steps. April 17,2006 ____________Got a letter from Ukraine. Not the one that we wanted . It was letting know about the change over there with the AC and what we can do and where to get in touch with them. April 19, 2006____________ The ladies called an urgent Dossier meeting. Eight families attend, We need to refresh the Home Study, Police Reports, and cover letter for INS re-fingerprints. April 20,2006 _____________Ordered refreshed Home Study Chris and I will have to get Kentucky State Police background checked again soon. Now all we are doing is waiting for the travel date to let know when to go over to Ukraine. We are praying . April 27 _________________Mommy had to get her driver licens renewed. Before we left for Ukraine. They have gone up to $20.00 now. Three more days until May 1. April 29, _________________Chris had the State Police background and some of the other paper work updated to send them in the mail to Frankfort. May 2006 May 3 ___________________We got the State Plice background paper work back. May____________________ Rick--- Chris' dad took the paperwork to the Jefferson county clerk to take them to be certified. We got them back. May 15__________________ Chris and I went to the Hopeful Hearts mailing to help out then he had one of the ladies to look over the paperwork to make sure that it was all right. May 16 ___________________Today Chris sent the paper work to Ukriane by fedx. Now back to the waiting game again. May 19 ___________________We got an e-mail from Fedxs and said it arrived in Kevie in Ukraine. No one was home today to pick up. So maybe Monday they will get then. Thats what we are hoping that they will take it back to the person( s) home. May 20 ___________________Chris and I have to go to another adoption meeting where we went for Nicholas to talk about our trip for him. These meetings are for families that are waiting for the travle date from Russia , or about to go over to Russia to meet there Child/ren. We have done one of these meetings a long time. It seems like everytime they called from the other adoption for Nicholas, that something comes up. We are going to this one this time around. We will be taking Nicholas with us to share our story. It might be awhile before we will be able to do other meetings with them. June June June is almost over now. Still no word yet from Ukraine about when the AC will open up. But I still check the mail everyday to make sure. We are trying to get thing ready, so wont be to much do when we get back from Ukraine with the baby. It is still hard to make Dr.appt and everything. Nicholas also had his tubs taken out this month too. Got that over with before the little one gets here. Last night we got an email on the 28 of June saying that the Ac might open up on July 3. I hope and pray that it does, so we can hear something soon from them. I will post more later on to let everyone know what will be happening. Sorry about not adding more on sooner but we just really haven't heard much. This is all that we know right now about it onpeing up on the 3 of July. July 3________________ We got new that the Adoption Center was opened. July 7 ________________Chris and I found out that we have to send a letter of to the Adoption Center now to let them know that we still want adopted. He will be typing that up and then we have to get Notearies and Aposltes to send it over there. Then On July 11 we both have to do our DR. exams over again. They were out of day. Paper work can't be year over. We might get all of this done in time frame. From there we wait again on the travel date. I have talked with are mailcare that does our route and she said she would look out for it. Yes I did. We have had other people mail in our box off and on. I also asked her to let the other workes know too about. I can't wait to get that letter. I just hope we don't have to go in Dec. July 14 _______________The ladies sent our paperwork over to Ukraine today. They should get it on Tuesday in Ukraine. When it get over the girls should have it and start working on it to change it over to the their writing. Now we have to wait and see when we get the letter to travle over to Ukraine. If it comes in Aug. that would be great. Then my sister would be able to keep our son while we are over there. The schools here starts on Aug. 2nd for the olders ones and the youngers starts around the 2nd week of Aug. We have that year around school here. July 17 _______________Today is Tuesday our paperwork should be over in Ukraine by now. I can't wait to hear something soon from them. We are going to take my newphew back to GA and while I am there I am going to look for something for the Baby's room. I would like to do the room in hearts and Angles if I can find them for a girl. I don't know about for a boy yet for the room. If more new comes in I will let everyone know. July 28 _______________Yesterday our air went out on us in the house. It was hot last night. This morning the first thing I did was called someone to see if they could come out to check it out. We had to replace the hole sytems inside and outside. I am glad that we got that fixed now. Aug 1st will be coming up soon. July has just gone by so fast. I was telling Chris that maybe we will get the letter in about 3 weeks or so. I have started looking for stuff for the baby rooms. When we took Andrew home and while we was down there I looked around in GA. No luck finding what I wanted. I may have to change my mind. I really would like to find what I want. Like the saying goes when your looking you wont find it. But when you stop then you will find it. We had a lot of stuff happen this week. Chris had to startjump my car because I left the lights ons. I thought I had turned them off. Then the radio would not work after he got the car going because the code you have to put in. I have to take the car in for tune up so their going to check out for me. Maybe everything will slow down now for us. I guess I better be getting off of here. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Maybe God bless you and your family. Please keep us in your prayers. Thank you. August 8_____________ Things are finaly moving I think. We have seen were some families has there dates to go over to Ukraine. I hope we hear something soon. Chris, Nicholas , my Dad, and I went to Kennett ,Mo. to visit some of my family there. Before we were called out. We got back on Sunday afternoon. Trip went pretty good for the most part of it. We drove back around town again this time,there is still alot of home were you can not live in. From the Aprils stroms that they had. Kennett was bad. Around Curthisville was hit hard. When we got back on Sunday night I checked the some of the posting of families and some had theres dates. I can't wait. To get our and go. This has been a long adoption for us. I just hope and pray that God will help us bring home the child he has for us. Like he did with Nicholas. I don't know if I had wrote about Nicholas or not. Anyway I will do it hear. What happened was. About the same thing happend but we had to more paper work two of everything. Other problems came up with it that adoption too. Finaly we we got a travle date for April the weekend of Easter 2003. This was for the frist trip to Russia to meet him. We had a name picked out for him before they called. We had Timmothy so that Christmas we put that name on the christmas gifts to eveyone in the family. After they had called us and told us the date and everything I told Chris when we was packing and getting our stuff ready that we need to changed it to Nicholas he was happy about that after we picked out. He said let wait till we get over there to find out. Got there and went to where was stayed out the next day went to the Minstery of Education. They said had a boy for us the age and the name. Guess what his name was Alxive Nicholi. We looked out each other and smiled we knew then that was right. We called home and talked to my Mom and Dad . Mom said he would have two teeth and blue eyes and blond hair. Then we said yes to the adoption and then had to come back home afte the week and wait for the court date that was in July of 2003. I guess I better get off of here. We let everyone know for sure when we hear thing. Everyone have a great week and weekend if I don't get back on after today. God bless everyone . August 15______________ We have been trying to keep up with the news on the adoption with the travel dates with the other adoption chat rooms. Some families are getting them from what they call the (Brown truck) UPS. I have been watching for the UPS truck and the snail mail too. Which I need to let them know again when I catch them driving by and put mail in the mailboxes. Today I have been trying to call my Doctors to see about getting letters for all of my meds that I am taking and breathing machine for the flights. After all that has happen lately. Maybe by the time we get our letter everything will be clam down for while. I hope and pray. I better be getting off of here I need to get to bed. I have to get Nicholas up in the morning and get him ready for school and go to town to do some things. Today after I got hime off to school I was trying to get caught up with the washing of clothes from the trips. Before he started back to school. Right now I am glad things are moving again. I hope they keep moving on the travel dates for families that have been waiting for while. I pray that everything will work out for everyone. And that they find the child that God has for them. Love August 19 _______________Hopeful Hearts had there picinc today. We thought it was going to rain. We seen some of the families that will be going with us maybe to Ukraine. When we got to the picinc one of the Ladies that is helping us with the adoption said that our State Police paperwork will have to be changed. They had put Chris' birthday on my paperwork. But his was ok. We will have to get that going this week. Today turned out great. If we hear more I will let everyone know about what is going on. I just can't wait to get this paperwork done. Hope to hear more later. Have a great week. August 21_____________ Chris got the paperwork ready for the state police to get to changed and everything. He will be going to the captial in the morning again to everything done. I hope they get my birthday right on the paperwork now. Then when he get all that finshed he will fedex the paperwork to Ukraine. Then maybe we will hear something from them soon. Please pray for us that everything will go fine for us. You do have ups and downs with adoption paperwork and other stuff with it. But yet it is worth it all at the end whe you bring the child home with you. August 22_______________ Got Nicholas on this bus this morning for school. Then Chris called me and said he got the paperwork done. Then drove back to work and Fedex the work to Ukraine. Now a wait and see. They should get it by Thursday I hope. Now Chris and I need to get the room read for everything. We have to clear out he stuff that in the room and have to found out where we need to put the Georgia , and Daphany out now. They have been sleeping in the that room for long time now. Were also try to maybe to a sun room on the back proach. Were looking in the price of them right now. One company wanted 29,0000 and soemthing. For what we want. I told them no not now. We have someone else too in mind we will see what they have to say. I guess I better get off of here. I need to get ready and go to town. I have to do something. Everyone have a great week and please keep us in your prayers Thanks. August 24______________ Chris has been checking on the Fedex package that she sent with the papework to Ukriane. He said it looks like they have it in Ukrinae and the ladies that our changing the writing to theirs should have it by Friday. We belive the Adoption Center is close for today and Friday for their hoilday. Maybe next week they will get the paperwork and start working on it again. It is over there now. August 29 _____________Chris check the Fedex package today and the lady has our paperwork. So hopeful it will be at the Adoption Center this week. We hope that they will have it and that we will get the letter to come and meet our child. Please keep us in your prayers for the date. As always we will keep you inform as with the information. Everyone have a great week. Terri September 1 ____________Hopeful we here something this month about are travel date soon. I was out in the driveway with my son playing and a fedex drove by. I had a car blocking the driveway so my son wouldn't go down to the end of it. They drive by here fast even it kindof a dead end. The truck turned around but it did not stop here. Also I got my laptop working again. We had to make severl phone call to Dell. I have never been so upset with a company like that. One person called me one day two weeks ago. He said he was nevers to talk to me. I told hime what I thought was wrong with the computer and she said that he would work with me. He did. This person was the only that would listen to me what I had to say. I got to be going I need to get my son in bed for a nap right now. September 5 ___________The Holiday weekend is over with. Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. Nicholas and I have been sick. I have had a sore throat. Now everyone will probably be watching the mail again and the UPS and the Fedex. That is adopting from Ukraine. The months have gone by fast. We had somenone else mail in our box over the weekend and pastweek. I guess I am going to have to talk with them again. I put it back in the mailbox and put a note on it for them. I need to get off of here and get ready to watch for the bus for Nicholas. September 8____________ I just checked on of Chris' email about the Fedex tracking. It said it was there on the 23 of August, so it has been 16 day now that I counted.