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Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Well, we received the packet back from AIA and it included (of all things) more paperwork for us to fill out for our initial dossier. Sometimes I feel like the couple in the real estate commercial, climbing up the mountain of paperwork. We also received official confirmation from the Dept. of Homeland Security that the USCIS had received our I-600A form, which is very good news. Written at 4:20 PM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 23, 2005. March 18, 2005.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005. I don't usually comment on stuff like this, but. Having solved all other problems in the state, Texas legislators have moved on to this: http:/ beta.news.yahoo.com/news? Tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050420/ts alt afp/usjusticegays 050420173703. Written at 3:13 PM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. Ok, it's getting real now. Written at 2:40 PM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. Friday, April 15, 2005. Did you even know that a notary's commission expires? Written at 4:20 PM by Elle.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005. The Results are In! I want to take a moment to thank everyone who participated in our Barbecue Cook-Off. The turn out wasn't as great as we expected, but for those who did attend we are so grateful! For those of you who did not attend. your loss. The food was out of this world! I can't believe the variety of dishes we had. Everthing from Smoked Ribs to Lamb, Potato Salad to Snicker Salad and every type of pie imaginable. I had some requests to post the results, so here goes.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006. You might be wondering (I know we are), "How could this happen? Well, the MoE changed the rules late last year. The new rules requires that all family members be notified before the child could be adopted. It also requires that the child be seen by 3 different Russian families before being placed with a foreign family. So in the process of all of this, one of the Russian families saw little A and chose to adopt him. Written at 7:59 PM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. This c...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005. I have trickled some news to a few of you, but I thought I would sum up what we know, or rather don't know. On September 15th the Ministry of Education met regarding the status of reaccreditation. We thought our prayers had been answered when we found out that they had reaccredited 2 more agencies. Unfortunately, the did not do ours and 2 looks like their limit for now. We don't know when they will meet again to further the process. So what does that mean to us? Please also k...
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Thursday, June 23, 2005. We can officially be parents! Yesterday I received the best birthday gift, short of actually holding Sasha in my arms. We got home from dinner last night and in the mailbox was our 171-H letter! I am just happy we have it! Now if we can only find the way to come up with the money to file the final paperwork. Written at 2:51 PM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 14, 2005. Written at 3:48 PM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. Wednesday, June 08, 2005. Well, th...
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Sunday, March 19, 2006. Faith Hope and Love. These are the things that have gotten us through the past week. These are the things that will carry us through the rest of our lives. I could bore you with all of the revelations that I (we) have had in the past week. Most of it is very religious stuff that many of you don't believe in anyway. However, our faith is very strong. No apologies or disclaimers here in referring God. So where does that leave us? Well moving forward. Jen. It will chronicle the secon...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006. For months I read the blog of one of blogging's greats. Soper. Ah how I miss you Soper. Soper is an infertile turned adoptive mom. She and her husband recently returned home from Kazakhstan with their baby girl Moonpie. A regular feature on her blog was Infertile Coffee Talk. Top 10 things I resolve to do as a parent. 3 I will give my child every opportunity to think for himself. 5 I will make every attempt possible not to give in to whining. Even if this causes stink eye f...
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Saturday, March 04, 2006. We told you last week that AIA had been notified of their reaccreditation and could pick up their certificate on March 6th. Well, the Russian MoE has updated their website and officially announced the agencies that have been reaccredited! This final step makes it 'real' for me. Here is the link to official website so you can see for yourself:. Http:/ www.usynovite.ru/international/ru/foreign agencies/. Written at 9:41 AM by Trusty Husband. Links to this post. Its such great news.
