Lee Family Blog: Some official appointments

Adoption Timeline

06/2006: Began reading and researching adoption, international adoption, and agencies.
09/2006: Attended information session.
10/2006: Applied and were accepted by CCAI (for China adoption).
11/25/2006: Began homestudy and dossier (paperwork).
03/29/2007: Dossier logged-in to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs--now we're officially on the waiting list.

05/29/2007: Mailed application to agency (for Vietnam adoption).
06/18/2007: Approved by agency.
07/03/2007: Began Vietnam dossier and had homestudy update.
11/16/2007: Mailed dossier to agency--now we're officially on the waiting list (#14).
12/10/2007: Now we're #11 in line...
05/01/2008: We're #1 in line!!!!
07/03/2008: Received official referral!
07/22/2008: I-600 acknowledgment
08/29/2008: I171H approval
09/18/2008: Leave for Hanoi
09/20/2008: Arrive in Hanoi
09/22/2008: Fly to Danang, drive one hour to orphanage and pick up baby (tentative)!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Some official appointments

Here we are at Eddie's medical exam. He had to pass the physical in order to get a Visa for the US. On the same day we were able to pick up Eddie's Vietnamese passport. Yea! We were so excited to be making progress!