Our Little Seouls: Happy Lunar New Year!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Our Adoption Time Line....

March 24, 2009: Meet with AIAA for brief overview of adoption process
April 20, 2009: AIAA received our pre-application
May 20, 2009: Formal application was received by our agency
June 1, 2009: Home study - First visit by case worker (at our house)
June 15, 2009: Home study - Second visit with case worker (at AIAA office)
June 22, 2009: Home study - Third visit with case worker (at AIAA office)
June 10, 2009: Home study - Meet for fourth and final time to complete home study (at AIAA office)
August 5, 2009: Home study approved by AIAA and forwareded to Korea
November 9, 2009: Received call from case worker - referral is in!
November 10, 2009: Meet with case worker to review referral - saw pictures of our son for the first time
November 11, 2009: Referral reviewed, and approved by Doctor
November 12, 2009: Offiically accepted referral
January 6, 2010: I-600 received at USCIS
January 29, 2010: Received I-600 approval
February 5th, 2010: P3 was received in Korea
March 9th, 2010: Ryan made his apparnace at the embassy (EA)
Next step: Wait for call to travel!!!
March 15th: Travel Call!!!! Yay!!!!
March 23, 2010: Meet Ryan for the First Time
March 25th, 2010: Became a Forever Family