Beholding Beautiful: And the winner is...

Monday, December 16, 2013

...Natalie Burton! Congratulations, Natalie!

And thank you to ALL of you for donating to the Holiday Gift Card raffle in support of the Widner family.

Each one of you made a difference in the life of a little girl waiting to call them her family!

The Adoption Process

6/5/2013 - decide to pursue adoption

6/11/2013 - 1st home study appointment

6/24/2013 - 2nd home study appointment

7/16/2013 - K arrives for hosting

8/18/2013 - K returns home

9/25/2013 - i-600A sent to USCIS (without home study)

10/7/2013 - home study submitted to AZ courts

11/8/2013 - order of Certification to Adopt issued by the court

11/18/2013 - home study sent to EU for dossier pre-registration; home study and agency license sent to USCIS

12/2/2013 - USCIS fingerprint appointment notice received

12/11/2013 - USCIS fingerprints taken

12/13/2013 - "Request for Evidence" notice received from USCIS

12/21/2013 - Revised home study sent to USCIS per "Request for Evidence"

1/11/2014 - I-171H received (USCIS approval)

1/15/2014 - Dossier complete and mailed

1/17/2014 - Dossier received

1/22/2014 - Dossier submitted!

2/24/2024 - Received word of DAP (SDA) appointment on March 11th!

3/9/2014 - depart Phoenix for Ukraine

3/10/2014 - arrive in Kyiv

3/11/2014 - 1st successful SDA appointment

3/20/2014 - 2nd successful SDA appointment

4/24/2014 - Court (we passed!)

5/16/2014 - HOME!