The Long and Winding Road: Getting Better

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Getting Better

Yesterday we received the most awesome news and today it just gets even better. We have a new photo of our babies! Katie Mumbi looks irritated and Nat looks totally happy. Who does that remind you of (*ahem*...I didn't say Liz and Tip...nope, that wasn't me)? I can't even express how totally in love we are we these two kids and we CAN'T WAIT to have them in our arms.

-B

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Adoption Timeline

6 Jun 2012 - Arrived home in the United States

5 Jun 2012 - Flew home

4 Jun 2012 - Received DGM Exit Letters

1 Jun 2012 - Received US Visas

18 May 2012 - Medical reports received by US Consulate

14 May 2012 - US Consulate Interview

10 May 2012 - Congolese Passports received

09 May 2012 - Official photos taken for Congolese Passports

08 May 2012 - Medical exams in Kinshasa

07 May 2012 - First US Consulate appointment

04 May 2012 (or earlier?) - Applied for Congolese Passports in Kinshasa; Dropped off paperwork at US Consulate

03 May 2012 - Katie Mumbi and Nat arrive in Kinshasa and meet Mama for the first time

01 May 2012 - Arrive in Kinshasa, DRC

30 Apr 2012 - Depart Washington Dulles

20 Apr 2012 - Bought plane tickets and made reservations at Procure St. Anne

13 Apr 2012 - Receive travel dates and LOTS of to-do items from Love Beyond Borders

21 Mar 2012 - Officially the parents of Nathaniel Kayakez and Katherine Mumbi according to the Democratic Republic of Congo (which means we received their Certificates of Non-Apppeal)

12 Mar 2012 - 30 day non appeal waiting period is over

10 Feb 2012 - Both Kayakez and Mumbi pass court and have their adoption decrees registered in their Commune

9 Feb 2012 - Receive I-600 A approval to adopt two children between the ages of 0-36 months

27 Jan 2012 - Apply for a change to our I-600 A

25 Jan 2012 - Receive Home Study update

23 Jan 2012 - Ask for Home Study update

18 Jan 2012 - Dossier additions arrive in Lubumbashi

13 Jan 2012 - Mail dossier additions to Lubumbashi so we can adopt M

11 Jan 2012 - Learn that Kayakez has passed court but we need to add Mumbi to his court case so they can share a dossier and we can travel just once

3 Jan 2012 - Receive a phone call from LBB - little Kayakez has a two year old sister who is available for adoption

8 Dec 2011 - Dossier arrived in Lubumbashi

2 Nov 2011 - Completed dossier and mailed to LBB for translation

25 Oct 2011 - Completed application and contract with A Love Beyond Borders

22 Oct 2011 - Receive referral for a six week old baby boy from Love Beyond Borders - our baby Kayakez!!!

22 Oct 2011 - Lost referral from Wasatch due to problems with the orphanage director. Told that we might have to wait a many more months for a referral.

7 Sep 2011 - Received "soft" referral of a 15 month old little boy through Wasatch contingent on documentation availability and medical testing

28 Aug 2011 - Lost referral for the 2 month old baby boy and decided not to pursue independent adoption

22 Aug 2011 - Received a referral for a 2 month old baby boy through assisted independent adoption

14 Aug 2011 - Lost referral of the 4 month old baby boy

12 Aug 2011 - Received a referral for a 4 month old baby boy through assisted independent adoption

5 Aug 2011 - Received I-171 H approval to adopt two children between 0-24 months

1 Aug 2011 - Biometrics appointment with USCIS

11 Jul 2011 - Dossier for independent adoption complete

21 June 2011 - Applied for I-600 A

14 June 2011 - Applied for help with independent adoption

22 Apr 2011 - Home Study approved

31 Mar 2011 - Third Home Study visit

16 Mar 2011 - Second Home Study visit

11 Mar 2011 - First Home Study visit

22 Feb 2011 - Applied to Wasatch and placed on waiting list

16 Feb 2011 - Decide to adopt a baby boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo