She is so precious!!!!! I am so extremely happy that you finally have your daughter. It brought tears to my eyes seeing the pictures this morning. what a wonderful start to a day...Congratulations berg family;-)
Congratulations to you and your family. Your daughter looks like what little girls are all about, so adorable. As a blog reader of yours, following your journey, I am so happy for you all. Heidi
Oh my gosh....she is absolutely beautiful!!! I was so excited to check your blog this morning...and there she was the long awaited Little Miss Anna!!! What a fabulous day it must have been to walk out of the baby home and never look back!!! Hugs to you from The Coopers in Alabama!!!
March 12, 2008 - Adoption application mailed
April 20, 2008 - Social Worker Interview
May 8, 2008 - Completed Homestudy to INS
June 18, 2008 - Received INS Approval
August 12, 2008 - Dossier sent to Vladivostok, Russia
January 7, 2009 - Declined first referral
June 11, 2009 - Received referral for 11 month old girl
June 16, 2009 - Accepted referral and got cashiers check for 1st half of Russia Fee
June 25, 2009 - Updated Dossier sent to Russia
June 30, 2009 - We received our travel dates
July 21, 2009 - Leave LAX
July 22, 2009 - Arrive in Russia
July 23, 2009 - First visit to baby home to meet Miss A!!
July 27, 2009 - Last visit with the little miss, flight home
July 30, 2009 - Sent fingerprints to FBI
August 2009 - Paid 2nd half of Russian program Fee
August 2009 - Found out baby home needs to declare Little Miss's Russian citizenship, causing significant delays
August 31, 2009 - Received FBI clearances
September 11, 2009 - Dossier#2 sent to Russia
November 29, 2009 - Little Miss's citizenship can be processed as she's been in baby home 6 months
December 8, 2009 - Citizenship papers turned into Russian Passport Office to finalize citizenship
December 16, 2009 - USCIS I600A expires, extension complete with updated homestudy sent in Nov. 19th for I171H January 15, 2010 - Received extension for I600A (took 8 weeks) - I171H
February 26, 2010 - FBI clearances expire, new fingerprint cards sent Jan. 4th
March 1, 2010 - Citizenship complete, now we need to wait for the MOE release letter
March 16, 2010 - received 2nd set of FBI clearances, took 10 weeks
March 26, 2010 - updated dossier#2 sent to Russia
May 2010 - MOE release letter received/Dossier in the hands of a judge
August 5, 2010 - Flight leaves LAX
August 9, 2010 - 8-doctor medical
August 9, 2010 - see our Little Miss for the first time in over a year
August 11, 2010 - Court Date
August 13, 2010 - Return Home and wait for Gotcha Trip
August 20, 2010 - Flight leaves LAX for final trip
August 24, 2010 - Gotcha Day
Sept 1, 2010 - HOME FOREVER!!!!!!!!
Our road to build our family has been difficult to say the least. It took us 3 yrs to get pregnant, due to difficulties caused by fibroids, just to lose our first little girl Sarah at 22 weeks due to an unknown incompetent cervix and preterm labor. 6 months later we were pregnant again, got my cervix stitched closed and miraculously had Dylan after a scary pregnancy at 34 weeks. I thought this last pregnancy would result in another miracle, but even with taking every precaution, we lost a second daughter, Chelsea, at 20 weeks. We are now hoping that our daughter is waiting for us in Russia and will eventually know what a miracle she is to our family. I also have the greatest step-daughter Madison.
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She's just gotten more beautiful over time! I LOVE her with those pigtails :) So, so, so happy for you!!!
Beautiful!!! Congratulations!
She is so precious!!!!! I am so extremely happy that you finally have your daughter. It brought tears to my eyes seeing the pictures this morning. what a wonderful start to a day...Congratulations berg family;-)
She's simply beautiful and looks so comfortable with you both! At last...congratulations!
she is absolutely adorable, shelly! Congratulations and enjoy!
Congratulations to you and your family. Your daughter looks like what little girls are all about, so adorable. As a blog reader of yours, following your journey, I am so happy for you all. Heidi
She is adorable!!!!!!!!!
You should see my goosebumps! So happy.
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing her with us!
Oh my gosh....she is absolutely beautiful!!! I was so excited to check your blog this morning...and there she was the long awaited Little Miss Anna!!! What a fabulous day it must have been to walk out of the baby home and never look back!!! Hugs to you from The Coopers in Alabama!!!
Congratulations, she is a beautiful little girl.
...remember that visiting room well. Don't miss it at all...do you? :-)
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