Ordinary Miracles and the Crazy 9: Photo Gallery {Little Miss Saigon}

Monday, February 13, 2012

Photo Gallery {Little Miss Saigon}

15 days till we leave.

And I am missing her already.

I am missing them all already.

7 comments:

Jennifer said...: 15 days! Wow!!! I can only imagine how hard it must be. We'll be finding out soon enough. Praying for your mommas heart as you leave your precious ones behind to go get your new lovie. :); Monday, February 13, 2012 8:15:00 AM
Richard and Stacey Sanders said...: We don't even have TA yet and I am already missing mine. We were not able to Skype last time, so I am hoping that will help a little. Praying that the time will go by quickly til you are a complete family :); Monday, February 13, 2012 8:31:00 AM
Sophi Belle said...: She is SO pretty!; Monday, February 13, 2012 8:49:00 AM
Mary said...: We have been tragically without a computer, so I'm terribly late in wishing you congratulations on your TA!!!! I can't wait to follow your journey to precious Mazie!! (The computer has GOT to be fixed by then!); Monday, February 13, 2012 11:22:00 AM
luke and pamela said...: so soon! i can't wait to hear about her journey home. hugs and lots of prayers to you all!; Monday, February 13, 2012 2:44:00 PM
Eva said...: I'd be missing her and the others already, too!; Monday, February 13, 2012 3:22:00 PM
Aus said...: Yeah - at the end of the day we ended up not being able to leave ours - I feel your pain!

hugs - aus and co.; Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:41:00 AM

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Orphan Statistics

4 yrs - the average time a child spends in American foster care before being adopted
1.5 million children live in public care in Central and Eastern Europe
12.4 million orphans live in Latin America and the Carribean
43.4 million orphans live in sub-Saharan Africa
87.6 million orphans live in Asia
16 million children were orphaned in 2003
Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned as a result of AIDS
800,000 children in the American Foster Care system each year
20,000 young people "age out" of the U.S. foster care system each year. Of these only a little over half will earn a high school diploma.

147 Million orphans in the world

T&J Adoption Timeline-

1/07 We decide to persue adoption
2/07 decide on adoption agency
3/07 recieve approval from US gov't (I171H)
4/07 Dossier submitted to VN
8/07 Tess & Jude born and abandoned in a hospital in SaiGon
11/07 US govt issues statement of concern re VN adoptions and suspends 2 VN provinces for unethical adoptions
12/07 Jude has 1st surgery in VN to correct feet deformities
1/23/08 US govt issues warning to families adopting from VN
2/25/08 Receive CFCs
2/29/08 Our agency issues a memo warning families of the uncertainty of VN adoption and advises them to have a back-up plan
3/16/08 USCIS announces problems with hospital of our baby's birth and "blocks" all adoptions from this hospital
4/11/08 "official" referral date
4/25/08 VN gov't announces close of adoption program to US citizens effective 9/01/08
5/21/08 I-600 delivered to USCIS in HCMC
5/26/08 Final approval from VN Adoption Office
5/29/08 I-600 receipt acknowledgement
6/20/08 Final approval from HCMC Justice Dept. and G&R date
8/03/08 Jude 1st birthday
8/21/08 USCIS requires a new addendum from us
8/26/08 I-600 approval!!!!!
8/30/08 TRAVEL TO VIETNAM!
8/31/08 Tess's 1st birthday
9/01/08 The VN adoption program will close to new U.S. families
9/01/08 Receive babies from orphanage!!!!!!!
9/03/08 Giving and Receiving Ceremony-This is the day we legally GET our children FOREVER!
9/04/08 Have baby's medical exam
9/05/08 Receive babies' passports
9/07/08 Receive babies' visas
9/10/08 Travel home to USA / Jujube & Tess are U.S.A. citizens!
11/08 Jude has 2nd surgery (1st in US)
6/11/09 U.S. "readoption"

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