Ordinary Miracles & The Crazy 9: Photo Gallery (First thing in the morn}

Friday, January 25, 2013

Photo Gallery (First thing in the morn}

sigh...

the long road

15 comments:

Pieni LintuFriday, January 25, 2013 1:39:00 PM
So cute - love the messy morning hair!!!! :)
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CedarFriday, January 25, 2013 1:39:00 PM
Oh look at that adorable bedhead! Such a cutie pie!
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TeraFriday, January 25, 2013 1:44:00 PM
Oh goodness, she is sweet as sugar! Love it!
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snekcipFriday, January 25, 2013 2:24:00 PM
A precious sight for SLEEPY (MOM) EYES indeed!!!
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EvaFriday, January 25, 2013 2:41:00 PM
Oh she sure looks delicious first thing! How do you ever make it through the whole day without smothering her with kisses?
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Andrea TheBloggingMamaFriday, January 25, 2013 4:30:00 PM
That's one cute messy haired girl.
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ChristinaFriday, January 25, 2013 5:29:00 PM
She is just too precious - she just exudes such a gentle spirit. Absolutely adorable!
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ChuehSFriday, January 25, 2013 8:05:00 PM
Adorable!! :)
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MelissaBFriday, January 25, 2013 11:21:00 PM
She is so flippin' sweet!!
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MaureenSaturday, January 26, 2013 4:26:00 AM
Oh my, what a shot. Adorable!!
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MaureenSaturday, January 26, 2013 4:26:00 AM
What a great shot! She is beautiful.
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martySaturday, January 26, 2013 5:04:00 AM
Such a cutie with the sweet little bed head :-)
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JoannaSunday, January 27, 2013 5:50:00 PM
What a cutie! I miss when my little one was that small! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving some love! :)
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JoannaSunday, January 27, 2013 5:51:00 PM
What a cutie! I miss when my little one was that small! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving some love! :)
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Mandy CampbellMonday, January 28, 2013 5:14:00 AM
OMGoodness!!! What a cutie!!! I love this!!
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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
400,000+ children in the American Foster Care in 2011
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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