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- Sarah
- PA, United States
- Hi I'm Sarah. My husband Shawn and I adopted our beautiful daughter, Zoya from Eastern Europe in April 2010. She was born on June 3, 2008. In November 2011, we brought home our second daughter, Mila. She was born on March 11, 2011. We are blessed to be parents to these beautiful girls and love sharing our journey with others. We are currently in the process of our third adoption and are excited to bring our daughter home!
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Meet Carrington My friend Shelly just returned to the US with her two newly adopted daughters last night. Her daughter Carrington is 3 years... -
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Adoption Timeline
- June 15, 2009-Contacted Reece's Rainbow/began searching profiles
- September 13, 2009-Inquired about Zoya
- September 24, 2009-Committed to Adopt Zoya
- September 25, 2009-PA state police criminal record check sent
- September 28, 2009-Sent for PA child abuse clearance
- September 29, 2009-Started the paperwork chase
- October 1, 2009-got FBI fingerprints
- October 1, 2009-scheduled Home Study visit for Oct. 17th
- October 10, 2009-Zoya's family page is on Reece's Rainbow!
- October 17, 2009-Homestudy Visit
- October 24, 2009--1 month waiting for Zoya to come home
- November 5, 2009-Received Completed Homestudy in the Mail
- November 6, 2009-Mailed out USCIS Application
- November 24, 2009-2 months waiting for Zoya to come home
- November 25, 2009-Zoya is recovering from surgery!
- November 27, 2009-Received USCIS Fingerprint Appointment!
- December 3, 2009-Got USCIS fingerprints done
- December 24, 2009-3 months waiting for Zoya to come home
- December 24, 2009-Received I-171 H in the mail!
- December 30, 2009-got 27 of 28 documents apostilled in Harrisburg
- January 7, 2010-Received LAST document in the mail
- January 8, 2010-MAILED DOSSIER!
- January 11, 2010-Dossier arrived in Zoya's country
- January 15-18, 2010-Chasing a few more papers that were added on :(
- January 24, 2010-4 months waiting for Zoya to come home
- January 27, 2010-Received a Submittal Date of February 4th!
- January 29, 2010-Mailed out the last (hopefully) forms to Zoya's country!
- February 5, 2010--2nd addendum documents arrived (late)
- February 5, 2010--Send a 3rd set of docs over (usually doesn't happen this way)...wait wait wait
- February 11, 2010-Dossier Submitted!
- February 23, 2010-Received our Travel Date!
- February 24, 2010-5 months waiting for Zoya to come home
- March 12, 2010-Leaving to Meet Zoya
- March 15, 2010-SDA appointment in Ukraine
- March 17, 2010-Met Zoya!
- March 30, 2010-First Court Appointment--didn't finish court :(
- April 2, 2010-Second court appointment...Zoya Faith Basile is officially ours! 10 day wait starts
- April 19, 2010-Gotcha Day...Zoya is with us FOREVER!
- April 22, 2010-Zoya Lands In America!
Cute cute CUTE! Thanks for sharing your your little cupcakes with us!
ReplyDeleteThey are too too "sweet." :-) Love those pictures!
ReplyDeleteLook at the love between those two little cupcakes. Love my granddaughters!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful little blessings!!! I love the way Mila looks at Zoya and Zoya's expressions are just the best! I could look at pictures of them all day long!! Thanks for sharing them with us! (((BIG HUGS)))!!!
ReplyDeleteYour little girls are too cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my Gracious! Such Lovies!!!
ReplyDeleteYou sure can see how much Mila loves her big sister!
ReplyDeleteso cute!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures!!! Too sweet!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what the purpose of Mila's necklace is? I notice Kelle Hampton's cutie also wears a similar necklace and must have missed the post about what it is for. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a baltic amber teething necklace. Let me tell you what...strangely this thing WORKS!!! Mila is getting her first two teeth...both MOLARS....wowza!!! She is so much calmer and happier when this is on.
DeleteYou can read about why/how it works here http://www.balticamberteethingnecklace.com/
Love the girls and the outfits!!. Soooo sweet ; thought the necklace was a " normal" one as Mila loves them...
ReplyDeleteThese girlies never fail to put a smile on my face...love these sweet sister moments!
ReplyDeleteThey are just too precious!! Thanks for sharing! And Mila is looking sooo very healthy now--what a world of difference from the photos when you guys first got to hold her! Sweet cupcakes indeed!
ReplyDeletesoooooooosweeeeeeeeeeet! Look at those BEAUTIFUL CUTE GIRLS!!!
ReplyDeleteGREAT pics!