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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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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!
