May 13, 2010 Met with caseworker from agency
May 19, 2010 Mail off Application I Packet ($49.00)
May 21, 2010 Get e-mail saying that we were accepted and Packet II is being mailed
May 26, 2010 Receive Packet II
May 28, 2010 Jennifer's fingerprints appointment ($52.50)
June 2, 2010 Jennifer's physical work appointment
June 2, 2010 Travis' employment verification mailed in
June 3, 2010 Travis and Jennifer bloodwork (7 VIALS!)
June 7, 2010 Travis' physical/blood work appointment
June 9, 2010 Jennifer's annual exam (lab needed to be done within 6 months)
June 9, 2010 Travis' fingerprints done ($52.50)
June 9, 2010 Mailed off 1st chunk of Packet II, along with a check for $465.00
July 28, 2010 Mailed off the rest of Packet II ($9.85 color copies for family photo essay)
August 3, 2010 Got final court documents re-faxed to agency ($5.00)
August 13, 2010 Adoption training at agency headquarters (hotel $55.00)
August 15, 2010 LAST piece of paper for Packet II delivered to agency (from lawyer)
August 19, 2010 Infant CPR training at local hospital (requirement before placement) ($10.00)
September 10, 2010 Found our our Packet II was approved... officially a 'homestudy' family
October 1&8, 2010 Home Study Done, waiting for report ($1250.00)
October 29, 2010 Turned in our 7 Profiles, and 'down payment' check- officially a 'waiting family'
November 29, 2010 Matched with a baby boy due in January 4th
December 30, 2010 Baby boy induced, there for his birth
December 31, 2010 Birth parents decide to parent, failed match
July 19, 2011 Matched with a baby boy due August 10th
July 22, 2011 Lunch matching meeting
July 29, 2011 Baby boy born!
August 11, 2011 Isaac William is ours, TPR hearing that morning
October 23, 2011 Dedicated Isaac at church
November 11, 2011 Post Placement Visit #2
I'm adopted, he's in the Air Force, and all we really want is family. After 8 miscarriages, and one failed adoption, this blog is a journal through infertility, adoption, and now parenthood, now that Isaac has filled our baby carriage, and it's about to be filled again with a surprise, successful (so far) pregnancy! It's sometimes blunt, sometimes improper, but always real. This is our story.
