We are officially down to the wire. I am going to be setting up Juliana's clothes (any ideas on size -- she was 13 lbs in October last we heard!), her highchair, buy some formula (last I knew she was on soy!), clean some bottles, buy some nipples and basically preparing our home for our daughter!
I called DC this morning to check on the status of our adoption and we found out that Juliana is scheduled for her visa interview at 1:00 pm (KOREAN time!) which is really in 12.5 hours of right now. If all goes well (which I have no reason to believe it won't!), then Juliana will be free to come home when you wake up tomorrow! Now that means she CAN come home, but it doesn't necessarily mean she will. Our Korean agency now needs to find an escort, a flight, etc., before she can come home obviously and I have heard that can happen in as little as 24 hours and as much as two weeks.....
Will keep you updated! Thanks so much for all the well wishes and prayers that are sent our way. Please continue to pray for Juliana and her safe trip. Also, please send a prayer or two to Juliana's foster mother. My thoughts are with her through this difficult time. Juliana is her first fosterchild, and I just can't imagine how she is handling her last few days with Juliana. I am so lucky that she has taken such good care of our little girl!
We are ready!
1) Homestudy -DONE
2) File I600A with immigration - DONE
3) get fingerprinted for I600A - DONE
4) Get referral!!!!!! - DONE
5) receive legals for the specific child - DONE
6) File I600 with immigration -DONE
7) I600 approval goes to National Visa Center - DONE
8) Receive Emmigration Permit (permission from the Korean government for my child to leave the county) -- I will NOT know when this happens! - DONE
9.) Embassy requests packet of info from agency to complete visa (P3) - DONE
10) Get visa interview - DONE
11) Get our travel call
12) Pick up our child at either LaGuardia or JFK airport!
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8 comments:
WAHOOOOO... I am so excited for you. That is awesome news. And wow... pretty fast for you too. COngratulations. I am to nervous to call today. I am trying to wait until end of week. WOW... I am so excited for you.
Tracy
oh my gosh, wow!!!!! GREAT news!!!! was that unexpected or what?!?
prayers sent for a safe, quick flight to the US and for her foster mother!
ps-i think you'd be safe with 9-12 month clothing.
LindseyB from BW
YEAH!! YEAH!!! I am sooo excited for you! And yes, I will pray for a safe flight home very soon and for Juliana's foster mother to be ok during the difficult time that is to come for her.
Yay!!! Congrats--it's getting very close!
Jackie - that's so awesome! I've been reading your posts on the Yahoo board - congratulations! We just got logged in to the NVC. Cecelia will work her "magic" to get your daughter home soon :)
Alicia in NY
How exciting!!! So happy for you and your family! Your dreams are about to come true.
Jackie,
WONDERFUL NEWS! Juliana will be home before you know it and all this heartache and waiting will be a distance memory.
We will keep you all in our prayers!
Cori from the ESWS board
Great news! My guess is she will be about 17 lb (that's gaining about a pound a month, which I think is average). I'd have some 6-9 month stuff on hand, but she'll probably quickly be into 9-12 month! Briar was 18 lb. coming home and fit perfectly into 9 month stuff, but moved into 12 month within a couple weeks.
Congratulations on a super speedy process, that is just amazing!!
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