I have amazing friends and family...and I "know" some pretty cool "strangers" too!
So far the bracelet fundraiser is going well - we have "recovered" the cost of the bracelets and have made another $70ish dollars. Not too shabby! We still have a LOT to sell (we ordered 200) so let me know if you are interested!
My Chip In is no longer "stuck" - THANK YOU! I was worried there for a few weeks! :o) We sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness and generosity. Know that you are making a difference in the life of a child! It is exciting to see this number change and know that people in our lives (and even those we don't know personally) are helping to bring Everlyn into our family! She will be such a blessing to our family. Please continue to post Everlyn's button on your blog and links to http://www.everlyngrace.com/ on your blogs and FaceBook pages! Awareness is key in bringing this little girl (and others like her...waiting for a forever family) HOME!
We have a few more fundraisers planned. Eric is busy planning a golf tournament for late August in St. Louis. I will post more details soon. Also, a very generous St. Louis Cardinals season ticket holder has donated 4 tickets to a Sunday afternoon game in September...we plan to use them for a raffle. Rumor has it these are GOOD seats! One chance will be $10 --- 3 chances will be $25. We plan to sell raffle tickets from August 1-31st with the winner generated by the random.org website on August 31st. Proceeds will go to our FSP on Reece's Rainbow. More details about this raffle will be posted soon!
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--An Orphan No More--
6-3-10 - Child Specific Petition and Power of Attorneys notarized, apostilled and sent to Everlyn's birth country!
6-2-10 - Home Study draft ready...let the proofreading begin!
5-28-10 - Sent our "information request letter" to the SDA.
5-27-10 - Applied for "expedited" passports
5-24-10 - Home Study "wrap-up" meeting
5-20-10 - Eric's psychological evaluation
5-19-10 - Ashli's psychological evaluation and physical
5-18-10 - Physicals for Easton and Emersen
5-17-10 - Final (marathon) homestudy visit! We are cramming the last three into one so we can get our Princess home SOON!
5-14-10 - Physical for Eric
5-12-10 - Physicals for Elijan and Elliston
5-11-10 - First homestudy visit!
5-5-10 - Homestudy application approved. Hard copies of RR forms mailed.
5-4-10 - Completed Disclosure & FSP forms and emailed/faxed them to Reece's Rainbow. Completed home study application and dropped it off at Small World Adoption Foundation of Missouri with photos and application fee.
5-3-10 - Emailed Andrea at Reece's Rainbow letting her know we wanted to commit to adopting "C"!!!
4-30-10 - Saw the most precious picture of "C" on the Reece's Rainbow website. Emailed Andrea at RR for more info.
--An Orphan No More--
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Our Adoption Timeline
11-2-10 - FLY HOME WITH OUR GIRL!!!!!!
11-1-10 - Pick up Everlyn's visa
10-28-10 - US Embassy appointment and medical exam
10-27-10 - GOTCHA DAY! :o) Returned to Kiev.
10-25-10 - Our 10-day wait ends...
10-16-10 - Our 10-day wait begins...
10-15-10 - We are shocked with an early court date. It's OFFICIAL - Everlyn is our daughter!!!
10-14-10 - Interpol clearance arrives at the SDA.
10-12-10 - Court papers filed in Everlyn's region...and it's my BIRTHDAY!!! :o)
10-8-10 - We met Everlyn!
10-7-10 - Pick up official referral paperwork and headed to her region by overnight train.
10-6-10 - SDA appt! :o) Of course we ACCEPTED her referral!
10-3-10 - We left for Everlyn's birth country!
9-9-10 - We got our travel date!
9-2-10 - Dossier successfully submitted to the SDA!
8-30-10 - Hard copy of dossier delivered to translation team.
8-26-10 - Hard copy of dossier Fed Ex'd to Everlyn's birth country and a copy faxed to our translator so translation can begin ASAP!
8-25-10 - Our 171H arrived! The last piece of the puzzle is here!
6-25-10 - Final documents arrived for our dossier. IT IS DONE....except for the 171H from the USCIS. Praying it comes quickly!
6-23-10 - USCIS fingerprints DONE - 3 weeks ahead of scheduled appt! WooHoo!
6-10-10 - Home study COMPLETE!! Sent in I-600A - "Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition" with copy of Home study, birth certificates, marriage certificate and a sweet little cover letter (with her picture on it) asking the USCIS to expedite our application so we can get our sweet Princess home quickly!!
6-9-10 - Bloodwork done for dossier medical form. Mailed marriage certificates for Illinois apostilles.
6-8-10 - Passports arrive!!!
6-7-10 - CSP and POAs arrive in Everlyn's birth country
6-3-10 - Child Specific Petition and Power of Attorneys notarized, apostilled and sent to Everlyn's birth country!
6-2-10 - Home Study draft ready...let the proofreading begin!
6-1-10 - Results of psych eval appt. (Yikes!) Update: We're not crazy. :o)
5-28-10 - Sent our "information request letter" to the SDA.
5-27-10 - Applied for "expedited" passports
5-24-10 - Home Study "wrap-up" meeting
5-20-10 - Eric's psychological evaluation
5-19-10 - Ashli's psychological evaluation and physical
5-18-10 - Physicals for Easton and Emersen
5-17-10 - Final (marathon) homestudy visit! We are cramming the last three into one so we can get our Princess home SOON!
5-14-10 - Physical for Eric
5-12-10 - Physicals for Elijan and Elliston
5-11-10 - First homestudy visit!
5-5-10 - Homestudy application approved. Hard copies of RR forms mailed.
5-4-10 - Completed Disclosure & FSP forms and emailed/faxed them to Reece's Rainbow. Completed home study application and dropped it off at Small World Adoption Foundation of Missouri with photos and application fee.
5-3-10 - Emailed Andrea at Reece's Rainbow letting her know we wanted to commit to adopting "C"!!!
4-30-10 - Saw the most precious picture of "C" on the Reece's Rainbow website. Emailed Andrea at RR for more info.
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2 comments:
How do you post it to facebook??? I will totally do that if you tell me how ;o)
Denise - If you go to my FB wall where I posted about the bracelets, click "share" and it will post to your wall.
BTW - your bracelets are in the mail!! Sorry it took me a few days - we were out of town.
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