August 28, 2009: Introduced to Heart of the Bride at Jonathan's Celebration of Life
December 2009: Began sponsoring Mapalo through Heart of the Bride
February 21, 2011: Attended Passion 127 seminar
March 25, 2011: Met with Adoption Specialist
April 18, 2011: Preliminary Application Turned in
end of April 2011: Decided to go International Route for Waiting Child from China
***procrastinated :)***
July 1, 2011: Job change for me to put us in better position to adopt
November 2011: Got rear in gear with formal application
March 4, 2012 11:44pm: Submitted our formal application
March 5, 2012: Call Adoption Specialist to make sure she got the application, she asks "How set are you with China?"
March 8, 2012 11:26am: Formal application approved to move forward with China adoption
March 16, 2012: Meeting with Adoption Specialist and changed to Domestic Infant Adoption!
April 20, 2012: Formal Application completed
June 28, 2012: We mail our Home Study packet
July 31, 2012: First Home Visit
August 20, 2012: Second Home Visit
November 15, 2012: Home Study Approved!
December 3, 2012: Adoption Specialist calls asking to show our profile
December 4, 2012: Profile is shown and birthparents decide they want to meet us
December 15th -ish, 2012: Meeting with birthparents
December 27, 2012: Got the message birthparents picked us and wanted to be matched
December 28, 2012: Accepted match!
March 25, 2013: Left home to meet our daughter
April 20, 2012: Formal Application completed
June 28, 2012: We mail our Home Study packet
July 31, 2012: First Home Visit
August 20, 2012: Second Home Visit
November 15, 2012: Home Study Approved!
December 3, 2012: Adoption Specialist calls asking to show our profile
December 4, 2012: Profile is shown and birthparents decide they want to meet us
December 15th -ish, 2012: Meeting with birthparents
December 27, 2012: Got the message birthparents picked us and wanted to be matched
December 28, 2012: Accepted match!
March 25, 2013: Left home to meet our daughter
