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Tammy

YAY! Sounds like she is a healthy, growing little bean!! That is so wonderful that you are getting these updates. It will help you bond with her now until you have her there with you.

Don't you just LOVE paperwork?? :P

April

So glad to hear such absolutely delightful news.

Frijolito - adorable.

Michelle

So happy you got some news!

Mary-Mia

Cool! And frijolito is just the cutest name ever - it's hilarious.

Julie

Girl! Where's my pictures??? I love the nickname. We don't get a "report" just a medical update and 1 picture. I'm jealous :)

I hope they find the POA quickly and get it right back to you.

Melissa (melliemoo)

Just so you know, mail is running just fine in Houston now. My friend mailed me a package from Austin on Monday and it showed up the next day. Good luck with the POA!

ericalil

Oh! Karen! This is wonderful! How sweet, frijolito!

I'm going to start listening to my spanish tapes now, you've inspired me! We sent our I-600A in last Saturday and almost have all our documents for dossier but still need to authenticate them all, ugh. I'm so far away, but should use this time to learn spanish.

Good luck getting your POA out of Houston REALLY SOON!

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Oracle of Adoption


  • 10/31/07: Citizenship Ceremony at USCIS. Finally Marissa is a US Citizen!

  • 10/17/06: Mailed N-600 (application for US Citizenship) to USCIS

  • 10/16/06: Post Placement visit completed

  • 5/16/06: Court date for re-adoption

  • 4/17/06: Began re-adoption process

  • 3/16/06: Our little Mayan Princess finally arrives in the US!!

  • 3/13/06: Marissa placed in our arms - united as a family forever. Six months to the day after the referral.

  • 3/2/06: Pink! We have pink! Embassy appointment is for 3/14/06. We leave for Guatemala on 3/12/06.

  • 2/24/06: GCBC issued! Must be a record! We didn't find out though until 2/28...but that's ok because at that time we also learned that we had a passport and had been submitted for pink! Talk about a FAT TUESDAY!

  • 2/16/06: Protocolo signed. GCBC requested on 2/17.

  • 2/14/06: Out of PGN! Happy Valentines Day to us!

  • 12/21/05: Entered PGN

  • 12/12/05: Pre-Approval Issued! Also found out we went into Family Court on 10/28/05 and got out on 11/22/05.

  • 11/28/05: Received 3rd report from case worker with medical report and new pictures. Frijolito has herself a little personality!

  • 10/25/05: Received 2nd update from Guatemalan case worker with medical report and updated pictures

  • 10/19/05: DNA is a match! Certified and sent to the US Embassy. DNA was done on birthmom and baby on 10/7/05 but we never knew it.

  • 10/10/05 - POA delivered to agency. Delay was due to Hurricane Rita in Houston and then wrong date stamp by Consulate.

  • 09/19/05 - Dossier DONE and delivered to agency. We also received our 1st Report from the Guatemalan Case Worker with medical information and pictures of the baby! Baby's nickname is "frijolito".

  • 09/13/05 - Referral of baby girl born on 8/20/05!!!

  • 08/12/05 - Received I-171H approval fro USCIS!

  • 07/23/05 - Fingerprinted at USCIS office

  • 07/14/05 - Home Study mailed to USCIS

  • 06/24/05 - Home Study done

  • 04/08/05 - Mailed I-600A to USCIS