Our Adoption Adventure: What you and I, have been waiting for!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

What you and I, have been waiting for!

Baby Alexander Joseph

12/15/09

2:34 am

8 pounds 2.5 oz

21 inches long

and red hair!

Happy Mommy!

Happy Daddy

First Feeding, and First Family Picture

8 comments:

kalibugDecember 15, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Oh, my!! He is so cute. Congrats!!
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JewlsDecember 16, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Yay, what a cutie!
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LynnetteDecember 16, 2009 at 4:42 AM
Beautiful...congratulations!!!!!! I am so happy for you and your husband...I just love these pictures. Merry Christamas Mommy!!!!
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Denver JenDecember 16, 2009 at 5:26 AM
Congratulations!!! Perfect Christmas gift! You all look so happy and he looks healthy and darling. I'm so so happy for you!!!
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AnonymousDecember 16, 2009 at 6:34 AM
EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats! I have tears in my eyes. I am so happy for you guys. Awesome.
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birthmothertalksDecember 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Awwwww how cute!
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GsMomAswifeyDecember 16, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Yay! He is adorable, you both look so happy and blessed. I will keep you all in my prayers, as well as A's BM. Merry Christmas!
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LaneDecember 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Congratulations!!
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Our Adoption Time Line

December 10th 2008: We both agreed that we wanted to adopt.

December 21st 2008: I picked our agency.

January: I got an invite to an orientation.

January 20th 2009: We had our orientation.

February 6th 2009: We sent in our pre-application.

February 10th 2009: We got our big packet in the mail. It’s the full application.

March: We took our four weeks of education classes.

April: We filled out all of our paper work, got our fingerprints done, as well as our medical statements, and we handed in our all of our paperwork.

May: Our reference letters went out, and came back in and we set up our four meeting times for our home study.

May 26th 2009 : Home Study Visit number 1, both of us in the office.

June 1st 2009: Home Study Visit number 2, Joe in the office.

June 2nd 2009: Home Study Visit number 3, Jenn in the office.

June 18th 2009: Home Study Visit number 4, both of us at our house.

September 2009: Second set, of added, paperwork turned in.

October 2nd 2009: I turned in our scrapbook.

October 3rd 2009: We got our completed home study report back.

October 26th 2009: We got The Call, we had a match!

October 29th 2009: First birth mother meeting (find out the sex of the baby)

October 30th 2009: First phone call with birth mom

November 5th 2009: First doctors appointment with birth mom

November 10th 2009: Second appointment with birth mom (ultra sound)

December 14th 2009: Met Birth-mom at the hospital.

December 15th 2009: 2:34 am Alexander was born.

December 17th 2009: 7pm got home with Alex.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

What you and I, have been waiting for!

8 comments: