See you soon...we are off to bring our daughter home!!! We will leave early tomorrow morning and so you will not hear from us until we reach Moscow on Saturday. Again, because of the new weight restrictions with the airlines, I will not carry my laptop. Instead, I will post from the business centers in both Moscow and Murmansk. Please, pray for our success in bringing Alexis home for Christmas. All the i's must be dotted and all the t's must be crossed to bring her through the Embassy. Your prayers are so greatly appreciated. I feel strongly this verse applies for our trip to bring new life into our family:
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."
John14:18
Happy Holiday's and God's Many blessings!!!
This blog is dedicated to the adoption of "Alexis Viktoria Gartner". It is our hope that the reader will have the opportunity to follow our journey in bringing this new family member home to the place God has selected for her. Lexi is a 9 y/o girl living in an orphanage. She is our daughter's best friend. They lived in the same orphanages from the time they were toddlers until last year when Katie Aunna was adopted by our family. It is our prayer to reunite them as forever sisters.
Our Timeline To Lexi
April 2008: Lexi came into the playroom with Katie Aunna.
May 2008-January 2009: Prayed for God to guide us in regard to adopting Lexi.
January 2009: Committed to adopting Alexis Viktoria Gartner.
July 1, 2009: Received completed home-study.
July 7, 2009: Applied to USCIS and began praying to St. Jude for a speedy answer.
July 14, 2009: Received our I171H form!!!
July 23, 2009: Psyhciatric evaluation for dossier.
August 12 and 13, 2009: Medical physicals for first trip and court dossier completed.
August 20. 2009: Psychiatrist has to do paperwork again.
August 21, 2009: Sent medical dossier to Texas for apostilles.
August 25, 2009: Received corrected paperwork from psychiatrist.
August 26, 2009: Apostilled documents in our own state capital. Accountant's signature rejected.
August 27, 2009: Sent psychiatrist's documents to Texas for apostilles.
September 4, 2009: Received the final documents with apostilles needed to complete dossier. Dossier composition is complete for both trips. Praise God!!!
September 8, 2009: dossier sent to Kids To Adopt!!! Along with our second agency payment.
September 16, 2009: Discovered a paperwork error associated with the renewed documents which were incorrectly apostilled.
September 17, 2009: FedEx shipping the request for new documents after which these new documents must be sent for apostilles.
September 23, 2009: FedEx shipped the corrected and apostilled documents to K2A. Dossier completed!!!
September 24, 2009: Vika's 10TH birthday. Corrected documents arrive at K2A. Documents added to dossier and shipped out to Frank Foundation. Happy birthday darling!!!
September 25, 2009: Dossier arrives at Frank Foundation and is being checked there. Next, it will go out to Russia and that will be very soon!!!
September 28, 2009: DTR
September 30. 2009: Trip One Date Travel Dates are
October 19Th through October 26Th!!!
October 2, 2009: Leave USA 19 and arrive Moscow on the 20Th. Fly out same day to Murmansk.
October, 21 and 22, 2009: Spend time with our daughter!!!!
October 23, 2009: Return to Moscow and endure the 8 doctor medical exam.
October 23-25, 2009: Tour Moscow for Casey's 16TH birthday.
October 26, 2009: Return without our daughter to await our court date.
December 4, 2009: Court Date
December 5, 2009: Returned to the USA to wait out the ten days post-court waiting period.
December 18, 2009: Return to Russia
December 21, 2009: Pick up Alexis from the orphanage in Murmansk.
December 22, 2009: Return to Moscow
December 23, 2009: American Embassy appointment
December 24, 2009: American Visa issued
December 25, 2009: Flew home to America with our new daughter.
December 24, 2009
May 2008-January 2009: Prayed for God to guide us in regard to adopting Lexi.
January 2009: Committed to adopting Alexis Viktoria Gartner.
July 1, 2009: Received completed home-study.
July 7, 2009: Applied to USCIS and began praying to St. Jude for a speedy answer.
July 14, 2009: Received our I171H form!!!
July 23, 2009: Psyhciatric evaluation for dossier.
August 12 and 13, 2009: Medical physicals for first trip and court dossier completed.
August 20. 2009: Psychiatrist has to do paperwork again.
August 21, 2009: Sent medical dossier to Texas for apostilles.
August 25, 2009: Received corrected paperwork from psychiatrist.
August 26, 2009: Apostilled documents in our own state capital. Accountant's signature rejected.
August 27, 2009: Sent psychiatrist's documents to Texas for apostilles.
September 4, 2009: Received the final documents with apostilles needed to complete dossier. Dossier composition is complete for both trips. Praise God!!!
September 8, 2009: dossier sent to Kids To Adopt!!! Along with our second agency payment.
September 16, 2009: Discovered a paperwork error associated with the renewed documents which were incorrectly apostilled.
September 17, 2009: FedEx shipping the request for new documents after which these new documents must be sent for apostilles.
September 23, 2009: FedEx shipped the corrected and apostilled documents to K2A. Dossier completed!!!
September 24, 2009: Vika's 10TH birthday. Corrected documents arrive at K2A. Documents added to dossier and shipped out to Frank Foundation. Happy birthday darling!!!
September 25, 2009: Dossier arrives at Frank Foundation and is being checked there. Next, it will go out to Russia and that will be very soon!!!
September 28, 2009: DTR
September 30. 2009: Trip One Date Travel Dates are
October 19Th through October 26Th!!!
October 2, 2009: Leave USA 19 and arrive Moscow on the 20Th. Fly out same day to Murmansk.
October, 21 and 22, 2009: Spend time with our daughter!!!!
October 23, 2009: Return to Moscow and endure the 8 doctor medical exam.
October 23-25, 2009: Tour Moscow for Casey's 16TH birthday.
October 26, 2009: Return without our daughter to await our court date.
December 4, 2009: Court Date
December 5, 2009: Returned to the USA to wait out the ten days post-court waiting period.
December 18, 2009: Return to Russia
December 21, 2009: Pick up Alexis from the orphanage in Murmansk.
December 22, 2009: Return to Moscow
December 23, 2009: American Embassy appointment
December 24, 2009: American Visa issued
December 25, 2009: Flew home to America with our new daughter.
December 24, 2009
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