Our Journey to Eden: One Year Ago

Tuesday, January 4

One Year Ago

One year ago today I met my sweet little girl.

I had plans of posting pictures and writing about each day of our trip... but we have had one illness after another at our house and I have not had the time or energy. I also plan on writing about Christmas... oh, I am so behind.

This video will have to do...

12 comments:

Nikki Kluttz said...: This just brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful treasure this video is to have for ya'll. My husband and I are on our journey to adopting our son or daughter from Korea. We have two little girls and are so excited to add another blessing to the family. Thank you for writing your blog. It's great encouragement.; January 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Karen said...: What an amazing video! Definitely a special moment to treasure forever! Can you believe it has been a whole year?; January 4, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Kari said...: WOW! What a beautiful video of such an amazing moment. Hard to believe it's been a year!; January 4, 2011 at 12:41 PM
everythingismeowsome said...: Happy anniversary--I remember following along on your trip to Seoul, and how the snow kept you from meeting her when you thought. Hope you all feel better soon!; January 4, 2011 at 1:35 PM
Jaclyn said...: Thank you for sharing such a beautiful moment. My husband and I are waiting for our referral and watching that video brought tears to my eyes.; January 4, 2011 at 5:58 PM
Kim said...: LOVE this! Thanks for sharing. You traveled just after we got our daughter's referral and I remember following every.single.detail of your trip! ;-) It is amazing that it has been a whole year.; January 4, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Andrea said...: This reminds me of our first minutes with our Korean born daughter in 2003. Now our darling is 8 and we got to do it again with our next daughter in China 3 years later.; January 5, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Anonymous said...: Happy 1 Year!!!! This brought back so many memories...of course many happy tears. Thank you for bring Eden into my life, I could'nt love her more.
Nonna; January 5, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Jenny said...: Happy 1 year! Thanks for sharing your video. :); January 5, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Debbie Sauer said...: Love the video! It is so wonderful to have this for her. I remember of following your journey, this past year has gone so fast. I remember my feelings of when I first saw my granddaughter, Gracie, in Hunan.

She is such a beautiful little girl! Blessings.; January 5, 2011 at 10:44 PM
Elisabeth said...: Oh I love it. I started crying when you rubbed her head when she was sleeping. What a wonderful video. The day you met Eden last year is the same day this year I saw my Leah's face for the first time. :); January 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Gary and Lisa said...: This video brings back so many memories of being in Seoul!! Precious!! I know this is a long shot...but the social worker's voice sounds SO much like our social worker's...maybe we had the same one!!; February 10, 2011 at 10:06 AM

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Adoption Timeline

3-18-09 Mailed a pre-application to our agency
4-4-09 Mailed a formal application to our agency (later find out Eden was born this very day)
4-8-09 Formal application is approved by our agency
4-30-09 First home study visit with social worker
5-4-09 Second home study visit with social worker
5-16-09 Home study report is written and we approve it
5-?-09 Home study report is approved by agency director
5-28-09 Home study is mailed to Korea
8-3-09 Received word our I171H was sent to Seoul
9-15-09 We are matched with a child & referral arrives at our agency
9-16-09 We get "the call"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9-16-09 Meet with our social worker to review the referral
9-16-09 Referral is reviewed by a doctor
9-17-09 Verbally accept referral
9-21-09 Return acceptance paperwork to our agency
9-24-09 Acceptance paperwork is mailed to Korea
10-7-09 Receive Eden's legal documents from Korea
10-13-09 Paperwork is filed with our country probate court
10-28-09 Receive approval from our country probate court
10-28-09 I-600 petition is filed with USCIS
11-5-09 Receive receipt that our I600 is "in process"
11-11-09 Received updated information and pictures of our girl
12-1-09 Received I600 approval from USCIS
12-4-09 Paperwork from USCIS is received at National Visa Center (NVC in)
12-8-09 NVC forwards our paperwork to US Embassy in Seoul (NVC out)
12-14-09 US Embassy in Seoul sends information to the Korean Agency about applying for the US VISA (Packet 3 or P3)
??? Visa Interview Scheduled
12-17-09 Receive Travel Call!!!
1-1-10 Travel to Korea
1-4-10 Meet Eden for the first time
1-5-10 Eden is ours!!!!!!!!!!
1-7-10 Arrive back to the US, Family Day
1-19-10 First post placement visit with social worker
4-8-10 Second post placement visit with social worker
7-1-10 Third post placement visit with social worker
8-6-10 Formal adoption through Michigan court