Graves family blog: January 2014

For those of you who stumbled on our little blog, here are the posts from our trip as we adopted Judd in 2011. Or just click on the banner on the right side of the page.

And if you are interested, here is Why I'm adopting (by Anne) and Why I'm Adopting (by Chris). There is other stuff to look at well, but we're not posting much any more. Thanks for stopping by.

adoption timeline (it seems every adoption blog has to have one)

•Dec 2009 – Told our families we were adopting
•1/4/2010 – First phone call with Gladney
•1/26/2010 – Gladney application request
•1/27/2010 – Gladney application began
•2/18/2010 – Home study began
•4/5/2010 – Gladney application approved
•4/5/2010 – i800A paperwork began
•5/27/2010 – Home study completed
•7/16/2010 – USCIS fingerprinting
•7/22/2010 – i800A approved
•8/14/2010 – The biggest yard sale ever
•10/12/2010 – DTC (Dossier to China)
•10/18/2010 – LID (Log-In Date into CCAA)
•11/23/2010 – Matched with Longshan (Judd)
•11/25/2010 – LOI (Letter of Intent to adopt)
•12/2/2010 – PA (Pre-Approval letter)
•12/27/2010 – Hague training completed
•2/25/2011 – LSC (Letter Seeking Confirmation/LOA)
•3/15/2011 – i800 approval
•3/22/2011 – NVC letter cabled to US Embassy
•4/5/2011 – Travel conference call
•4/8/2011 – Article 5 delivered
•5/9/2011 – Travel Approval
•5/26/2011 – Left for China

•5/29/2011 – Gotcha Day

•6/7/2011 – CA (Consulate Appt)

•6/9/2011 – Judd became a US Citizen in Newark

•6/9/2011 – Arrived back home

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Posts from Our China Trip