Timeline for Our Adoption

This has been a long process but when we finally bring Peter home from Guatemala on January 30, it will have been so worth the effort to get him here! Here is a re-cap of the highlights since we began the adoption process in August, 2006.

• August 5, 2006- Attended a Christian Expo in Mpls. and talked to a vendor about International adoptions. Started to pray that very night that if God has another child in mind for us, He would lead us down that path.
  
• September 21, 2006-Mailed our application to International Adoption Services.


• December 3, 2006-First Home Study meeting


• December 11, 2006-Second Home Study meeting


• January-April 2007-"Paperwork Pregnancy". We were amazed at how much paperwork there was for international adoptions!! Most required documents had to be approved in three steps: 1. Notarized 2. Certified by Secretary of State of Minnesota and 3. Authenticated by Guatemalan Counsulate. We also had background checks and fingerprinting done by our city, the State of MN, and Homeland Security!


• April 29, 2007-Willian Eduardo Tox Cho is born in Guatemala.
• July 3, 2007-First DNA done.
• July 8-10, 2007-Rich and I visited Peter in Guatemala City for the first time!!
• July 12, 2007-Family Court
• August 19-22, 2007-Lynda, Taylor and Hannah visit Peter
• September 7, 2007-PGN
• September 23-25, 2007-Mommy and Grandma visit Peter. He gets a new Foster Mommy, Brenda. She is wonderful!!
• November 8-11, 2007-Mommy, Daddy, and Taylor visit Peter.
• November 28, 2007-Out of PGN!!!! Finally!!!!
• December 12, 2007-Our attorney in Guatemala picks up new birth certificate.
• December 25, 2007-Peter's first Christmas and he's not home with us yet. We are all so anxious for this process to be done!!
• December 28, 2007-Second DNA done.
• January 3, 2008-DNA results in and it's a perfect match from the sample they took in July!
• January 10, 2008-Finally received our "Pink Slip" via email from the US Embassy in Guatemala with our appointment date!
• January 27, 2008-Travel to Guatemala for Pick-Up trip!
• January 28, 2008-8am US Embassy Appointment! Peter's "Gotcha Day"!!!!!