This blog is moving! :-) Please update your blogrolls. Join us at our new adress. HOPECHILD This blog chronicles our journey to adopt a daughter from the glorious country of India. We found Arani in May and are working hard to bring her home as soon as we can. Arani is 2 yrs old and suffers from an eye condition called "bilateral congenital nystagmus"

Find out more:
Adoption Poetry
Fundraising Efforts
How did we find Rani?
Indian Culture
Mama Musings: How will we cope?
The Paper Trail

Other adoption blogs:

Adoption Blog China
Musings of a Pepsi Addict(India)
Adoption stories and poetry
Adoption Travel Weblog
AdoptVietnam.org
The Architecture of the Nest China
Family Bound (Republic of Georgia)
A Journey to China
My Adoption Journey to China
Our Korean Adoption
The Journey (tm) to China
Our Journey to Maggie(Vietnam)
Just a Dad Russia/Republic of Georgia
A Mile in My Birks (Samoa)
Mommy Gab Domestic Parenting isn't pretty
Shila and Andy(Colombia)
Tainted Miracle(domestic)
The Red Thread China
The Russians Are Coming!
This woman's work(domestic)

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Our adoption Timeline March 2003: Decided this is the year to begin
April 28 2003: Submitted Police clearance papers
May 7 2003: Recieved initial info on Rani
May 13 2003: Submitted pre-application for AIAA
May 14 2003: Recieved orphanages OK to move forward
May 15 2003: Recieved first pic of Rani
May 30 2003: Submitted medicals to homestudy agency
June 12 2003: First Homestudy interview
June 27 2003: Recieved first draft of homestudy
July 2 2003: Recived certified homestudy
July 2 2003: Submitted 1600a to BCIS
July 2 2003: Submitted homestudy to AIAA
July 8 2003: Arani officially ON HOLD for our family!
July 19 2003: Recieved Rani's official referral packet
August 28 2003: Dossier sent to AIAA
September 30 2003: Dossier on it's way to India
November 9 2003: Finally recieved our BCIS clearance
November 30 2003: Teri visits Rani in India and takes doll and picture album. Also my birthday :-)

Archives:
January 2004
December 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003

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