Saving Sofia: Sofia & Joaquin on TV Today

Monday, June 21, 2010

Sofia & Joaquin on TV Today

20 comments:

MelJune 21, 2010 at 9:35 PM
How gorgeous! Lovely to see you all, and I can see Joaquin is not going to let his little sister steal his thunder too easily :)
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kiwicpkJune 21, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Awww you guys...that was a great video!
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ErinLJune 21, 2010 at 10:05 PM
That was fun to watch! I'm so glad I got the chance to meet your little celebrity :)
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DanielleJune 21, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Yay! You got it to work!
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Loren StowJune 22, 2010 at 12:10 AM
AWESOME! So glad that you guys are spreading the word and Sofia and Joaquin are now celebrities! How cool is that?!
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AnonymousJune 22, 2010 at 1:58 AM
Wow!
One could just have mentioned Reece's Rainbow more clearly, and for example given the adress of the homepage, to give more orphans an even bigger chance to be adopted!!!
Rahel
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SunnieJune 22, 2010 at 5:27 AM
Soooo cool!!! Loved it!!
Sunnie in NC
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Anne and Whitney: Up, Down and All AroundJune 22, 2010 at 6:04 AM
What a great interview!!! Jennifer you did an outstanding job with answering questions and advocating for adoption and especially adoption for children with Down syndrome! BEAUTIFUL! Loved how Joaquin kept trying to make his way to the camera!
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MarianneJune 22, 2010 at 6:27 AM
What a sweet heart!! I can't believe she's now really home with your family! Such an amazing story. I am just so happy for you all. What an answer to prayer! Oh, and Joaquin is such a ham stealing the show lol!
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Lu, Poppies BloomingJune 22, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Beautiful! Goodness she is so cute and I agree with Marianne... what a little ham!

I found this and thought you might like to see it... http://reecesrainbow.blogspot.com/2009/10/angel-of-week.html

:) God is good!
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AnonymousJune 22, 2010 at 11:11 AM
You did a great job on this video. So good to see you with Sofia and Joaquin it too cute!

Blessings,
Barbara
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KatrinaJune 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM
That was wonderful!
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LaurieJune 22, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Aww Jen!! That was great!! Nicely done, my friend...
xo
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Life with an Angel from AboveJune 22, 2010 at 5:17 PM
What a great clip! She is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on your homecoming!
Kim B
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To Love EndlesslyJune 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM
how cool! That was awesome to see. I have to admit, I teared up all over again. ;-0
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AnonymousJune 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Loved it! Thanks for sharing. I've been following your blog for a couple of months now. We are also adopting a baby with special needs from Ukraine. DS is on my heart too- maybe someday!
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TUCJune 24, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Awesome... You were perfect. I would have choked or fainted ;-)

I love the very end when Joaquin waved bye bye. Your story is so fantastic and I am glad it got OUT there.
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Kylie McJune 25, 2010 at 10:11 AM
very cool! you've got a couple of little movie stars on your hands. ;)
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GretchenJune 25, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Way cute!!
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Blogging FriendJune 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Oh my gosh, I just saw this and it is so AWESOME! I am sitting here with tears in my eyes and I do not even know you guys.
Look how great little Sofia looks. She looks like she has been in your family forever.
Thanks for sharing.
OH yeah! Joaquin is so adorable too. You are going to have your hands full with both of them but it will be so worth it.

Sheila
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Adoption Timeline

12-13-09- Grandma Esther passed away. Discovered Sofia at www.reecesrainbow.com and decided to donate to her grant fund in honor of Grandma and the Christmas Angel Tree Project. Couldn't get her off my mind.

1-1-10- Received Sofia's Christmas Angel Tree ornament and put it on our Christmas Tree. Still constantly thinking about her.

1-24-10- Hector and I decided to commit to adopting Sofia. Contacted Andrea at Reece's Rainbow.

1-25-10- Contacted Across the World Adoptions to begin the Home Study.

1-26-10- Sent our application to Reece's Rainbow and sent a check for the FSP Donation, Love Offering and Promise Trust.

1-27-10- Jen's physical completed. Vaccines administered. FBI and DOJ/Child Abuse fingerprinting completed.

1-28-10- Faxed Home Study Application and Agreement. Mailed hard copy.

1-29-10- Hector's fingerprints completed for FBI and DOJ/Child Abuse. Completed the required 10 hours of International Adoption education credits.

1-31-10- Mailed USCIS our I-600A application and fees.

2-1-10- Employment verifications completed for Home Study. School evaluations completed on Diego and Mateo. Received dossier paperwork from Reece's Rainbow.

2-4-10- Assigned a social worker for our Home Study at Across the World Adoptions. Had over 15 documents notarized.

2-5-10- Hector's physical completed. Vaccines administered. Child Specific Petition and Power of Attorney's notarized and ready for apostille.

2-8-10- CSP and POA's apostilled and shipped to Sofia's home country! First home study visit is scheduled for 2/15.

2-10-10- ALL paperwork completed for Home Study! YEAH! Working on gathering the rest of the dossier paperwork.

2-15-10- 1st Home Study Visit completed.

2-16-10- 2nd Home Study Visit completed.

2-22-10- Received our I-797C Notice of Action for our Orphan Petition.

2-25-10- State Police clearance fingerprinting done. Apostilled 20 documents at Secretary of State office.

3-1-10- Final revisions completed on Home Study.

3-2-10- Jennifer fingerprinted a third time for USCIS. Hector's police clearance letter received.

3-3-10- Hector fingerprinted a third time for USCIS.

3-4-10- Home Study, Agency License and Social Worker Licence notarized and mailed to us today.

3-11-10- USCIS Approval!

3-12-10- Dossier shipped out to Sofia's home country!

3-15-10- Dossier arrived in Sofia's home country!

3-25-10- Dossier officially submitted. Approximately 10 day wait to get travel date!

4-6-10- Received our SDA appointment for 4/22 at 9am! Booked our plane tickets for 4/19 arriving on 4/20.

4-14-10- Volcano erupts in Iceland causing flights to be grounded throughout Europe!

4-19-10- Flight is cancelled. No alternative routes are available. Requested new SDA appointment.

4-20-10- Got a last minute flight to Kiev through Vienna, Austria.

4-21-10- Arrived in Kiev, Ukraine!

4-22-10- Completed SDA appointment at 9am. Received referral at 6pm. Hopped on a midnight train to Dnep.

4-23-10-Arrived in Dnep at 7am and ran around Dnep for 11 hours today with our facilitator Marina gathering papers and getting notaries. Met Sofia!

4-26-10-Took Sofia out of the orphanage to get her picture taken for Visa immigration, US Embassy and the SDA. 7 day wait begins for court date.

4-27-10-Prosecutor says our documents are complete and ready for the judge and court proceedings.

4-29-10-Still waiting for interpol clearance so court date is set for 5/13.

4-30-10-Interpol clearance arrives. Court date moved to 5/6!

5-6-10- Court completed and Sofia Andrea Sanchez is officially adopted! 10 day wait begins.

5-16-10- Return trip is set for 6/6 and we'll arrive in Dnep on 6/8 to begin the process of bringing Sofia home, hopefully on or before 6/17.

6-8-10- Arrived in Sofia's region and completed all necessary paperwork for her new birth certificate and for her Ukraine passport.

6-10-10-GOTCHA day! Took Sofia out of the orphanage and home to our apartment.

6-11-10- Got Sofia's Ukrainian Passport and took overnight train back to Kiev. Changed return flight home to 6/15.

6-14-10- Got Sofia's Visa at the U.S. Embassy.

6-15-10- Going HOME!

6-16-10-Applied for Sofia's Social Security Card.

7-15-10- Received Sofia's official certificate of U.S. Citizenship in the mail.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Sofia & Joaquin on TV Today

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