Saving Sofia: Showering Sofia

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Showering Sofia

On Sunday, my "best" girlfriends threw a very intimate and beautiful shower for Sofia. It was a lovely afternoon and Sofia was a little movie star! She lights up a room when she enters it. The cool crisp mimosas were delicious on this warm September day and the company was perfect. Thank you Michelle and Katie and all our guests for honoring our little birdie and showering her with love.

21 comments:

kim {the non-mom blogger}September 29, 2010 at 9:59 PM
YAY! It was lovely; thanks for including me.
xoxo :)
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Monica CrumleySeptember 29, 2010 at 10:52 PM
How fun. The cupcakes are amazing looking! Where was this place? Looks familiar. You can Sofia look beautiful as usual ;-)
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Mom2FourLittleEsSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
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TUCSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:33 PM
Wow, beautiful, just beautiful. Sofia is one lucky girl, and so are you to have such amazing friends.
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MarianneSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:54 PM
That is so sweet! Everything looks so lovely and the treats look delicious! But, oooh, little Sofia is absolutely a doll! She is just beautiful. And I adore her outfit!!
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Looking UpSeptember 30, 2010 at 3:09 AM
I am always happy to see Sofia pics. Sofia doesn't just smile, she beams! She's prob always had that beautiful light inside of her, but now that she is home with her mommy, she is finally able to shine. :)
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Loren StowSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:01 AM
It looks simply wonderful and Sofia is just so beautiful!
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Anne and Whitney: Up, Down and All AroundSeptember 30, 2010 at 6:52 AM
looks like such a fun fun "shower" for little sofia! by the way- her dress (and yours too) are just BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! love the smiles on your face, your mom's face and sofia's - you all could not look happier :)
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patsySeptember 30, 2010 at 7:22 AM
the little green bird treats --SOO CUTE! and sophia's dress is the cutest thing ever! i think miss maggie needs one:) did you get it recently and where? she reminds me so much of our maggie...they just have the sweetest smile that makes everyone around them smile!
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annieSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:28 AM
How lovely! The shower looks beautiful, and so do you and your little sweetie.
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GretchenSeptember 30, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Stunning! Everything!
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BethanySeptember 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM
That is so sweet! You really have an awesome support system around you! I remember being bummed because we barely got not even a gift for Nika when she came home ... I mean, not that we needed it, but really ... it is no different than giving birth! Hope things are going well!!
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BulldogmaSeptember 30, 2010 at 3:38 PM
What beautiful pictures, and what a great idea!
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trustandobeySeptember 30, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Wow, what a beautiful spread! You seem to have a lovely group of friends to throw such a nice gathering for you and Sofia.
Lisa
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JenOctober 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Oh Jennifer, Sofia looks so beautiful, happy, healthy, and above all loved to epic proportions!! Her dress was adorable and I am so happy you took a picture of the back...gorgeous! I think I see some ruffle butt bloomers under there too :o) My fave!

What a beautiful day,

in honor of a sweet little girl,

and

her unbelievable mommy =)

Love,

Jen
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AnonymousOctober 1, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Wow- these pictures made me so happy! I am imagining Sofia and her Mommy enjoying lots of fun GIRLS-ONLY outings together in the years ahead.
-Susan C.
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DebbieOctober 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM
What a beautiful shower, you and Sofia so deserved that! Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures! What a journey it has been (so far) for you :)
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medina familyOctober 3, 2010 at 10:40 AM
I love how happy you and Sofia are! What beautiful pictures!
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AnonymousOctober 3, 2010 at 8:55 PM
What a beautiful gathering in honor of Sofia. I have followed your site over the past 2 months. Your family is beautiful. I also have a little girl with DS and now we are in the process of adopting Anastaysia. Just completed all of the homestudy paperwork, so we are in the beginning stages. So thought I would sign in and tell you how precious she is.

Stephanie Lynch
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KelleOctober 4, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Oh, what a beautiful day! She looks BEAUTIFUL! You must be having so much fun with all the girly stuff for her! It looked like an amazing shower...what a beautiful welcome!
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jenhiattOctober 4, 2010 at 9:18 PM
What a beautiful shower!!
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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.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Showering Sofia

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