Saving Sofia: Trick or Treat?

Friday, November 5, 2010

Trick or Treat?

Sofia's first Halloween was celebrated all day long with a baby Halloween party in the morning and hanging out with Nana and Grandpa Halloween night while her big brothers went trick or treating in the neighborhood!

Lots more pictures to come soon! There was a professional photographer (and dear friend) at our baby party so I'll be sure to share those when we get them. Can't wait!

Sofia was a super diva...complete with outfit changes! She was a bee and a ladybug...couldn't waste those adorable costumes.

For a post on our evening activities complete with pictures, go to Joaquin's blog here!

9 comments:

ReneeNovember 5, 2010 at 8:01 AM
She's adorable. I bet she had a blast! Joaquin was no slacker in the bee dept. either. Too cute!

Love wins,
Renee Tam
5cajuns.blogspot.com
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PattiNovember 5, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Every time I come here, that baby gets cuter and cuter- even if it's just a side shot! I love how long her hair is getting:)
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ShellyNovember 5, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Yeah, I was hoping to see more pictures of the "bee hive" at the Sanchez home!! She is growing so fast, getting so big, and blossoming into a beautiful butterfly:)
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Teacher GirlNovember 5, 2010 at 4:18 PM
That is the most precious picture! Can't wait to see more. Thanks for sharing Sofia with us! (:

Kayla
http://bebrandnew.blogspot.com/
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Monica CrumleyNovember 6, 2010 at 11:25 PM
Darling! She and Nicolas were both bees. That would've made for a funny photo :-)
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Anne and Whitney: Up, Down and All AroundNovember 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM
i loved the pictures of the kids trick or treating on your other blog - can't wait to see the professional pictures from the party!!! sofia looks ADORABLE as a bee and a ladybug :)
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Lu, Poppies BloomingNovember 9, 2010 at 4:52 AM
She's so precious! LOVE the costumes! She is every bit the star! Speaking of star... the calendar is up on the RR blog www.blog.reecesrainbow.org if you'd like to see it! If you want, I'll send you her page (though she is on the back cover too... )

Actually, the post that the calendar download is on (information to come on how to get them already printed, but the self print download is up) is http://bit.ly/RRPromo (the calendar preview is up there quite large).

Thank you, again, for letting me use that photo of Hector and her! It is SO powerful. Couldn't have found a better way to bring home the point on the calendar!

Blessings,
Lu
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medina familyNovember 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM
She's beautiful, and I love your glowing smile and you look at your daughter.

Susan
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AmandaMarch 5, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Hello, I am working on a montage of children who are adopted from RR, I was curious as to if I could use a picture of your sweet girl?
Email me at vanilla.cake.love@gmail.com.
Thanks!
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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.

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