Saving Sofia: Turning Two!!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Turning Two!!

Sofia turned 2 yesterday and we celebrated with a tea party for all her friends. Everyone was asked to come dressed in their party dresses and ties!

It was a beautiful celebration and we had so much fun. The pictures say it all. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Sofia! We love you and can't imagine life without our little girl.

22 comments:

MelFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Happy Birthday sweet Sophia!!!!
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Kirby JohansenFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Sofia is such a beauty!!! I'm loving the pics where she is eating the cafe. (I'm loving all the pics) So cute.
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Monica CrumleyFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Great photos! It was soooo much fun seeing Miss Sofia chow down on her cake until every last crumb was gone. Joaquin and John Michael are totally going to start a band one day... I know it! Wonderful morning!
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chrisFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:33 PM
That looks like you alll had a good time :-)
Happy Birthday sweet Sofia!
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keciaFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:41 PM
happy birthday Sofia!!! She is so beautiful! So happy you could throw her a big birthday party! She wasn't home last year for her birthday was she?
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figwittageFebruary 22, 2011 at 2:11 PM
What a BEAUTIFUL girl! & her friends & brothers are too cute! Happy Birthday Sofia! xx
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AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM
I am SO happy for you and for SOFIA!! She is so blessed. I have 4 biological children (the 3rd one with DS). We would love to adopt another child with DS. We are just waiting on the financial part. Your story is so inspiring. Such a beautiful family!!
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HansinaFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:04 PM
What a great day!
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my familyFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:07 PM
happy birthday sweet girl
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LaurieFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:45 PM
Beautiful!! Happy Birthday Sweet Little One!!

xoxo
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JennyFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:54 PM
Happy birthday, Sofia!!! What an adorable cast at your tea party!
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Kristin FergusonFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl! You are precious beyond words and I can't believe how much you've changed in the short months since you've been home. Tell Mommy I think she's pretty smart to have taken your dress off BEFORE the cake eating began! Looks like you had a fun party and that you're enjoying your new friends and family VERY MUCH!!!
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Looking UpFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Happy Birthday Sofia! So much to celebrate. I can't decide which pics I love more, the ones with her & Joaquin, or the ones of her devouring her cake. She is just too beautiful! :)
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BulldogmaFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Wonderful pictures! Happy Birthday Sofia!
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GretchenFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:51 PM
Your parties and guests are beautiful!

My parties don't look like that :-(
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SophieFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:54 PM
This little girl of yours is angelic, an absolute doll!!
Looks like all the kids had a blast, you have a gorgeous family.

Happy birthday precious Sofia!!
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JenniferFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Beautiful pictures! Happy Birthday Sophia!!!
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Anne and Whitney: Up, Down and All AroundFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:19 PM
happy happy birthday sofia!!! your party looks like so much fun :) by the way - tell your mommy i love that you were wearing your little bloomers anne and whitney sent you at your party! you are just too cute!!!
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MarianneFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Cuteness overload!! I can't take it!! Happy birthday sweet Sofia!!
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MeganFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Happy birthday, Sofia! It looks like a fun celebration. The pictures are beautiful!
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Ty's AdventuresFebruary 25, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Happy Birthday, little girlfriend! Looks like you loved your cake...my kinda girl (wink, wink)

Your friends,

Ty, Little Bro & Baby Bro ;)

www.tysadventures.wordpress.com
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ColeMarch 1, 2011 at 6:44 PM
Happy Birthday sweet girl! Tea for Two! Love it!
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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.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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