Love Never Fails: Hearing Levi's Heart: Home Sweet Home

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Home Sweet Home

We are home!!! Levi did WONDERFUL on the flights. He stayed up for most of it. Maybe slept 4 hours of 15 hours. He is such an easy going guy. He watched movies, without sound as he didn't like the ear buds. He ate, and ate, and ate some more. This boy loves his food! And he played on the IPAD. He sat by Samuel and they had some good brotherly bonding time. Lots and lots of giggles. We got home and he went straight for the toys. Grandma came over and brought us supper. Levi was not too sure about her but once she gave him a present she won him. He stayed up until 10pm as I am hoping to thwart jet lag. Too tired to post picture but will add some tomorrow!

I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN!!

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Our Timeline for Levi

10/30/12 Levi officially ours!!
10/29/12 Family Day
10/28/12 Tour New Day; Meet Levi
10/25/12 Leave for China
10/18/2012 CA arrives, flights booked!!
10/16/2012 TA Arrived!! 8 days!!
09/27/2012 Article 5 pick up!! 3 days!
09/25/2012 Article 5 drop off
09/19/2012 NVC Approval
09/17/2012 I800 Approval!! 13 days!
09/4/12 I800 arrived to lockbox
08/31/2012 I800 Sent!
08/28/12 LOC arrived!
8/23/12 LOC!! 35 days!
8/07/12 Travel Visas Arrived!
7/26/12 Travel Visa applications mailed
07/19/12 LID
07/03/12 DTC
06/12/12 I800a approval! Only 1 day!
06/11/12 USCIS fingers prints
5/23/12 USCIS received I800a
5/21/12 I800a submitted
5/19/12 Home Study Arrived!
5/14/12 Home Study Approved
4/9/12 Skype with Levi 1st time
4/7/12 Final home study visit
4/6/12 Mailed dossier to AGCI
3/31/12 New Day told Levi he had a family!
3/30/12 State certifications done
3/28/12 First home study visit
3/27/12 County certifications done
3/24/12 Last of home study documents mailed! Amazed we did this in 2 weeks!
3/23/12 Mark's medical
3/21/12 Kris' medical
3/19/12 Mark's psych eval
3/16/12 Finish workbook/Fire Inspection
3/15/12 FBI/BCI Fingerprinting/Kris' psych eval
3/13/12 Sent Levi a care package.
3/9/12 Start educational workbook
3/8/12 Half of home study documents mailed in
3/6/12 Home study binder arrives.
3/3/12 finished online education courses
3/2/12 PA came from China! Only took 1 week!
2/24/12 PA sent to China
2/23/12 PA documents finished! Levi's file locked!
2/22/12 Begin paper chase for our PA
2/21/12 Emily called for an hour interview. She called back that afternoon...LEVI IS OURS!!
2/20/12 Erin called to say all other familes pulled out and may the director call you tomorrow for an interview!!
2/10/12 Denied again. Four other families interested with the twinning issue.
2/8/12 Prayed about adoption and kept hearing, "He's Yours."
2/7/12 AGCI denied us the referral due to artificial twinning issue. We write a letter to appeal.
2/6/12 Called AGCI to commit to Levi and fill out application.
2/3/12 Found out Meredith lived with Levi last summer. Emailed Mark who said, "What do we have to do?"
2/2/12 Met Meredith, whose family is adopting Levi's best friend with the same heart condition.
1/31/12 Found out he was at New Day Foster Home.
1/25/12 Went back to check on Levi's status and saw an updated photo of Levi. Recontacted agency.
12/09/11 Saw Levi for the first time and fell in love. Requested his file but saw the serious heart condition and set file aside.