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This picture was taken for our newspaper article.
7 months - with his foster mom
4 months old
4 weeks
10 days old
We are a family who adopted our sweet Thai boy and brought him home on March 4, 2008. He completes our family and makes us a house of 5. These are our adventures...
Our Thailand Flip Flop and T-Shirt Fundraiser
Life in Mississippi
This picture was taken for our newspaper article.
Not Long Now!!
Cutie Pie!
11 months
Seth Patsakorn Sae-an G.
7 months - with his foster mom
4 months old
4 weeks
10 days old
Seth's Page (a list of our needs and wants)
Families We Are Traveling With
Adoption Timeline
- February 27, 2008 - Meeting with Thai board in BANGKOK
- February 21, 2008 - We fly out at 6am for Thailand
- January 27, 2008 - Seth's 1st Birthday - we meet you in less than a month my sweet boy!
- Jauary 24, 2008 - Carla, our social worker, came over to do an addendum . Our original home study will have expired by 5 days when we go to Thai board meeting.
- January 23, 2008 - Tracy got Hep A, Tetanus, and Typhoid Fever shot.
- January 23, 2008 - Received I-600 approval. Average wait is 8 weeks, we waited 16 weeks. Also mailed travel docs to Holt.
- January 16, 2008 - Received travel call after only 3 days shy of 4 months. Travel docs were emailed same day. We were prepared for 7 to 9 months
- October 11, 2007 - Submitted I-600 - Seth's application to receive his visa (should get approval within 8 weeks)
- October 4, 2007 - Mailed Seth's first package to Thailand
- October 1, 2007 - Fed Ex'd (2 day) approval papers to Holt - also sent introduction letter, photo album and disposable cameras to Seth
- September 24, 2007 - Overnighted (Fed Ex) approval papers to Holt for Holt Sahathai (this gets our clock ticking for travel approval)
- September 19, 2007 - Received our referral
- May 23, 2007 - I-171H Approval
- March 21, 2007 - Dossier arrived in Oregon (Holt)
- February 28, 2007 - Joel fingerprinted
- February 27, 2007 - Tracy fingerprinted
- February 19, 2007 - Home Study Approved
- February 6, 2007 - Patsakorn's mom gives up custody - Same day as we were invited to get fingerprinted. How Great Is Our God!!
- February 6, 2007 - USCIS invitation to be fingerprinted (homestudy must be done first)
- January 31, 2007 - USCIS Received Application for I-1600A
- January 27, 2007 - Patsakorn Sae-an is born
- January 2, 2007 - Mailed Adoption Application to Holt
- November 2006 - Joel Traveled to Thailand on Mission Trip - God planted a seed in our hearts!
About Me
- TracyMcGal
- Wife to a great guy and mom to three trying my best to juggle the craziness of life. My heart is full and thankful. I want to remember my priorities and keep them in the correct order. I don't always get it right but life is not a sprint...it's a marathon.
Blog Roll
Love of a child...priceless
- $100 - Home Study addendum
- $90 - Tracy's 3 shots (Joel already has his)
- $8,190 Thailand Country Fee to Holt
- $98.05 - Tracy's passport fee (Joel already has his) - got it at the post office
- $30 Passport Picture - Wal Mart
- $25 More Fed Ex Fees
- $120 Central Delivery Service (Courier in Washington)
- $15 Royal Thai Embassy (Certification)
- $7 US Department of State (certification)
- $2,795 Dossier Fee - paid to Holt
- $12 State Department for Certification/Authentication
- $25 Fed Ex fee
- $300 Medical Examination Fee
- $140 FBI Fingerprinting
- $545 I600-A Application
- $750 Homestudy - Jewish Family Center
- $14 Marriage License - local court house
- $72 Birth Certificates - Memphis Health Dept.
- $200 Adoption Fee to Holt
3 comments:
Congratulations on your adoption. I saw your comment on Thai Village Life and just had to come over and have a look at your blog.
I live in Bangkok and visit an orphanage here once a week to take care of a little girl called Mai-Cha-Ya. I'm planning to put together a scrap book of her early years which can go with her to her new family when she's matched.
It's lovely to see that the system is working and I wish you all the best for the future.
Warm Wishes
Carol
I've come over for a look too! Too hard to resist Thai babies and your little man is such a cutie. It sounds like such a long process, did I read correctly that you still have 8 more months? Lucky he'll be growing up speaking English though because Thai people can't pronounce 'th'!! Comes out sounding like Set. Very beautiful name though. Thanks for commenting on my blog..hope to see you again over there! :-)
We're hoping to see those moving vans anyone at the door of our neighbors that share our duplex. We don't want to bring our daughter into an environment where the next-door neighbors can be heard swearing, throwing furniture and dishes. Also, one day we came home to see the man being hauled off by the police. With our last 911 call I prayed that the landlady would call for some reason so I didn't need to voluntarily rat on the neighbors. That night she called and asked what's up nextdoor as their check bounced. So, I dare say, "Thank you, Lord!"? By-the-way, we're in the process of adopting a 12 year old girl from Thailand.
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