We are blessed to receive such a wonderful gift this Christmas. Seth is forever ours!! Merry Christmas everyone!!
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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.
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Blog Archive
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
61 comments:
Congratulations Tracy! Your blog was one of the first Thailand adoption blogs I found and as we made our first steps toward our adoption, you were in Thailand picking up Seth. Thanks for sharing your journey!
Terri
congratulations! i have been reading your blog and enjoy very much! I myself had a boy adopted from thai.
congratulations and very merry christmas.
Gem x
forgot to answer your post - yes a lot of the film Australia was filmed around where I live - I live in the town that was Bombed - its basically the largest town up this way. It takes about 4 hour flight to the next major city so we really are in the middle of no where, just red dirt for 1000s of ks once leave the city limits! As for the Ergo! Yep purchased! We still havent set up a nursery yet though, as this process is so slow in Aus I decided it would be a bit depressing to look at an empty crib for months and months, so its all going to be abit of a rush around when we get the call :) Gem x
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You finalized your adoption the day we were meeting with the DSDW in Bangkok to adopt our daughter.
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