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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
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