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Kira has been in our care for one week. In that time we have collected a folder full of documents, gone to a plethora of appointments and visited all the sites our melting bodies could handle. (Yesterday was a nice, cool, 95 degrees. 104 today.)[...]
As we prepared for this trip my head was going in about 100 directions at any time. There were so many things to pack, papers to print and appointments to schedule. And at the top of my mind was the question of if Kira's passport would really be ready as we were told it should be, and there was even question of what day we would take custody of Kira.[...]
Today is the day we are a family of three! We arrived in India this morning, took a nap, ate 2nd breakfast and went to go get our girl. Kira May Capistrant is in our forever family.[...]
We are OVERJOYED to share that we have been given the go-ahead to book our second trip to India, and we leave next weekend!!! We will pick Kira up on Monday, May 13, and I might let Dave take a turn holding her by Wednesday. ;)[...]
It is Wednesday morning in India and we start our travel home late this evening. The last few days have been long, emotional, hot, and wonderful. Each step of the way on this trip we were looking for how God would answer our prayers and he has answered us abundantly.[...]
April 6th the day we held our daughter for the first time. It is true that this was the first time we got to physically hold our daughter but it was not the first time we have held her in our prayers and in our hearts thus the physical meeting was very natural to us. We saw the fingers and toes we have prayed for. We rubbed the back and head I have asked the Lord to help develop. We made eye contact with the deep brown eyes of Kira May. [...]
This morning we learned that we have been assigned a court date in India! Two weeks from today, on April 8, we will appear before a judge with Kira in our arms! There are not enough emojis and exclamation points in the world to describe how we feel right now. Although some gifs my family shared at hearing the news come close. :)[...]
Yesterday we received a notification from our agency that we received NOC! For reference, when a parent reports receiving NOC on the India adoption Facebook page it is met with many congratulations and celebration. It's a really significant part of the process![...]
We received Article 5 on January 7 and spent the last two weeks waiting and hoping for the next step, NOC (No Objection Certificate) from India. Since Kira’s state has a unique two-visit arrangement, the rest of our checklist looks like this:[...]
This week we received I-800 approval and therefore we able to submit the DS-260 (Kira’s visa)! That’s two more boxes checked and two steps closer to home for Kira. We have two more steps before our case gets filed in court in India. Our latest timeline suggests that we can anticipate bringing Kira home in 5-11 months.
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