Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry I have been AWOL for awhile but it has been very busy and very crazy around our house. I am hoping to update this week since we will have some more relaxing times but I did not want to miss the opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and to praise our Savior who so humbly was born into this world to become our King, Redeemer and Savior.
It is amazing to sit here with little M on this wonderful morning and to think of all the wonderful children who are now with their forever families for this Christmas - one of the best and most precious gifts to us all!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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We are the Canestraro Family. In 2005 God started to cause our hearts to ache for the orphans of this world. Are hearts have led us to Astrakhan Russia for our son and to Tianjin China to find our little girl.
About Me
- We are Russ and Monica and have been married for almost 21 amazing years. We love the Lord with all our hearts and hope to be a light to all. We have five kids. We started this blog to record our journeys to our two adopted children.
Our Crew
Map of Tianjin China
Time in Tianjin China
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Weather in Tianjin China
Sophia's Adoption Time Line
- 9/6/10 - GOTCHA DAY( 9 months 23 days)
- 9/1/10 to 9/17/10 - Travel (16 days from TA)
- 8/16/10 - TA(25 days from Article 5)
- 7/22/10 Article 5 (2 weeks from Drop off)
- 7/8/10 - Drop off @ US Consulate(2 days from NVC Letter)
- 7/6/10 - Received NVC Letter( 6 days from Cabled)
- 6/30/10 - NVC Cabled to China (6 days from I-800)
- 6/24/10 - I-800 approval (15 days after LOA)
- 6/4/10 - LOA(28 days from LID received 6/7)
- 5/7/10 - LID(12 days from DTC)
- 4/28/10 - DTC
- 4/12/10 - Mailed Final Paper to Madison
- 4/9/10 - Received Approval in Mail(40 days)
- 4/6/10 - Verbal Approval of I-800A(officer not assigned til 4/5)
- 3/31/10 - Fingerprinted Early(appt for 4/6)
- 3/22/10 - Received Fingerprint Appt(dated 3/18)
- 3/11/10 - Received Mail Receipt I800A(dated 3/5)
- 3/9/10 - Mailed Most of Dossier to Madison
- 3/8/10 - Email Receipt of I800A
- 3/3/10 - Received Dossier Extension for 5/27/10
- 3/1/10 - Mailed I800A(overnight)
- 2/23/10 - Home Study Completed
- 11/27/09 - Pre-Approved (PA)
- 11/23/09 - Letter of Intent (LOI)
- 11/17/09 - File Locked
- 11/14/09 - Saw Sophia's File for 1st Time
Time in Astrakhan Russia
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Websites
- Grafted In
- Beck Family(MN) - Tianjin July/Aug
- Journey to Tessa - Leave 8/20
- Carpenter's - Tianjin June 2010
- MeiXin - Madison(I800A Sent 6/18)
- Pioneer Woman
- Kai -SB Completed
- Two More E's - Tianjin - Ohio
- Madison Adoption Associates
- Cry of the Orphan
- Children's Hope Russia
- Children's Hope International(CHI)
Blogs I Read...
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10 Years Ago Today4 years ago
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Seattle Day 4 7/09/20185 years ago
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Re:5 years ago
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D.C. Living7 years ago
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Where I Went!!8 years ago
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Scenes from Summer 20158 years ago
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Em here~8 years ago
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Moving our Blog9 years ago
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Happy Mother's Day!9 years ago
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Far too long......10 years ago
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Finally.10 years ago
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New Blog10 years ago
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Tough Cookie11 years ago
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Just when you think.....11 years ago
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Gotcha Day 201211 years ago
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Summer days11 years ago
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1 Year Ago Today...12 years ago
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Summer with Aoli12 years ago
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It's been a LONG time!12 years ago
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Reflections12 years ago
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We are Home Part 113 years ago
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS!!!13 years ago
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A New Blog13 years ago
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Merry Christmas to All!!!13 years ago
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Things are better13 years ago
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Halloween 201013 years ago
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The Bible13 years ago
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Family15 years ago
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Micah's Adoption Time Line
- 1 YEAR 3 MONTHS 23 DAYS from Our Decision to the Court Decision
- 10/4/08 - HOME!
- 9/29/08 - Picked M up from the orphanage
- 9/18/08 - COURT Continued
- 9/8/08 - COURT Rescheduled
- 9/4/08 - Leave for Court
- 8/14/08 - Received Court Date
- 7/24/08 - Left Little M in Astrakhan
- 7/21/08 - Met Our Little Boy
- 7/18/08 - Leave for Trip 1 to Russia
- 6/27/08 - Received Referral #2 !!!
- 6/16/08 - Decision to Request New Referral
- 5/16/08 - Leave for Russia Trip 1
- 4/21/08 - Received Our Referral!!!!
- 1/9/08 - Assigned to Astrakhan Region
- 12/19/07 -- CHI Receives Accreditation
- 10/2007 - Dossier Sent to Russia
- 9/26/07 - Sent Dossier to CHI
- 9/7/07 - Homestudy Completed
- 7/28/07 - Started Home Study
- 7/2007 - CHI Accepted Application
- 6/2007 - Sent in CHI Application
- 5/2007 - Told Family of Decision
- 4/2007 - Attended CHI Info Meeting
- 12/2006 - Started Considering Adoption
3 comments:
Merry Christmas! I know how busy life can be. Update us when you can.
Merry, Merry Christmas! Amazing how much time you DON'T have once you're back home with your new addition, huh? :-) Hope you all had a great one!
Wow! I had almost given up that you were ever going to post on your blog again! : ) I think I am understanding the total craziness around the house! I would love to maybe try to meet at Panera again, but don't know if either of us can do that for some time! Hope you had a very, Merry Christmas.
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