Many years ago Talked about adopting a child 6/07 Contacted 1st agency 7/12/07 Signed 1st agency contract 8/07 Arranged for our Home Study (adoptionsupportservices.com) 9/07 Cancelled contract with first agency 9/07 Signed contract with WPA 10/22/07 Homestudy complete 12/5/07 Submitted completed dossier!!! Whew!! 3/08 Dossier off to Kaz 7/1/8 Assigned to Region 8/7/08 Received LOI!! 8/20/08 Travel Dates<:-) 8/26/08 Purchased airline tickets and received Visas 9/9/08 Last of the documents received 9/16/08 Travel for First Trip 9/18/08 (Kaz time) Arrived in Kokshetau 10/05/08 Official Visitation Completed 10/06/08 Petitioned Court 10/07/08 Begin Travel Home 10/08/08 Received Court Date 10/20/08 Return to Kaz 10/23/08 Court Day 11/7/08 15 Day Appeal Period Completed 11/16/08 To U.S. Embassy and S.O.S. Clinic in Almaty 11/20/08 Returned Home