Some of you dear readers have asked how long our adoption process took. That isn’t really an easy question because of the parameters involved, so the logical thing was to post a timeline.
Yes, this happened much quicker for us than EVERYONE told us it would. I’ve always felt like it was a combination of our working our butts off and fate/God/Karma/guardian angel grandparents.
Our adoption timeline
December 2003 We applied to agency
Early January 2004 first meeting with agency
January 2004 lucked into MAPP training starting in; same time I launched into the paperwork piles
March 2004 finished MAPP classes
April 2004 had final approval to adopt and were waiting for licenses as foster parents; started looked at profiles of kids around then
June 2004 looked at two kids but nothing serious and didn’t work out.
Late June 2004 started getting antsy and looking at out of state kids in
Monday June 19th, 2004 at 4:25 PM got an interesting email about a child that was a fit with our profile
Monday June 19th, 2004 at 4:30 PM called, email and begged for our profile to be sent for that child,
August, 2004 found out we were in the final group to be considered.
August 13th, 2004 interviewed up in the county Hayley was from. Eight people at table but we wowed them. We knew then no one could be a better fit for her.
August 24th, 2004 a call on my cell phone changed my life and let us know we were going to be parents to Hayley!
September 26th, 2004 our first meeting with our daughter
September to October, 2004 series of visits there and here with her.
November 3rd, 2004 Hayley moved in for good
February, 2005 her DSS started final adoption stuff for us.
May 27, 2005 final adoption decree from Wake County!!
