woainiTaeyaClaire

This blog is here to keep those we love informed on the process we are taking to adopt our second daughter from China. She will be our third child. She is a beautiful 6 year old sweetheart waiting for us. She is legally blind and we need her and we're going to fill her head with all we can show her!!!!!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

DTC soon!!!!

DTC early next week!!!!!!!!!!
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Our Timeline to Taeya!!!

Letter of Intent
1/26/11
Pre-Approval
from China
2/10/11
Home Study
4/19/11
I800A
6/25/11
Dossier To China
7/20/11
Log In Date
7/28/11
Letter Of Acceptance
9/6/11
I800 (provisional approval)
9/26/11
Cabled
10/4/11
Article 5
10/21/11
Travel Approval
11/9/11
GOTCHA DAY!!!
11/27/11
Consulate Appointment
(in GZ)
12/6/11

Taeya Claire SiYu

Taeya Claire SiYu

Ron and Brandi

Ron and Brandi
Together since 1991 <3

Garridy (now 12) and Braelin (now 8)

Garridy (now 12) and Braelin (now 8)

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The Syracuse Kuhn's

The Syracuse Kuhn's
Most recent pic of all of us

Garridy Robert

Garridy Robert
Our first love - homemade :) born on December 29, 1998

Braelin Joy's Gotcha day - October 8, 2003

Braelin Joy's Gotcha day - October 8, 2003
One of the happiest days of my life

G and B

G and B

Taeya Claire 3/26/2005

Taeya Claire 3/26/2005
Our beautiful new daughter waiting for us in China

a journal of words for taeya from loved ones

Audio journal for Taeya... I have figured it out!!! One of the things that we are going to do for our new daughter for a forever story for her is to do an audio journal which I have started. We would love it if you could just jot down a little note here that I can say to her from you (kinda like the equivalent of a baby shower card) and I will read them all word for word and tell her who you are in the journal!!!
February 14 at 5:19pm · · ·
  • Joy V Clar and Diane Montalto like this.
    • Maria Galeazzi-Bradshaw Great idea Brandi, you are so clever!
      February 14 at 5:26pm ·
    • Toby Jacobs-Mijolovic
      Dear Taeya,

      You my dear, have struck gold. Your forever family is loving, strong, dedicated, giving, unique, and special in so many ways. The excitement and anticipation for your arrival is such a beautiful experience, and I cannot wait to meet you, and watch you grow and flourish!

      ♥ Love~
      February 14 at 7:02pm · · 1 person
    • Brandi Martin Kuhn Tobs that is beautiful ♥ I'm going to print it out and get it put in braille too ♥ I love you girlie!!!!!!!!!!
      February 14 at 7:22pm ·
    • Maria Galeazzi-Bradshaw
      Dear Taeya,
      You have been truly blessed to have a family who will love and care for you like no other. They are so excited to have you come into their lives!!!! I have grown to love and respect your new mom and you will too. She is a special woman with the biggest heart and she has so much love to give! You are such a lucky young lady to have the opportunity to grow and flourish in such a wonderful environment! Your new siblings will teach you so much as well as you can teach them too! I can not wait to watch this chapter of your life begin and each one after that! The world is a better place now that this is happening!!!!
      February 14 at 7:37pm ·
    • Brandi Martin Kuhn Oh Maria!!!! Beautiful!!!! I can't wait to get these all down for her!!!!
      February 14 at 7:51pm ·
    • Julie Puglia Petit Pressure!!! Give me some time lady!
      February 14 at 8:19pm ·
    • Joy V Clar Dear Taeya Clair , that is the name your forever family has given you.your a special little girl sent to us fro m God to love.li;ttle Taeya. i;ve fallen in love with your pic.just as i did your new sister Braelin's . now i have two China doll's to love. your forever grammy
      February 15 at 10:20am ·
    • Brandi Martin Kuhn Grammy - just perfect ♥ thank you for that gift of words
      February 15 at 10:56am ·
    • Joy V Clar such a lucky little girl she will be , with all of us to love her , an wait tell she see's the dog's an cat's so excited for her , an for you.
      February 15 at 11:24am ·
    • Heather McBean Wolfe
      Taeya, we may never meet in person, but I want you to know that a family all the way from Indiana prayed for you everyday from the time we first heard you were coming to the US. One of the first times your mom and dad shared you with us was in a video of you in China. You were talking with some people about different things; they were asking you lots of questions, but the best part about that video was how your beautiful face just lit up when they asked you about the things you loved. It made my heart feel very happy to know that you would be joining such a great family, and how much you are already loved. Muahhh!!
      February 15 at 8:56pm ·
    • Brandi Martin Kuhn Thank you so much heather - that means so much to us :) I can't wait to explain to her who you are to me ;) and to tell her about all the awesome times we have had together!!!
      February 16 at 6:15am ·
    • Brandi Martin Kuhn Remember lemme help you? Lmao!!!! Teddy bear sized hole in the ceiling and insulation falling on us!!!!!!! That's a story!!!!!!
      February 16 at 6:17am ·
    • Joslyn MacDougall
      Firstly Brandi, I can hardly contain myself by reading all these wonderful words that truly represent the amount of love you have and share with your family. Your love goes BEYOND those who are blood (and by blood I mean genetically and all the blood sweat and tears you have gone through to have them become entirely YOURS (& Ron's) and extends to all those who's children you have cared for for in spurts or steadily over the years. We are blessed to have you as a friend and to have impacted our children's lives and our own! That being said...
      February 16 at 6:50am ·
    • Joslyn MacDougall
      Dear Taeya,
      If there were a lottery for families you've won the JACKPOT! Your Mom, Dad, Brother and Sister are the most wonderful family a beautiful girl like you could ask for. May the fire of love and life that burns so brightly within them be spread to you, and that you too will burn with that love and life forever! No matter what life will bring you with the Kunh family by your side there is no telling what wonders will lay ahead of you! Love, The MacDougalls (Ok really, do I need to be getting choked up at 6:50 on the morning... :) COngratulations again Brandi!
      February 16 at 6:57am ·
    • Brandi Martin Kuhn Truly thank you joz - I love this ♥ these are the best baby shower presents a mommy can ever get!!!!!!
      February 16 at 9:39am ·
    • AnnaMaria Lombardo Castellano Dear Taeya,
      You are gonna be apart of a great family!! They can wait for you to join them too, there is ALOT of LOVE in this family. God bless you and your beautiful new family!! The best is yet to come!!
      Love, your mom's friend annamarie
      February 16 at 10:07am ·

Leagaleze in case someone is looking to see what the process is like to adopt from China

Follow these steps in a Convention case, which must be completed before applying for a visa:

  • First, select an adoption service provider. The adoption service provider will guide you through the adoption process and provide services such as performing the Home Study.
  • Second, file Form I-800A with USCIS. The USCIS must find that you are eligible and suitable to adopt a child from a Convention country. Submit Form I-800A (Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country) to USCIS along with your home study and other documents. As part of the review, prospective adoptive parents submit their fingerprints to be checked against criminal and child abuse registries. Once approved, your adoption service provider transmits the I-800A and supporting documents to the country from which you plan to adopt.
  • Third, the foreign country matches you with the child. The Convention country from which you plan to adopt reviews the I-800A and accepts you as a prospective adoptive parent. The country then matches you with a child and sends a report on the child’s medical and social history – called an Article 16 Report – through the adoption service provider. You have at least two weeks to accept the match.
  • Fourth, File the I-800 with USCIS. To accept the match, file Form I-800 (Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative) and Article 16 Report with USCIS. USCIS reviews Form I-800 to determine whether the child qualifies as a Convention adoptee. If needed, submit any waiver applications to cover known or suspected visa ineligibilities at this time as well. USCIS then provisionally approves the I-800 and any waiver applications and sends the file to the Department of State.
  • Fifth, Submit your Visa application to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate. You will be contacted by the National Visa Center when your case has been assigned to a U.S. Consulate or Embassy overseas. The Consulate or Embassy will contact you with instructions for the next steps in the adoption process. One of those steps will be to submit the immigrant visa application (Form DS-230) to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the Convention country. (Certain cases require Form DS-156, the nonimmigrant visa application, instead; check with your ASP.) At this stage, a consular officer reviews the application to determine whether the child appears to qualify for the visa.
  • Sixth, Consular Officer sends Article 5 letter to the foreign Central Authority. After reviewing the visa application, the consular officer sends the Convention country’s Central Authority notification – called an Article 5 Letter – that you are a suitable adoptive parent and that the child will be able to enter and reside permanently in the United States.
  • Seven, adopt or obtain legal custody of the child. With the issuance of the Article 5 Letter, you may adopt or obtain legal custody of the child.
  • Eight, the Convention country issue an Article 23 Certificate. The Convention country certifies that the adoption or grant of custody complies with the Convention by issuing an Article 23 Certificate. This may take the form of the adoption or custody decree and may be sent directly to the consular officer at the Embassy or Consulate.
  • Nine, you have your final Visa interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate. Once the consular section has a complete file, they will contact you to schedule the final visa interview at the Embassy or Consulate. During the interview, present the valid adoption or custody decree.
  • Ten, the Embassy or Consulate issues a Hague Certificate, approves the I-800 and issues a IH-3 or IH-4 Visa. At the final visa interview the consular officer issues you a Hague Certificate to certify that the adoption or grant of custody meets the requirements of the Convention and the IAA, grants final approval of the I-800 petition, and issues your child the IH-3 or IH-4 visa.

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