The Story Began

Darren and i have been trying to create a family for a number of years and besides the addition of Miss Lollie we have been a little unsuccessful....
So in on December 11th 2006 we attended the International Country Adoption Service (ICAS) Information Evening held a the department of Human Services to hear about intercountry adoption and all that was involved..
Since this time our time line has been

12th December 2006: sent our expression of interest to ICAS

5th January 2007: we received a letter from China informing us of the decreased numbers of children available in china :(

11th January 2007: Application form arrived from ICAS

16th January 2007: Sent our application in the ICAS

22nd January 2007: Our referees received letters from ICAS

13th March 2007: Letter acknowledging our application and informing us of the 6th month wait for the education sessions

25th May 2007: attended China information evening

26th August 2007: ICAS education session day 1

2nd September 2007: ICAS education session day 2

8th September 2007: ICAS education session day 3 yippee

10th September 2007: Life stories (over 150 questions & Genograms for both families sent to ICAS

20th September 2007: Letter from DHS allocating us a social worker

16th October 2007: 1st Visit from social worker (Lynda)

23rd October 2007: 2nd Visit from social worker (just for Darren)

3rd November 2007: 3rd Visit from social worker (just for Kellie)

13th November 2007: 4th Visit and final visit from social worker Pending

that is the journey so far.. i will try and keep the blog up to date and to also add some info re intercountry adoption

Kellie