Don't trust the DS-230, 33 a & b

When we filled out Sophia's Application for Immigration (DS-230), we checked the 'Yes' boxes for 33a and 33b. By checking these two, USCIS was supposed to share the information from our application with Social Security Administration to generate an SSN and send us her card.

Well, after two months of waiting, I gathered all our documents and headed for the local SSA field office. Needless to say, there was no record of this happening, no number generated, and no card on the way.

Has this option worked for anyone else?

We have teeth!

Sophia has two new teeth! She has been trying to cut them in for a few weeks now, and just this past Saturday one of the bottom, front two popped through. And, the other front, bottom tooth came through the next morning. She is very proud of them.

Mailbox stalking : Revisited

Hey all. I must apologize for not posting for a while; it seems lately that days quickly pass the next.

When we came home, Sophia traveled on an IR-3 visa. We arrived in Addis 2.5 days before our court hearing, so we were able to see her before the hearing. Since she traveled on an IR-3, we did not have to file a separate application for her Certificate of Citizenship. From all that we read, the C of C would be mailed no later than 45 days from date of entry. Counting the days, we have been stalking the mailbox, ala I-171H-style.

It finally arrived today! woot woot

In the interim, Sophia has been growing and thriving. We have been the International Adoption Clinic at the University of Kentucky for her post-adoption physical and evaluation, which went really well. She has started on real food....rice and oatmeal cereal, bananas, pears, applesauce, and sweet peas...she loves the peas!

She is now holding her own bottle...I still don't know how I feel about that :)

I could go on...

everyday, still, holds new looks and giggles, new discoveries, new depths of emotions, and new treasures for a lifetime....