Timeline

Our Adoption Process


  • July 5, 2008 to Present: Zack and Aubree struggle with infertility-numerous doctors, tests, medicines, procedures, surgeries, failures, and tears
  • December 23, 2012: Shukhrat is born in Moscow, Russia (while Zack and Aubree are swimming with dolphins in New Zealand!)
  • February 25, 2014: Aubree attends Nightlight Christian Adoption Agency Information Night
  • March 17, 2014: Submit online application to Nightlight
  • March 18, 2014: Mail initial home study fee
  • March 27, 2014: Zack and Aubree attend Nightlight Information Night, undecided about domestic/international/embryo adoption
  • April and May 2014: Complete home study paperwork, including doctor appointments and fingerprinting
  • May 28, 2014: Social worker home visit #1
  • June 6, 2014: Social worker home visit #2
  • July 6, 2014: Decide on international adoption, interested in Latin America
  • July 8, 2014: Find out wait time is 3 years for infant in Nicaragua (the only Latin American country that seemed hopeful)
  • July 9, 2014: Talk to international program coordinator at Nightlight, find out Kyrgyzstan has just reopened and we could have an infant home within a year
  • July 9-11, 2014: Read about and get excited about a country we had never heard of
  • July 11, 2014: Mail international application fee and paperwork to Nightlight
  • July 16, 2014: Start working on dossier documents
  • July 19, 2014: Attend Nightlight Summer Picnic in Loveland
  • August 1, 2014: Receive initial home study approval
  • August 9, 2014: First Aid/CPR training
  • August 11, 2014: Mail most dossier documents off to get apostille
  • August 22-23, 2014: Core Training Classes
  • August 25, 2014: Mail dossier documents (minus Zack's employment form) to Nightlight
  • September 4, 2014: Dossier sent to translator
  • September 24, 2014: Final dossier form mailed to Nightlight, I-600A form mailed to USCIS
  • September 29, 2014: Dossier sent to Kyrgyzstan
  • October 27, 2014: Biometrics (fingerprinting) appointment for USCIS
  • November 3, 2014: Confirm our dossier registration within Kyrgyzstan, officially waiting for a referral
  • November 9, 2014: Officially announce our adoption to friends and family via video
  • November 23, 2014: Receive a referral (including two pictures and a short video) for a nearly two year old Kyrgyz boy
  • November 24, 2014: Accept referral
  • November 27, 2014 (Thanksgiving): Share video and announce referral news to our parents and immediate families
  • December 19-29, 2014: First visit to Kyrgyzstan for 10 day bonding period
  • December 23, 2014: Boy's 2nd Birthday
  • January 24, 2015: Notified of court date of 2/16/15
  • February 2, 2015: Received I-171H form from USCIS 
  • February 14-19, 2015: Second visit to Kyrgyzstan (just Aubree) for court
  • February 16, 2015: Court appointment in Tokmok
  • March 15, 2015: Leave for Kyrgyzstan for final trip
  • March 17, 2015: Adoption "Shamrock" Day for Jonas Shukhrat!!!
  • March 20, 2015: Interview at Bishkek Embassy
  • March 22-25, 2015: Visit Lake Issyk-Kul
  • March 26, 2015: Travel to Almaty, medical check-up
  • March 27, 2015: Receive Jonas's visa to travel to USA
  • March 28, 2015: Fly home to Denver with Jonas
  • April 5, 2015: Jonas baptized on Easter Sunday
  • April 23, 2015: Jonas's surgery for metopic synostosis
  • December 23, 2015: Jonas turns 3 in Denver

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