Our Expenses So Far

So much of this journey to Katie is about money.  How much money something will cost.  How much money we've raised.  How much money we need.  Planning our fundraisers.  I thought I would break down what we've spent thus far, and what we've spent it on.  Most people know adoption is expensive.  The expense, thankfully, is not paid all at one time.  And I'm so happy to say that although it is very expensive, when we've needed the money for something, we've had the money for it already and haven't had to wait to raise it.  Certainly at the start, before we started our fundraising, the costs were paid from our savings.  Since we've started raising money, we haven't had to use savings again, and we are so thankful for that!  I pray that continues to be the case!  So to date this is what we've done:

• Homestudy application fee - $50.00
• Kim - multistate background check (because I haven't lived in TN for 10 years) - $28.95
• Chris' birth certificate - $20.00
• Kim birth certificate - $54.50
• TBI Background checks for both of us - $58.00
• Chris' medical exam paperwork fee - $25.00
• Reece's Rainbow commitment fee - $275.00
• Chris TB test - $25.00
• Kim medical exam - $25.00
• Marriage Certificate copies x5 - $28.50
• Passport photos - $19.98
• Fingerprinting (rolled prints) - $10.00
• FBI background checks - $36.00
• Passport applications - $270.00
• Adoption education classes - $149.00
• I-600A application - $870.00
• Postage - $36.60
• Homestudy fee - $1,500.00
• Psychiatric evaluation - $775.00
• Chris - medical paperwork fee.  Again.  $25.00
• Hawaii apostilling charge - $21.00

Total spent to date:  $4,302.53

Getting Katie Ruth home to us?  Priceless.