It took about a week, but eventually, the U.S. and Haitian governments allowed about 1,100 "almost-adopted" children to leave Haiti
Nichole recently heard that, if all goes well, they could make the trip to Haiti within a few months.
It could take up to two years for the adoptions to go through, although the local families are hoping it takes much less time to get past the red tape required.
About six other families across the state have contacted Landrieu's office about adoptions, and the senator expects some reunions to take place within the next week.
Kristen says it was a family vacation last summer when everything finally started coming together.
Juntunen was so changed by the experience of fatherhood that he wrote a book called Both Ends Burning, about his change of life, adopting from Haiti and about his life with his children.
Ranging from 11 months to 16 years old, most whisked away in the hastily arranged Pittsburgh flight knew their adoptive families before the quake.
Schmidt believes that the earthquake continues to affect her and her son.
With the foster children and the Haiti children, her family went from four to nine in the space of one year.
Hardyman said changes to remove restrictions on Haitian adoptions are in the works, but no one knows what the new government will bring.
The Franklins, both 47, had been trying to adopt a Haitian child since 2007.
The child must have been adopted before his/her`s 16th birthday and the adopted parent must have legal custody of the child for 2 full years.
Finalizing the adoption will take another year or so since Betly needs to have been in the U.S. for two years.
A total of 318 adopted Haitian children are included in a special programme to bring them to France.
Yankoski said the prospective adoptive families are far-flung - from Oregon, Colorado and Illinois.
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