Adoption costs for the girls' adoption

We started the process for the girls in September 2008 and brought them home in May 2009. Because we did not need to update many documents as our process went so quickly, that helped cut down on our costs a lot compared to the boys' adoption. Here is a breakdown of our costs:

• Homestudy--$1000
• Passport renewal ($75 ea)--$150
• I-600A--$830
• Marriage license--$55
• MO background checks--$66
• Medicals--$48
• Apostilles--$100
• Shipping dossier to UA--$28
• Facilitator fee--$10500
• Travel to/from Ukraine #1--$4000
• Lodging in Kyiv #1--$360
• Travel to/from region #1--$250
• Lodging in region #1--$475
• Travel to/from Ukraine #2--$2315
• Travel to/from region #2--$120
• Lodging in region #2--$105
• Lodging in Kyiv #2--$210
• Girls' medicals--$220
• Girls' visas--$800
• Girls' flights--$1170

Obviously the list does not include food while in Ukraine or other souvenirs (although we really didn't buy much!).