We visited one of my oldest and dearest friends last week and her family, on our way back across country. Her son, Tyler, at 5 is smarter than I am and has a limitless memory bank. When he was two-ish he gave Nate and me a lesson on John Deere trackers — wheel types, frames, [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Orchids
Posted in General Musings on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LIFE in the waiting
Posted in General Musings, tagged adoption, wait on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
No real updates. We haven’t yet gotten our immigration approval. I’m slightly concerned, as our social worker told us that the envelope has been mistaken by others for junk mail. I’m picturing a large envelope with a headline that reads: YOU, resident of 5555 Pine Oak Drive, might just be in for the RIDE [...]
April Showers
Posted in General Musings on April 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I feel like I’m a little bit stuck here, because we’ve invited you all into our “home”—moved from the living room, into the kitchen…and now I’m sort of wishing I could have kept everybody on the porch .
See, I’m tempted to just end this blog, as I’m not quite sure how to filter [...]
Lace Up Your Shoes …
Posted in General Musings on April 2, 2008 | 9 Comments »
…’cause the finish line maybe, sorta, kinda, if you look real hard … IS IN SIGHT! We got an email from the director of our agency today letting us know that their Ethiopian license is still hanging in suspension with no concrete indication that it will go through, BUT [...]
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Our Adoption Timeline
November 2004
First talk of African Adoption
Circa 9/10/07
Decision to adopt
Circa 9/28/07
Decision to adopt from Ethiopia
10/1/07
Research adoption agencies
10/22/07
Application mailed
10/28/07
Accepted to Ethiopia program!
10/30/07
Paper-chase begins ...
11/19/07
First Home Study Visit
11/27/07
Second Home Study Visit
(3 total)
1/21/08
Final Home Study Visit
Home Study Complete!
2/6/08
Submitted I-600A for Immigration
2/21/08
Fingerprints submitted for USCIS
4/2/08
Our Agency solves their licensure issue
5/13/08
Our Kids Are "Pre-Approved" For Immigration By USCIS
9/08/08
Switched Adoption Agencies
3/24/09
Received our incredible referral
5/19/09
Court Date Assigned: June 9
5/21/09
Court Date Corrected: June 12
6/9/09
WE PASSED COURT!
(Three days early)
7/1/09
Embassy Date Assigned!
(July 15th) & Travel booked...
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