As a part of our bedtime routine each night, we hold them and give them a bottle. May seem a little unnecessary for an almost 2 and 4 year old … but it’s something we decided to build-in to help with bonding. And it has.
I get a lump in my throat just about every other [...]
Archive for August, 2009
6 Weeks As A Family
Posted in General Musings on August 26, 2009 | 12 Comments »
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
Posted in General Musings on August 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Every time I try to compose a post I’m either interrupted by the end of nap time or just stuck without words to explain the overwhelming gift Eden and Caleb have been to our lives.
I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with this blog as it was intended as a baby-book of sorts [...]
Contrast
Posted in General Musings on August 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Life at home continues, and the joy just grows.
I’ll leave longer commentary to my wife, but I thought that it would be interesting to share the photos we were given when we accepted our referral…and show you a few of more recent times.
It’s quite a contrast. Here was our post when we received our referral.
And [...]
The Rescue
Posted in General Musings on August 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The first night we had the children in the guest home — the day we met them — Nate and I went to sleep saying “parenting is so much easier than we thought.” Yes, you can laugh. We were totally green, yet one day of having these two follow us around repeating everything we said [...]
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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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