Just remembered we had the saucer (Thank you Stacy!). Abel loves it.
I took a little video clip of him in it and I can not figure out how to share it... any suggestions?
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Time line of Adoption
Calendar
Feb 22 - HOME... reunited with other children! YEA!
Feb 21 - Leaving Ethiopia
Feb 19 - Embassy Appointment
Feb 18 - GOTCHA DAY
Feb 17 - Arrived in Addis Ababa
Feb 16 - Left for Ethiopia
Jan 29 - Confirmed Embassy date! Bought tickets to Ethiopia.
Jan 28 - Got our travel call.
Dec 7 - WE GOT OUR REFERRAL :-)
Oct 9 - USCIS APPROVAL - We are on the waiting list for baby Abel.
Oct 5 - My friend Julie told me that she talked with our agency and they said her dossier made it to Ethiopia which means mine did too (they were mailed at same time). YAHOO!
Sept 25 - got a call from AGCI and Dossier is on it's way to Ethiopia!
Sept 12 - Dossier has been federally approved and is back at All God's Children.
August 30 - DOSSIER ON IT'S WAY TO WASHINGTON D.C. I did not think my Dossier would make this group of Dossiers going out but it did :-)
August 29 - DOSSIER MADE IT THERE (and I didn't even overnight it - YOU GO FED EX).
August 28 - MAILED DOSSIER TO ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
August 24 - Receipt received from CIS that they got our homestudy.
August 8 - FINGER PRINTING!
August 6 - First draft of Homestudy is finished and sent to Agency for review
LOTS OF ERRANDS BEING RUN DURING THIS TIME... PAPER CHASING TO THE MAX!!!
July 19 - Ted has interview with Social Worker
July 17 - Home visit with Social Worker. Tracie's interview with Social Woker
July 13 - Preparing to mail I600A but waiting on birth certificate (not sure of the exact date it went out but close to this)
July 13 - Dossier Orientation with All God's Children
July 12 - Phone Orientation with All God's Children
July 11 - Meet with our Social Worker
July 3 - Accepted by All God's Children
June 23 - We apply to All God's Children International to be our agency
June 22 - Ted and I had dinner with Tom and Stacy (who my friend Julie met at the pool) to hear about their adoption from ETHIOPIA. We feel drawn to their story, their daugther... after much prayer we feel this is the DOOR God is opening! AND We meet the Beelers (what a bonus... they too were there to talk about adoption)
June 20 - LET THE HOMESTUDY BEGIN... Got our packet today. Time to write out our LIFE STORIES! I have been talking to this sweet social worker for MONTHS now. So, we have already built a relationship with her.
June 12 - my friend, Julie Greene tells me she met a girl at her pool that had adopted from Guatemala and Ethiopia. We were at a point where we thought we were headed one direction but knew the Lord made it clear that was NOT for us.
We have known for all of our married years that we were drawn to adoption but in the last several years, we knew the Lord was preparing us for this huge step of faith. There are many other calendar dates of praying, deciding what country (THE WHOLE GLOBE was where we started... we had no idea what country we'd be adopting from).
Feb 22 - HOME... reunited with other children! YEA!
Feb 21 - Leaving Ethiopia
Feb 19 - Embassy Appointment
Feb 18 - GOTCHA DAY
Feb 17 - Arrived in Addis Ababa
Feb 16 - Left for Ethiopia
Jan 29 - Confirmed Embassy date! Bought tickets to Ethiopia.
Jan 28 - Got our travel call.
Dec 7 - WE GOT OUR REFERRAL :-)
Oct 9 - USCIS APPROVAL - We are on the waiting list for baby Abel.
Oct 5 - My friend Julie told me that she talked with our agency and they said her dossier made it to Ethiopia which means mine did too (they were mailed at same time). YAHOO!
Sept 25 - got a call from AGCI and Dossier is on it's way to Ethiopia!
Sept 12 - Dossier has been federally approved and is back at All God's Children.
August 30 - DOSSIER ON IT'S WAY TO WASHINGTON D.C. I did not think my Dossier would make this group of Dossiers going out but it did :-)
August 29 - DOSSIER MADE IT THERE (and I didn't even overnight it - YOU GO FED EX).
August 28 - MAILED DOSSIER TO ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
August 24 - Receipt received from CIS that they got our homestudy.
August 8 - FINGER PRINTING!
August 6 - First draft of Homestudy is finished and sent to Agency for review
LOTS OF ERRANDS BEING RUN DURING THIS TIME... PAPER CHASING TO THE MAX!!!
July 19 - Ted has interview with Social Worker
July 17 - Home visit with Social Worker. Tracie's interview with Social Woker
July 13 - Preparing to mail I600A but waiting on birth certificate (not sure of the exact date it went out but close to this)
July 13 - Dossier Orientation with All God's Children
July 12 - Phone Orientation with All God's Children
July 11 - Meet with our Social Worker
July 3 - Accepted by All God's Children
June 23 - We apply to All God's Children International to be our agency
June 22 - Ted and I had dinner with Tom and Stacy (who my friend Julie met at the pool) to hear about their adoption from ETHIOPIA. We feel drawn to their story, their daugther... after much prayer we feel this is the DOOR God is opening! AND We meet the Beelers (what a bonus... they too were there to talk about adoption)
June 20 - LET THE HOMESTUDY BEGIN... Got our packet today. Time to write out our LIFE STORIES! I have been talking to this sweet social worker for MONTHS now. So, we have already built a relationship with her.
June 12 - my friend, Julie Greene tells me she met a girl at her pool that had adopted from Guatemala and Ethiopia. We were at a point where we thought we were headed one direction but knew the Lord made it clear that was NOT for us.
We have known for all of our married years that we were drawn to adoption but in the last several years, we knew the Lord was preparing us for this huge step of faith. There are many other calendar dates of praying, deciding what country (THE WHOLE GLOBE was where we started... we had no idea what country we'd be adopting from).
8 comments:
so so so cute! I dont know what Maya is going to wear! What are we to do! I will make her hair look really pretty for their reunion! CAN U BELIEVE IT! The beginning of the rest of their lives...so cute! I just cant wait to see u standing there when we are FINALLY home. Is that day EVER going to come!
Madison loved her Saucer! They are so cute in those things huh?!
Aww, cute! As for sharing videos.. some people are able to upload videos straight to blogger (the option is in the same spot as you can to add photos) but it never works for me! I upload videos to google video or youtube and then post the HTML code in the post.
Nikki
I love the new look! Thanks for keeping us happy with new and frequent pics!!
Dee Dee
Look at this he is so comfratbal wwith you guys like he just knows that he belongs. I love it I LOVE IT!! How are you Traci with the extra laundry :) you know its gotta get done at it doesnt end right?! Gotta love it!
Just catching up on your blog over the past few weeks...looks like you guys are having a great time! Congrats - he is just too much!
I love your blog makeover! Abel is just too cute for words! We have almost the same picture of the orphanage director, but with Zoe. What a trip how we're all leading these parallel lives... Isn't the exersaucer the best? Zoe's nuts about hers -- and so is my kitchen. It's a sure way to get it cleaned up while keeping her happily occupied and part of the action. Anyway, so great to see you home and all together as a family. Can't wait to actually see you in person this summer!
Saucer FUN is right! So precious!
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