Country: Ethiopia;
Agency: DOVE/Oregon;
Journey: June 2008 through February 2010
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Sweat, Sweat..
if everything goes smooth I will be a Mommy again in less then 23 hours. Jes and baby should be at the airport right now and head out in a few hours - oh my oh my..........
June 2008 - discussed ET adoption with our SW/search for adoption agency 17th July 2008 - Made Request to Agency 31st July2008- Requested update of our Homestudy 4th August 2008 - Sent in Application to Agency 4th September 2008 - Signed Contract August 2008-January 2009 - Collecting numerous amounts of papers for Dossier 9th February 2009 - Received HS (yes, it took over 6 months due to issues with Hague, USCIS, Production Agencies etc etc, sigh) 10th February2009- Applied for I-600A 13th March 2009- Homestudy for Multicultural Class Attachment and update of HS 27th March 2009 - Homestudy was Denied by USCIS - needs to be re-written. UGH!!!! This never ends 8th April 2009 - Received new draft of HS - looks good 4th May 2009- Received new HS and sent off to USCIS 12th May 2009 - Received H-171 (immigration approval) 13th May 2009 - Got EVERYTHING notarized and sent off to agency 19th May 2009 - dossier reviewed by agency and sent off to WA for authentication 29th May 2009 - Received DHL Tracking number from our agency of dossier on its way to chosen country - YEAH!!! 29th June 2009 - 1 month since put on the waiting list 28th July 2009 - Conference Call with Agency about "Preparing for Referral and Travel" 29th July 2009 - 2 months since put on the waiting list 29th August 2009 - 3 months since put on the waiting list 29th September 2009 - 4 months since put on the waiting list 21st October 2009 -( after 4 months, 3 weeks and one day) REFERRAL !!!!!! 6th-11th November 2009- pre-visit to our little chunk of love :-) 21st November 2009 - received court date of 16th of December 2009 16th December 2009 - we passed court!! Yochana Dursitu is legally ours praise the Lord!!! 29th December 2009 - received Embassy Appointment 4th February 2010 - Embassy Appointment 5th February 2010 - Yo is getting signed out of the orphanage
3 comments:
Save travels to Daddy & Yo!! May she sleep on the plane the whole way :-)
Yay, congrats momma....make sure you post pics as soon as he gets home!
It was a great flight and if I'd have to do it again, I'd want to do it with her. What a perfect child to travel with and such a joy to be home!
Jess H.
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