BIG LOVE BLOG: May 2011

The City of Addis - A short documentary from Session 7 Media on Vimeo.

ETHIOPIA-Little Miss Sunshine Adoption Timeline

MAY 8, 2009 HOME FOREVER!!!!!
May 6, 2009 Embassy appointment!
May 2, 2009 Leave for Ethiopia!
NEW COURT DATE! April 13, 2009 PASSED!
May 11, 2009 COURT DATE!!!
February 12, 2009 Referral of BABY GIRL!!!!!!!!!
February 8, 2009 FIVE Months Waiting!
January 16, 2009 #1 on Waiting List!
January 14, 2009 #2 on Waiting List!
January 8, 2009 FOUR Months Waiting!
December 8, 2008 THREE Months on wait list
Nov. 9, 2008 TWO months on waiting list
November 3, 2008 Dossier sent to Ethiopia!!!
October 27, 2008 Dossier sent to DC for Authentication
October 1, 2008 Ethiopian Courts Open
September 18, 2008 USCIS Approval
September 12, 2008 Fingerprint Appt. USCIS
September 9, 2008 OFFICIALLY ON WAIT LIST!!!
September 9, 2008 Dossier Complete!!
September 1, 2008 Homestudy Update Complete
August 11, 2008 Submit Paperwork I-171H to USCIS
Early August-Ethiopian Courts Close
June 25, 2008 Signed with IAN

GUATEMALA-Bianca's Life Line

*November 12, 2007- Bianca is 1 Today!!
*Sept 28, 2007-WE ARE HOME!!!!
*September 25, 2007 US Embassy Appointment
*September 12, 2007 PINK SLIP!!!!!
*September 11, 2007 DNA Has Officially Arrived at the USE Embassy!
*September 6, 2007 DNA sample makes it to LabCorp for processing!!!
*September 3, 2007 2ND DNA Test!
*August 28, 2007 Final Paperwork Submitted to the US Embassy!
*August 21, 2007 New Birth Certificate and Passport Completed!!!
*August 12, 2007 Bianca is 9 months old!
*August 8, 2007 WE ARE OUT!!!!!!! BIANCA IS COMING HOME! (Exactly 8 weeks back in since resubmit!)
*July 12, 2007 Bianca is 8 Months old today (1Month back in PGN)
*June 12, 2007 Resubmitted to PGN!!!
*June 8, 2007 KO for US Embassy Paperwork Misspelling! Ugh!
*March 29, 2007 Bianca's Paperwork Enters PGN!
*Feb. 14, 2007 Family Court Date
*Feb. 7, 2007 DNA Test Approved!
*Nov.17, 2006 We receive Bianca's Referral Photos
*Nov.12, 2006 Bianca is Born!
*Nov.11, 2006 FInished w/ Paperwork and Approved for Referral!!!
*May 2006 Started Homestudy!

Referral Day...Bianca is a newborn!

I can remember the day we got the call. Our agency refers to a child ready for adoption as a "referral". Our agency called and told me that she had already emailed photos and a medical report. Eric and I were freaked...Excited but also kind of scared. We opened the email and there she was...a total newborn. We sat down and talked for a while and in those few minutes decided that this was the child God had given us. Wow, what a day. It forever would change us....And little did we know exactly how much.

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

A short documentary about a place I love dearly....Addis Ababa

Our first photo

Referral Day...Bianca is a newborn!