Our Ethiopian Adoption Journey: December 2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

What a year...what a good good year!

Happy Happy Christmas!

May 2012 bring you as much joy as 2011 has brought to us!

Friday, December 09, 2011

My very FIRST hair attempt...

Monday, December 05, 2011

Seriously, I love this kid!!

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Our Ethiopian Adoption Timeline

Jun 19, 2011 - HOME!!!
Jun 12, 2011 - Seth is ours forever!
Jun 10, 2011 - Leave for Ethiopia to bring our SON home
Jun 7, 2011 - VISA VISA VISA
May 30, 2011 - Documents arrived in Nairobi
May 28, 2011 - Seth turns 2-years-old!
May 27, 2011 - Documents sent to Nairobi
May 17/20, 2011 - Passport issued/received
May 11/17, 2011 - Birth Cert. issued/received
May 11, 2011 - Support letter issued
Feb 7, 2011 Order of Adoption received
Jan 28, 2011 - Court #9 - WE PASSED COURT!!!!!!!!!!!! We have a SON!!!
Jan 25, 2011 - Court #8
Jan 21, 2011 - Court #7
Jan 12, 2011 - Court #6
Dec 30, 2010 - Court #5
Dec 17, 2010 - Court #4
Dec 13, 2010 - Court #3
Nov 25, 2010 - Court #2
Nov 5, 2010 - Court #1
Nov 3, 2010 - Laura meets Seth
Oct 31, 2010 - Laura leaves for Ethiopia
Oct 25, 2010 - Court date changed to Nov 5, 2010
Oct 7, 2010 - Court Date received, set for Dec 7, 2010
Sep 28, 2010 - Court re-opens in Ethiopia
Sept 21, 2010 - Court File # issued
Aug 6, 2010 - Court closes in Ethiopia
Jul 16, 2010 - OUR REFERRAL - 13.5 month old beautiful boy
Dec 16, 2009 - First referral since bankruptcy.
Nov 30, 2009 - Offically Waiting...again - New Imagine announces 246+ families will continue!
Nov 16, 2009 - Mailed new retainer agreement
Oct 1, 2009 - Imagine resumes operations
Sept 29, 2009 - Successful court approval to bring Imagine out of bankruptcy
Sept 21, 2009 - "YES" Vote to Restructure Imagine
July 14, 2009 - Imagine Bankruptcy
Feb 24, 2009 - Citizenship Par 2 sent
Nov 28, 2008 - Citizenship Part 1 approved
July 24, 2008 - Citizenship Part 1 sent
June 30, 2008 - Dossier arrived in Ethiopia - WE ARE EXPECTING a 0-18 month old boy/girl
Jun 26, 2008 - Dossier to Ethiopia. Domestic Adoption put on hold in MB (Grrrr).
Jun 5, 2008 - Dossier to Imagine
May 22, 2008 - Dossier to province for approval
Apr, 29 2008 - Homestudy completed and submitted to local agency
Feb 8, 2008 - First meeting with our local agency to submit international adoption application