1. The courts are open! Please, pretty please let us get a court date soon...I need to get to my boys!
2. My mommy came to town last weekend and we spent tons of time (and money) getting the room ready for our little dudes. We have a sweet little room with matching cribs. Pics to come later, I promise!
3. We received updated measurements for A & N. They are steadily gaining wait. Chub up boys, chub up!
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Nunya, adidoe, asi metunee o.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
- Akan and Ewe Proverb
Our journey across the world to weave a family.
Adopting one child won't change the world; but for that child, the world will change.
Adoption Timeline
- July 31 2010 - Received 171H
- July 15 2010 - CIS Fingerprinting
- June 21 2010 - Dossier Approved
- June 10 2010 - Received Referral!!!!!!!
- June 04 2010 - Approved and notarized home study received
- May 28 2010 - Home study visit
- March 31 2010 - Joined Holt's Waiting Child Program
- March 16 2010 - OR State Fingerprinting Approved
- March 04 2010 - Completed received home study materials
- February 22 2010 - OR State Fingerprinting
- February 13 2010 - Received home study materials
- February 12 2010 - Application approved!!!
- February 02 2010 - Submitted application to Holt
Links
- African Adoption Info
- Amharic Kids
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Ethica - An Independent Voice for Ethical Adoption
- ETHIO - Ethiopian Related news & Information
- Ethiopia Reads Organization
- Ethiopian Embassy
- Gemini Action International
- Holt International (Our agency)
- Kambata Development Network
- ONE International
- RED
- Tadias Magazine
- The Global Fund
- UNICEF - Unite Against AIDS
- US Dept. of State
Holt Ethiopia Family Blogs
Twin ( and triplet ) Blogs
Other Adoption Blogs I Stalk, Um, I Mean Read
- A Day at the Beauchamps
- Adventures of Figlette
- Born at the Right Time
- Drew & Carey
- Ethiopia or Bust
- Ethiopian Tripletland
- Fairy Good baby
- Family Found
- Finding Baby G
- Heart in Africa
- Ignore the Crazy
- Johnson-McCormick Family Blog
- Journey to Addis
- Journey to Baby Baker
- Journey to Motherhood
- Kevin & Stacy: Our Ethiopian Adoption Journey
- Life in the Bend
- Little Silvestri Boy
- Raising Lucy
- Selah at last
- Sprout Adoption
- The Long Way Home
- The Road to Our Own
- Winter in Ethiopia
- You better make it a double
Nur & Dur's Adoption Timeline
- January 28-February 13 2009 - Travel
- January 13 2009 - Court date (PASSED)
- January 01 2009 - 1st/Incorrect court date
- September 05 2008 - Received a referral for twin boys!!!!!!!!
- April 22 2008 - Received I-171H
- March 28 2008 - Dossier sent to Ethiopia
- March 11 2008 - Dossier authenticated
- March 11 2008 - CIS Fingerprinting
- January 31 2008 - Dossier submitted
- January 26 2008 - Approved and notarized home study received
- January 14 2008 - Final home study visit (@ Our home)
- January 07 2008 - First home study visit (@ Holt)
- December 10 2007 - Completed received home study materials
- December 7 & 8 2007 - "Parents in Process" (Adoption Preparation Classes)
- December 05 2007 - Mailed I600A
- October 25 2007 - Received home study materials
- October 24 2007 - Application approved!!!
- October 23 2007 - Submitted application to Holt
- October 12 2007- Decided to start process earlier than January!!
- September 21 2007 - Chose Holt as our adoption agency
- August 04 2007 - Losing my mind waiting for January to come!
- June 07 2007 - Decided to start adoption paperwork in January 2008
- April 19 2007 - Attended 1st Adoption Information Seminar
Followers
Nunya, adidoe, asi metunee o.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
- Akan and Ewe Proverb
4 comments:
New reader here: Keep growing big and strong boys. Your mommy and daddy already seem to love you so much and I am sure many more people love you too.
I hope you get a court date set soon!
Great quote!
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Good luck to you!
Sincerely,
Erica Schlaefer
I am a father of twin boys, not adopted. I have never had so much fun in my entire life! I salute the 2 of you for taking these 2 lucky boys into your lives. My simple advice: Discipline them early on a couple of key saftey-related issues (no touching the stove knobs, no running into the street). In these cases, don't be afraid to be so adamant in your manner that they cry. That's when they remember. Then you can be pretty easy-going on the other stuff, and they will begin to look out for themselves and each other. Be polite with them and they will be polite with the world. Keep them at home for as long as you can. Sacrifice for them now when they really need you instead of working to save for college later. Ignore people like me who dispense advice unasked. Lastly, HAVE FUN, it's okay to laugh, at everything!
Sorry, just to add. My boys are non-identical too. Each an utter individual unto himself, from the get-go. Photos here, if you're interested: http://www.myspace.com/skipkent
They're 2 1/2 now, a little bit older than in the photos.
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