This has been a very exiting week for us waiting families. There have been 5 referrals in the last 2 days! And most of them were teeny tiny 1-2 month olds. For any waiting family, this creates a wave of exicitement and hope because we know it will one day be our turn. We are now moved up to about #51 on the list.
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- Brad and Fran Hoagland
- Brad and I have been married for 8 years. We have a beautiful 6 year old son who is a pure joy in our lives. Brad works at Bridgestone and is starting school soon for criminal investigation. I am a NICU nurse at our local hospital. We have anxiously devoted our lives to adopting a baby girl from Ethiopia. Her name is Annsleigh.
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Adoption Timeline
- September 20, 2009 - Home at Last!
- September 16, 2009 Visa Appt
- September 14, 2009 Annsleigh is in our arms!
- September 1, 2009 OFFICIAL OK TO TRAVEL! OFFICIAL SEP 17 VISA APPT
- Aug 10, 2009 Court Passed once and for all! Tentative embassy appt of Sept 17
- July 12, 2009 Got call from agency that we actually arent her parents yet. Need birth mother to appear in court again on Aug 10...new court date...Aug 10
- July 8, 2009 Court Passed! She is ours! New Tentative embassy appt date given of Aug 20
- July 2, 2009 Paperwork still not done. New embassy appt date of Aug 6
- June 30, 2009 Court case did not pass due to missing signatures on orphanage part. No date rescheduled.
- June 29, 2009 Agency unable to get any news from Ethiopia due to power outage there
- June 26, 2009 Court case not seen due to power outage in Ethiopia. Retry case on June 29
- June 5, 2009 Did not pass court due to missing paperwork from orphanage. Court rescheduled for June 26
- April 27, 2009 Assigned a Court Date of June 5, 2009
- March 30, 2009 Received Referral
- June 3, 2008 - Officially Waiting For Referral
- May 23, 2008 - Dossier Off to Washington DC
- May 16, 2008 - Complete Dossier to St Louis, CHI
- May 14, 2008 Received I-171H in Mail!
- March 14, 2008 - Homestudy Sent Off To CIS!
- Feb 25, 2008 Homestudy Visit
- Feb 21, 2008 Fingerprinting Done
- Feb 20, 2008 Homestudy Interviews At CHI
- Feb 5, 2008 Ethiopia Application Approved
- Feb 5, 2008 - Parent Education DVDs and Tests Completed
- Jan 24, 2008 - Decided on Ethiopia
- Jan 4, 2008 - I-600A Sent
- Dec 6, 2007 - Applied For Adoption
- Nov 22, 2007 - Brad and I Decided To Adopt
3 comments:
The referrals pouring in have me so happy! I'm glad Ethiopia's adoption program is moving ahead. I know it makes me so anxious whenever I read about other programs struggling.
Your little Annsleigh is so close now. :)
Yeahh! What a great week. It was great news to hear the courts opening early too! We're right there with you - I think #52.
Happy 4 months!
I was so relieved when I got those updates from Toni about the 5referrals. Let's hope they keep rolling in!
Tricia
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