To the best of my calculations, and I have been very conservative in guessing our number on the list, I think we are #1 for a baby girl 0 - 6 months old!!!!! I am so excited I really could not concentrate at work today! There were a total of 11!!!!!! referrals yesterday & today. 6 of them were girls. I know 1 of them was older than 6 months, the rest were not. We will be near a phone at all times until we get the call. She is all I can think about!!!! Oh and a very very special thanks for everyone who takes the time to check on Annsleighs blog, make the encouraging comments you do and keep me going. I could not make it without all of you.
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About Me
- 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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- Ethiopia Tripletland
- Jills Expedition to Ethiopia
- Matt and Stephanie
- Raising Lucy
- Sara and Baby Stella
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- The Dezutti Family
- The Fricks Family
- The Head Family
- The Kuba Family
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- The Sagers
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- The Zabel Family
- The Zimmers
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- Troy and Amber
- Weelborg Adoption
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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
15 comments:
Woohoo!! Let's hope for a big week next week, too!! (or more this week, too)
I have been checking your blog all day to see if you posted anything. I really thought you would have been one of the families to have received your referral. It should not be long now, hang in there!!! You will see her sweet face and hold her soon.
Such an exciting time.......Hope many more dreams come true this week...
Can you believe it? Hoping you hear news real soon - like today ( :
Soon, soon. It still gives me chill bumps to think about those days of jumping every time the phone rang. I remember shaking and crying and gasping...here I am getting all teary-eyed just thinking about it. Remember this feeling of sheer anticipation, as agonizing as the wait is, the anticipation is part of the adrenaline rush.
I am checking your blog every few hours. I cannot wait! I am so excited for you, Brad, and Bradley. I remember the feeling. It is amazing. Once you have her in your arms this wait will seem like it was all a dream. God is teaching us patience during this time. It is an amazing gift although it seems like torture at the time.
Will you take Bradley with you to Africa?
YIPPEEE! Any day now (can you believe you're able to say that now??)....
crazy exciting!! my stomach was doing flips the whole time we were #1!! YAY!!!! Let's hope you guys get a call soon!!!!
Ahhhhh! I am so excited for you! I will be watching. It won't be long now! How is work going?
.....and we keep checking.....and checking......It has to be any day now!!!
Hang in there. The day will come before you know it. Ring phone, ring!
I have not commented on your blog but I keep checking and hope you hear soon! I remember being at this stage of staring at the phone and wishing it would ring. I hope you recieve good news soon, like today!
That is exciting news!
what wonderful news! wouldn't that be a perfect valentine's day gift? Hope Feb. referrals come SOON!
I keep checking back to see if you post anything with WONDERFUL news. I'm waiting to celebrate with your family!
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