This is kinda funny. We have been so obsessed with getting the referral call, that it is even in our dreams. Last night Brad dreamt that Toni from CHI called us with the referral and when she told us she was getting ready to e-mail the pics, I told her "NoNoNO! Dont do that! We want to be surprised when we go to Ethiopia to pick her up"!!! WTF!?!?!?!? Now that would be insanity! Thats what we are living for now, that picture. 1 picture, just 1 picture that we will cling to for months. I thought that was too funny!
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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
13 comments:
How funny!!!!
THAT'S HILARIOUS! WTF?!?! Indeed! Gosh! I am SOOOO pulling for you! SERIOUSLY!
funny!!
2 pictures...2 pictures to cling to!! i think everyone gets a close up and a full body shot!!!
so, 2 pictures to look at :)
That's hilarious. BTW, you are not allowed to post a title like that, unless it's true...lol! My heart jumped!
My heart jumped too!! You can't do that to us! :)
I remember my mind totally being consumed with 'The Call' before getting our referral. Soon you will see Annsleigh's face.
Love the dream, to funny. Thinking about you
that is so funny!!
That's pretty good! hehe
okay, my heart stopped...I agree..no title's like that until the call comes!!!! so hoping tomorrow is the day for you!
Dangit! Each and every time I check your blog the title of your post makes me catch my breath. COME ON COURTNEY!! I've only read it like, what, four times now?! You'd think I would remember by now.
Fran we have the same DTE date June 3, Im excited its a new week and I hope we here something soon, man this wait is so hard. Yes, it would be so fun if we traveled the same time to get our darling girls...Thinking about you...
Too funny!! Seriously now, it can't be too much longer.
Ahhh - well, at least you know he is way excited, too. It will be soon... for sure! (I say that every post... but SERIOUSLY, it must be soon.)
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