We were able to come home early.....so we are back!!! And exhausted....promise I will post what we did and saw everyday. But, for now I've just gotta say that Annsleigh is just perfect! She is sooooooooo happy. Thank you Jesus! Smiles everywhere....giggles everywhere! Bradley loves her so much too! Now gotta try and get this angel to bed. She just woke up from sleeping on the plane for about 6 hours and its 12:42 AM soooooo.....wish us luck!
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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
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- Our Trip To Ethiopia Day 3 Part 1 - Monday
- Our Trip To Ethiopia Day 2 - Sunday
- Our Trip To Ethiopia Day 1 - Saturday
- My busy busy little bee
- We are back!!!
- We are off to Ethiopia!!!
- Somebody Pinch Me!
- WE GOT THE OK TO TRAVEL!!!!!!!
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13 comments:
Welcome home!!! Glad you're back safe and can't wait to hear about your experiences in country.
great to hear you're back ... when things settle in, let us know ... we'd love to get together with our newest Ethiopian neighbor so our kiddos can play together :)
YAY!!!!!! Congrats and welcome home!!!! Can't wait to see pics and hear all about your trip and sweet Annsleigh. :)
so glad you are home happy & safe. Looking forward to seeing pictures of that sweet girl in your arms and hearing about your trip.
Welcome home!!!! Glad to here you are all safe abnd adjusting. The dream has finally come true.
OH Fran! I can't wait to hear all about your trip! You must have flown back with Tsegay and Almaz...lol! Can't wait to see all those pictures! I'm so happy you finally have your baby!
elisa
I have been wondering about you all. So glad your home with her sweet daughter. If you bring her up to work bring her on Saturday, thats when I'll be there. :-) Cant wait to see your pics and hear all about it!
So glad your a back with your little one! Can't wait to see pics and hear stories!!
Welcome Home!!! So glad to hear Annsleigh is SO happy!!!!! Post some pics when you can!
so so very happy for you that you are a family of four and together again!can't wait to see photos.
Welcome home! I can't wait to see pics and hear all about your trip!
Yay! Holding her in your arms must be heaven on earth! Can't wait to hear about your travels and of course, see pics of Annsleigh!
I was really looking forward to getting to meet her tonight at the ball game, maybe Thursday. Hope all is well.
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