I also learned that the popcorn that everyone refers to in the ceremony is not the popcorn we know but sorghum.
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Timeline
12/11/09: Flights booked. We leave 12-31-09 and return 1-9-2010.
12/9/09: Travel dates received! We're to be in Ethiopia by January 3rd!
12/4/09: Find out we passed court---we just don't know the date (yet).
12/1/09: Receive 2nd update and 2 more photos of Oliver (but no word on outcome of court date).
11/30/09: Court Date!
11/10/09: Receive update and two photos on Oliver.
10/31/09: Receive notice of our court date-- November 30, 2009.
10/9/09: REFERRAL!
5/26/09: Referral & Travel Training with Agency via conference call
4/28/09: Our dossier arrives in Addis Ababa!!
4/24/09: Dossier is sent to Ethiopia!
4/8/09: Dossier arrives at our agency; sent for authentication in D.C.
4/7/09: Send completed dossier to our agency.
4/1/09: Received our I-171h approval!
3/21/09: Fingerprinted at USCIS--waiting for I-600 approval.
2/18/09: Mailed home study to USCIS--waiting for fingerprint notice!
2/17/09: Received final home study.
2/4/09: Received draft homestudy for review.
1/21/09: Mailed off final documents and references to homestudy agency; awaiting draft copy of homestudy.
1/14/09: Mailed in I-600a (w/o homestudy)
10/7/08: Send back contract to agency (forgot to initial on a page).
9/29/08: Mail notarized and signed agency contract and concurrent adoption agreements between Ethiopian and China adoption agencies.
9/23/08: Third homestudy visit.
9/16/08: Second homestudy interview.
9/9/08: Phone interview with agency; officially accepted into Ethiopia program.
9/5/08: First homestudy visit.
8/27/08: Get fingerprinted for homestudy agency.
8/7/08: Application received; send out reference requests for approval into Ethiopia adoption program.
8/5/08: Mail application to Dove Adoptions International.
8/4/08: Decide to proceed with concurrent adoption from Ethiopia; find local homestudy agency to complete Ethiopia homestudy & update China homestudy; speak to our China adoption agency about concurrent adoption
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2 comments:
Yum Yum,I love coffee and can't wait to taste it in Ethiopia!
Oh, I'll be slurping that bitter brew in JUST 5 days - YUMMIES!!!!
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