Our Journey to Baby Boz: Friend's Comment

Adoption Timeline

10/14/11 - COURT DATE!!!!

10/8/11 - MET OUR KIDS!!!!

10/7/11 - Flew to ETHIOPIA!

9/26/11 - Received Addendum and sent it off to be Authenticated (once it was state certified in Indy)

8/??/11 - Contact SW to have an Addendum added to our Home Study

8/19/11 - TICKETS CAME in the MAIL!!!!

6/15/11 - WE GOT THE CALL!!! SIBLINGS!!!!

11/26/10 - Received Corrected I-171H

11/13/10 - Evening in Ethopia Dinner ($8,805 raised!)

11/10/10 - Dossier Arrived in ETHIOPIA!

11/07/10 - Read for Orphans Ends ($595 raised!)

11/04/10 - DTE! DOSSIER TO ETHIOPIA!

10/31/10 - Made copies and sent in our Dossier

10/27/10 - Received our I171H

10/22-23/10 - Volleyball Tournament ($2,185.50 raised!)

10/4/10 - Biometrics Appointment!!

9/21/10 - Received our State Certified Documents!!

9/8/10 - RECEIVED OUR HOME STUDY!

9/3/10 - Jody's Last Background Check Done

9/2/10 - HOME STUDY FINALIZED!

8/15/10 - LAST MEETING w/ Social Worker!

8/14/10 - ALL Reference Letters are IN and Notarized!

8/11/10 - Docs Notarized!

7/27/10 - 1st Reference Letter Came In!

7/19/10 - Physicals/Blood Work

7/11/10 - HOME STUDY MEETING AT OUR HOUSE!

7/8-10/10 - Garage Sale Fundraiser ($2,882 raised!)

6/11 & 18/10 - We received our Passports

6/11-12/10 - Garage Sale FUNdraiser ($843 raised!)

5/29/10 - HOME STUDY ORIENTATION!!!

5/27/10 - Accepted by our Home Study Agency - St. Elizabeth

5/21/10 - Changed Home Study Agency (filled out application); Received copies of Marriage License, Divorce Decree and Birth Certificates

5/14/10 - Assigned to a Family Coordinator; Decided on a Home Study Agency

5/12/10 - Completed Hague-Compliant Training

5/10/10 - Agreement Paperwork and Payment Received

5/6/10 - Mailed back Agreement and Initial Program Fee

5/5/10 - Application APPROVED!

5/3/10 - AWAA contacted us for more information

4/20/10 - Submitted Online Application to AWAA

May 05, 2011

Friend's Comment

Last night our friend left a comment on one of our posts and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

….I just have this picture of your little guy not worrying at all about what's going to happen to him. I really think God has given him some kind of knowledge that everything’s going to be ok, and that his mommy and daddy are just so excited for when he comes home! And till then, I really think he is feeling God's arms around him, completely comforted by his love.

Yah, the girl who wrote that is pretty amazing. That last part…. He is feeling God’s arms around him, completely comforted by his love…. Is so beautiful!

2 comments:

Danielle said...: If there was a "like" button, I would like all those pictures!

The poem below is beautiful. You definitely are a patient mama-to-be. It's gotta be a pain in the butt to not reallly know your due date, but at least you know the One who does!; May 5, 2011 at 9:15 PM
Debb said...: She is SOOOO right! Cling to those words! Just reading them brings peace to my heart too!; May 6, 2011 at 11:03 AM