April 5, 2014
Endale arrives home on US soil and is officially a US citizen. HE'S HOME!
March 20, 2014
Adoptive Parent Court Date. Granted custody forever of our new son!
March 17, 2014
Gotcha Day!!!!! Endale is in our arms forever!
December 9, 2013
Received PAIR letter in the mail. Sent it to Washington D.C. to be authenticated
December 5, 2013
Received email stating the investigation is complete
November 26, 2013
Birth mother interview
First court date with birth mother
November 18, 2013
Court issued first court date with Birth Mother. It's scheduled for Nov. 26!
November 14, 2013
Embassy Birth Mother Interview (birth mother didn't show)
October 20, 2013
Silent Auction and Live Dessert Auction Fundraiser!
October 15, 2013
PAIR letter submitted to Ethiopia
September 25, 2013
Filed our PAIR (Pre-Adoption Immigration Review)!
Received an adoption grant from JSC Foundation!
September 18, 2013
Camden's passport arrived!
September 9, 2013
USCIS fingerprints and biometrics screening done
September 6, 2013
We got word that our dossier is through the Department of State and Embassy of Ethiopia! It's now headed back to our agency. We also took Camden to apply for his passport, so he could travel with us to Ethiopia.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
International Dossier complete and headed to Washington D.C.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Huge Garage Sale to raise funds!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Final Home Study in hand!!!!!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
We reviewed the first draft of our home study!
Thursday, July 24, 2013
I turned in all the paperwork for our Home Study. We completed my interview, Maylee Grace's interview and Payton's interview for the home study.
Monday, July 21, 2013
I called the agency to begin the process of adopting Endale, an almost 1 year old baby boy with Down Syndrome.
We had our joint interview, Camden's interview and Matt's interview for our international home study.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Matt shared with me, "God told me, we need to do this." I cried lots of happy tears.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Prayed and prayed and prayed some more.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Prayed and prayed and prayed some more. Today, God moved our first mountain. A lady that could complete our home study in less than a month from start to finish.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
I got a text from my sister, Carrie, that would totally rock our world! An agency was looking for a home for an almost 1 year old boy with Down Syndrome.
