Apparently they liked the music in church today. We were casually singing later at home only to find them joining in from a room away... do you think they are picking up the language?
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About Me
- Farmboy and Buttercup
- We have been married for 18 years, blessed with 3 home grown kids and 3 children hand-chosen by God from Ethiopia. On April 14, 2008, we adopted our 4.5 yr old twins at the time. August 14, 2008, we were asked by our agency if we would consider the twins 2 yr old sister, as their mother had recently died. Finally, on Nov. 1, 2009, we got our little girl and we are now this family.
Our Email
aka - CJ (Chad Johnson)
aka - Z
aka - ACTION
T - Jammer
TK - Munchkin
L'il B - The Tater
What you should know about HIV
- HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles).
- HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives.
- People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. If anyone wants more info on transmission, there is great info on the Center for Disease Control website at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
- HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives.
- People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. If anyone wants more info on transmission, there is great info on the Center for Disease Control website at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/transmission.htm
ADOPTION TWO TIMELINE
- July 30, 2009 - Court Date # 2 - SHE'S OURS!!!
- July 14, 2009 - Court Date
- March 16, 2009 - Dossier in Ethiopia
- February 25, 2009 - CIS approval
- February 10, 2009 - CIS fingerprint appt.
- January 29, 2009 - Gladney approved
- January 9, 2009 - Send off to CIS
- January 9, 2009 - Homestudy FINALLY approved
- November 26, 2008 - Send completed homestudy to Gladney for approval
- November 25, 2008 - Talk with Natalie and Scott Brown and decide to use Gladney again
- Oct/Nov 2008 - agency decisions, stay with Gladney or go with an agency familiar with this adoption situation
- October 15, 2008 - Home study update visit
- October 1, 2008 - Yes, we are excited to add another child to our family
- August 14, 2008 - Get a call from Natalie at Gladney. Would we consider adopting their little sister?
Our Adoption Timeline
- Dec 8, 2006 Farmboy and Buttercup go to Carrabba's for dinner and Farmboy asks, "So, are we going to adopt or what?" This is the beginning...
- Jan. 2007 - just think about adoption
- Feb. 2007 - look into foster to adopt programs
- March 2007 - Go to foster/adopt program, leave thinking we may want to pursue international adoption instead
- March 2007 - research international adoption
- April 10, 2007 - First home study visit
- April, 2007 - research countries and decide to pursue adopting from Ethiopia
- April, 2007 - work with first adoption agency and their waiting children list
- May 2007 - leave 1st agency as coordinator has left the Ethiopia program
- May 17, 2007 - 2nd home study visit
- May 2007 - research agencies and decide on Gladney
- June 2007 - switch to our new doctor, an adoptive parent himself (5 times)
- June 1, 2007 - Get FBI prints for our agency and home study
- June 18, 2007 - Get FBI "no arrest" stamp (a good thing)
- July 9, 2007 - finally get finalized home study, send off to USCIS
- July 16, 2007 - get Gladney approval (a very good thing since our dossier is about done)
- Aug. 1, 2007 - USCIS fingerprint appt.
- Sept. 21, 2007 - CIS approval, yea!!! This is the last thing we are waiting for, now we send the dossier off for authentication and then to Ethiopia
- Oct. 5, 2007 - our case worker emailed us to inform us we are officially on the waiting list.
- Feb. 27, 2008 - We received and accepted our referral for our 4 yr old twins
- March 6, 2008 - Surprise!!! A quicker than expected court date set - March 26
- March 26, 2008 - court 1 day delayed since judge decided to play hookie
- March 27, 2008 - Successful Court Date!
- April 14, 2008 - Gotcha Day!
13 comments:
Oh, my goodness, what an adorable video! Thanks for sharing.
Ted and I just watched this and were commenting on how cool it is to see them in their home now. The last time we saw them, they were both crying! :)
Leah and Pete and I just watched this... I'm about to cry! They are so happy and learning so much! And Leah just said "can we go to their house someday?"
YES leah! We can!
love you all!
becca
How cute are they? I can tell ya - they're really cute! It's so fun to see the kiddos in action! They're adorable and I'm glad you're giving them good things to listen too :)
So fun to see this glimpse of your new busy and wonderful household! I think of you so often. Thank you for your prayers!!! .... we need them. God has been so incredibly faithful to us upon our arrival home. Will email you soon with some specific requests. Much love!,~Shelly
Oh I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!
Don't you want to move closer to DC yet? :-)
I can't wait to show B your kiddos! :-)
Blessings,
Kristy
AAAHhh, that was great!
That is just awesome! There are no perfect words! Just GREAT! It's so exciting to see them adjusting SO well!!!
So adorable! And I love the pics of the kids adjusting below... Oh, and I love the natural, wild curls too. I think you should keep them! =)
That is the cutest video ever. It makes my heart melt. By the way,her hair looks cute!
could they be any stinkin' cuter!! precious!!
Kuri loves seeing her friends on video and would love for you to tell them "hi" for her. Looks like they're adjusting well. How wonderful.
Blessings,
Debbie
Just found your blog by accident... great info here. We are adopting a little girl from Ethiopia. She is 2 1/2 months old and we are just waiting for a court date, but adopting through Children's Hope International. I CAN'T wait. You have some great hints on here. Thanks for sharing. Please, e-mail if you have any more. weels1@hotmail.com
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