Do you know where your dossier is?
Because we are pretty sure ours is on its way to Ethiopia.
Now we just wait for that SPEEDY court date we have been hearing so much about.
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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!
29 comments:
Yahoo!! Great news.
So glad for you! Praying for a speedy court date!
Congratulations. That is a great news. I will be praying you will make it before the court closes at the end of the sumer.
Lenka
Way to go! We heard that they now hired a second judge so court dates are possibly coming sooner! Let's hope and pray!
Yeah...what a wonderful feeling!!!!
Hey congrats!!! and fyi, I think the court dates ARE actually starting to speed up a little bit now. :)
Congrats! And I can attest to faster court dates -- we just got ours today.
wooot woot!!!!
oh man, i'm PRAYING that dossier to ethiopia safely. let's go with court date!!!
(can i travel with you? just kidding. kind of.)
love
becca
CONGRATS! I hope that your process goes SO much faster than ours. Our dossier has been in Ethiopia since July. :( Next court date March 26...
But from what I am hearing from others, things are moving along for most families. Yay for you!
Yay! Praying for a quick and smooth court process. Your package is packed and ready to go to Ethiopia tomorrow. :)
Yeah!!!! Its about time. That little one needs to get home:)
Wonderful news!!!
I have news too. We decided to add a 10 year old boy to our adoption so they will be pulling our case (original court date March 27) and resubmitting us. Maybe we will be on the same timeline now. Would love to meet you in ET!!!
WOOHOOOOO!!! It's about time and now let's get a court date sooner and get you there! She needs to come home!!! Praying for court, you guys! SO SO happy for you! Love M
REJOICING with you in this milestone!!!!! ~Shelly
Yahoo!!regarding the dossier. We always make a cake and have a party to mark the occasion. It is always so much work to get those blooming dossiers together. May the rest of your adoption journey go smoothly
Julee
waiting for our two at AHOPE and Wanna
waiting for 3rd court date. ugh
Yippee!!!! What a praise....now to get that quick court date. Prayin for a speedy and successful one
Wonderful news! Here's hoping that your court date is a lot quicker with that additional judge.
Awesome. One more step closer! Don't you love getting that accomplished?
Hurray! Come on court date...
Yeah! Praying for a quick court date!
Yaaay! That is AWESOME news!! Speedy court date? I hope so!
I'm so happy for you! We're waiting on our CIS Approval for our Dossier to be complete. I check the mail as soon as possible everyday. :) I've been following your blog for a few months. Its been great to see your story unfold.
What great news!!! Here's to a speedy court date.
Things seem to be speeding up a little currently, so hopefully you'll hear about a date soon!
Whoo hoo!! Great news!! I am praying for a quick, smooth court process!
We just purchased the Princess Bride...now I get it!!! (o: I'm a little slow!
I used the snapaholics web site. They have videos on how to do the corn rows and other styles. I also purchased some of their beads and beaders to get me started. I love to do the girls' hair because they always run to the mirror and say, "Thank you mommy!" It's priceless!!!
yeah! Congrats!
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