1. The courts are open! The courts are open! We don't know exactly what this means for us, but, the courts are open! We are excited for friends like the Fournet family and the Winter family, who will FINALLY have their court dates soon.
2. We finally ordered a crib! Yay! It's a cherry Jenny Lind.
3. This makes me cry with joy. Please pray for this family. Read this for background.
4. Last week, we received pictures and videos galore of our little one. Thank you, Meredith and Grace! The videos have officially been watched 903 times, and counting.
5. Speaking of the little one: she continues to gain weight with every update we receive. We are SO thankful.
Hope all of my adoption buddies have a good week.
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our journey to our sweet daughter.
About Me
- Jana
- Michael and I arrived home with our dear Ethiopian daughter, Ruthie Tagesech, on December 3rd, 2008. We are now preparing to move to Addis Ababa in August 2009. Thanks for stopping by.
Michael, Jana, and Ruthie Tagesech
Adoption Timeline:
- 12/3/08 Arrived home with sweet Ruthie!!!
- 11/3/08 Court Date--we passed!
- 8/26/08 REFERRAL
- 2/5/08 Officially Waitlisted!
- 1/23/08 Overnighted I-171h to Kate
- 1/22/08 CIS Approval!
- 12/12/07 Fingerprinted at Immigration Office
- 11/14/07 FBI Clearance Received
- 11/9/07 Homestudy sent to CIS!
- 11/8/07 Hurray! Officially Approved by Gladney!
- 11/1/07 Last Document to Gladney!
- 10/31/07 Fed-Exed Fingerprints to FBI
- 10/30/07 FBI Fingerprinting at County Jail!
- 10/9/07 Homestudy!!
- 9/28/07 Mailed App., part Tres
- 9/19/07 Mailed App., part 2
- 9/11/07 Sent inital documents, etc. to KBS Dossiers
- 9/10/07 Sent App. to Gladney--homestudy request put in.
- 7/25/07 Received I-600A Receipt from Immigration
- 7/18/07 Mailed I-600A to Homeland Security
- 7/13/07 Mailed yet another Pre-App along with App. fee.
- 7/12/07 Phone Orientation with Gladney
- 6/12/07 Mailed Pre-App to Gladney.
12 comments:
So excited!! I can't wait to celebrate and pray on your behalf for a successful court date. Not too long-- I will want to stow away in your suitcase for sure. :)
i'm so excited for you both and the little one! i'm really glad that we are getting to know you as you're in the midst of this whole journey and i can't wait to meet your precious baby :)
How great to get an update! I'm so glad to hear that she's growing and doing well!!
Can't wait to see her face and hear that you've made it through court. Yay for the crib! We also have a Jenny Lind but ours is white.
take care,
Jen
I'm so excited! I hope you get a court date SOON! I'm also very excited for Farmboy & Buttercup.
So great that you got video! I can only imagine that you wanted to jump through the screen and get her.
Thanks for the shout out :)
I was thinking about you today and hoping we really make it through court this time so we can take some pictures of your baby girl for you! How fun. Especially since our kids are already buddies :)
Hope you get your court date soon! I'll be watching! We have court on Friday and are so nervous/excited/crazy.
Praying for SUCCESS and a trip to Africa soon!
YEA!! the courts are open! VERY exciting. I hope and pray you will get a date soon!
I had the same joyful feeling when reading about Farmboy and Buttercup (we met the twins when we were in Addis). I'm waiting on pins and needles to hear about court...not as much as you are, I know, but still: I'm with ya.
I am so excited for you guys!!!! I am praying with great hope that you bring sweet girl home soon!
i just realized i might have pics of ruthie...send me an email if you want me to look jjelst@gmail.com
here is to hoping for a court date SOON (and a successful one at that)
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