Our Home Study is scheduled for Monday at 9am. We have all our paperwork done for this interview with the adoption social worker, but we are hardly done with all the paperwork. It took us five months to get to this point.
Baby M.
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After I found out about Z's death, I went into research mode. Many things
happened, and the long and the short of it is that our family now has
connections...
Is This Blog On?
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Wow. Holy Blog Neglect! Happy Holidays!
For the two people I know who aren't on Facebook, we are holding an ONLINE
AUCTION to benefit the Kololo School a...
Searching for a Lost Grandson
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I am briefly resurrecting this blog to help an Ethiopian elder who
participates in the program for African seniors at my job.
For the last few weeks, he...
Charlie & Lila
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I consider it dumb luck that we never really dealt with the more intense
attachment issues we were told to expect as adoptive parents. I do remember
some ...
A New Blogging Beginning
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I haven't been here in a while.
There are reasons for it.
For some time now, I have felt like this blog has been coming to its end.
I started it to chr...
Circling
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We circle.
This is what we do.
We circle.
This is from a friend's friend's funeral.
A surfer's funeral.
Where they all paddle out,
on their own board...
Fermemberwhen. Moving.
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Happy New Year!!!!!! It's a new year with new possibilities....I truly
cherish this holiday....is it a "holiday"? Whatever it is I love it. A
time to l...
2008 Mar 23 - Application to WACAP Apr 04 - WACAP Binder Deliver'd May 09 - Class: Beyond Stereotypes May 17 - Class: Don’t Drop Baby Jun 06 - WACAP Wk'nd, Day 1 Jul 12 - WACAP Wk'nd, Day 2 Jul 20 - Class: Skin + Hair Care Aug 06 - Parenting Plan Submitt'd Aug 08 - DHS I-600 Filed Aug 16 - WACAP Open House Aug 18 - WACAP Home Study Aug 29 - Accept'd into ET Program Sep 05 - Police Clearance Reports Sep 29 - VitalChek screw'd up Oct 02 - DHS Biometrics (Phew!) Oct 10 - DHS I-171H Received Oct 13 - Ship for WA DOL Cert'd Oct 24 - On the Waitlist (Yay!) Nov 09 - (Daniel's Day of Birth)
2009 Jan 11 - Daniel 9 Weeks Old Jan 12 - Referral Call (Wow!) Jan 15 - Dossier DC DOS to Addis Jan 16 - Consult UW Adopt Med Jan 16 - Referral Acceptance Jan 30 - Court Date Assigned Jan 31 - Daniel 12 Weeks Old Mar 01 - Meet Dinkinesh at PSC Apr 21 - Court Date (Passed!) Apr 25 - Daniel 24 Weeks Old May 09 - Daniel 6 Mos Old May 21 - Class: Infant CPR
Our Adoption Travel
2009 May 23 - Depart SeaTac May 24 - Arrive Addis Ababa May 25 - Bahir Dar / Lake Tana May 26 - Lalibela Churches May 29 - Meet Daniel (Tears!) Jun 01 - US Embassy Appt Jun 03 - Boy Passport + Visa Jun 04 - Depart Addis Ababa Jun 05 - Home Forever!
Our Happily Ever After...
2009 Jun 09 - Daniel 7 Mos Old July 09 - Daniel sits up Sep 01- First Post-Placem't Visit Sep 11 - Enkutatash Oct 25 - Daniel climbs the stairs Oct 27 - Daniel pulls up in crib Nov 07 - Daniel swims w/ Papa Nov 09 - Daniel's First Birthday Nov 21 - Daniel pushes up to stand Nov 22 - Daniel surfs the furniture Nov 23 - Second Post-Placem't Visit Dec 05 - A family for 6 Mos Dec 24 - Daniel pushes wagon 2010 Jan 09 - Daniel gets a haircut Jan 10 - Daniel walks Jan 12 - Referral Anniversary Apr 21 - Court Date Anniversary May 07 - Third Post-Placem't Visit May 29 - We First Meet Anniversay Jun 05 - Home Forever Anniversary Jun 25 - Met Lawyer for Post-Adopt July 12 - Daniel starts PT daycare July 26 - Mama back at PT work Oct 01 - US Adoption Hearing Oct 06 - Mama back at FT work
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