Maynard Mayhem

Our Adoption Timeline

May 9th-Home to our FOREVER Family!!!!
May 3rd- Meet our Boys!
March 26th - Next Court Date PASSED!!!
January 29th - Actual New Court Date
January 21st -New Court Date
December 12th -Court date DID NOT PASS
October 27th - Receive our court date!
Sept 29th - Courts Re-open in Ethiopia!!!
Sept. 18th - REFERRAL DAY!!!!!
July 18/19th - Adoption Training Class
July 17th - Our I797-C Arrived!!!
June 21st - Dossier on its way to ETHIOPIA!!!
June 12, 2008 - Homestudy Complete
May 29th - Homestudy Visit
May 9th - Found out that our children MAY be in the orphanage NOW!!
May 8th, 2008 - Homestudy Interview
May 5, 2008 - Local Police Clearance Letter, USCIS and fingerprinting done!
May 2, 2008 -Pauls birth certificate comes!! Schedule USCIS appt.!
May 1, 2008 - Our physicals, family photo, original acceptance of Guardianship
April 29, 2008 - Phone interview
April 26th - Turn in birth certificates, references, financial statements, insurance info, medical info in the children
April 8-10th - Criminal Background Checks
April 7, 2008 - Sent in Preliminary Application
March 14th - Make the decision to adopt from Ethiopia
March 12 - Meet with our church adoption coach and meet her Ethiopian son
January 2008 - Begin working through adoption course
December 2007 - Begin researching adoption options
October 2007-Discuss adopting