We have been officially waiting for our referral for 7 weeks!!!
While it seems like yesterday that we delivered the dossier it also seems like FOREVER waiting for pictures of my children!!
Please continue to pray for my children....
Please pray for my patience........
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Our sweet surprise blessing from above!!!
Middleschooling, Mindcrafting, Music listening to kinda guy!
Our lively, fun loving, silly girl!
Our independent little lady who loves all things horses!!
Our bright eyed, dramatic, talkative, funny little boy!
Linc is a happy, funny, shy, sweet baby boy!
Sullivan
Our sweet surprise blessing from above!!!
Ethiopia Links
Carson
Middleschooling, Mindcrafting, Music listening to kinda guy!
Madelyn
Our lively, fun loving, silly girl!
Annastyn
Our independent little lady who loves all things horses!!
Camden Yishake
Our bright eyed, dramatic, talkative, funny little boy!
Lincoln Yohannis
Linc is a happy, funny, shy, sweet baby boy!
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Homeschool Blogs
Youtube Gotta Sees!!
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
My Favorite Adoption Blogs
- Life with Lots of Lees!
- 5 Million Minus 1
- Arise for Children (our agency!)
- Armstrong Adventures
- Seven Sojourners
- The Cash Crew!
- Jack & Lyndsay
- The Ahler Family!
- The Growing Ivys
- Blessings from Ethiopia
- Just Add Wuhu!
- Stewart family
- Ethiopia-Here we come!
- Ethiopia Stuff
- A Quiver Full
- Much Has Been Given
- Expecting from Ethiopia
- Walking Her Home!
- KVI-My boys home!
- The Good Portion
- Post Adoption Blessings and Blues
- The Scotts
- Team Killeen
- The Cooks Commentary
- Malak
- AHope
- African adoption
- Eight is Enough!
- The Hayworth Family
- Wilson Family
- Gresham Clan
- Fly Away Home
- Jody
- expecting....
- Our Walk by Faith
- Jobs Daughters
- Baby Ethiopia
- Ethiopia or Bust
- We Will Bring Them Home
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Great Places to Visit
- Kara's Party ideas-AWESOME!
- Wendolia-Crafty lady!
- 1st grade assessment forms
- Printables, reviews and more for HS!
- Packing Lists & More for Ethiopian Travel!
- Learn Amharic!! and more....
- Lucas hikes around the world!
- Genesis Photography
- A Billion Childrens Sites!
- CDC list of vaccine recommendations
- Jan Brett's Site with tons of Printables
- Free Toddler Curriculum
- Immunization info site
- Christian Preschool Printables
- Lapbooking & tons of printable links!
- Homeschoolshare~FIAR-ish units & More!
- Beginning Reading
- Starfall~Reading program
- Literactive
- Goodnight Stories
- Alphabet Soup
- Amharic Kids
- Handipoints-Chore Charts& More!
- Malia's Homemaking 911
- Enchanted Learning~Printables
- Hands of a Child~Lapbooks
Our Curriculum Choices
My People
About Me
- Bethany
- I love Jesus, I love my sweet hubby, I love my six precious children, I love homeschooling and I love helping others in the adoption and foster care process!!
Our sweet family!
My Book List
- Baby Signs
- Creative Corrections
- Parenting with Love and Logic
- Preparing Him for the Other Woman
- Raising Effective Children in a Defective World
- Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World
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congrats on making it this far. Won't be long now. :)
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