Being that I started this blog a little late in the adoption process, I'll do some back tracking to explain the beginning of this unbelievable process. Here are the basics of my adoption time line:
May 18, 2006 - began adoption process in China
August 18, 2006 - DTC (dossier to China)
September 12, 2006 - LID (log in date of documents in China)
many, many months of waiting . . .
January 25, 2008 - began the journey to ET (Ethiopia)
Feb 11, 2008 - Dossier to ET
Feb 14, 2008 - Dossier arrived in ET
April 9, 2008 - received referral of my baby girl (26 days old) - a day of complete joy!
June 2008 - received court date of July 2, 2008
July 2, 2008 - did not pass court, received new court date of July 18, 2008
July 18, 2008 - did not pass court again
July 21, 2008 - our case was not heard in court
July 22, 2008 - our case was not heard in court
July 23, 2008 - our case was not heard in court
July 24, 2008 - PASSED COURT!!!!!!!!
August 16, 2008 - left for Addis Ababa, ET
August 18, 2008 - the greatest day of my life: arrived at Hope's Place and met my beautiful baby girl! (exactly 2 years to the day from my DTC)
August 25, 2008 - arrived home with my angel
China - the wait continues . . .
May 18, 2006 - began adoption process in China
August 18, 2006 - DTC (dossier to China)
September 12, 2006 - LID (log in date of documents in China)
many, many months of waiting . . .
January 25, 2008 - began the journey to ET (Ethiopia)
Feb 11, 2008 - Dossier to ET
Feb 14, 2008 - Dossier arrived in ET
April 9, 2008 - received referral of my baby girl (26 days old) - a day of complete joy!
June 2008 - received court date of July 2, 2008
July 2, 2008 - did not pass court, received new court date of July 18, 2008
July 18, 2008 - did not pass court again
July 21, 2008 - our case was not heard in court
July 22, 2008 - our case was not heard in court
July 23, 2008 - our case was not heard in court
July 24, 2008 - PASSED COURT!!!!!!!!
August 16, 2008 - left for Addis Ababa, ET
August 18, 2008 - the greatest day of my life: arrived at Hope's Place and met my beautiful baby girl! (exactly 2 years to the day from my DTC)
August 25, 2008 - arrived home with my angel
China - the wait continues . . .
1 comment:
YaY!!! Beautiful Blog! I am so happy I get to peek in on you two now! I am glad you did the timeline, I will have to copy it from you since I didn't keep track of the disappointments! LOL Thank goodness we got our beautiful little girls home! Oh, BTW did i send you pics of you and your family from ET? I can't remember much these days, if I didn't..I will if you would like them! Hugs!
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