Are We There Yet?: More pics from Ethiopia

I posted yesterday about meeting the girls. Since I was on my laptop, I was unable to post pictures, so I thought I'd add some today for you to enjoy. Maybe soon I'll be able to download some home pictures with the entire family!

Our Adoption Timeline

Dec. 1, 2008 Faven and Diborah officially became Simmons'!
October 17, 2008 Issued new court date for December 1st
August 8th, 2008 New court date set for October 17th
August 6th, 2008 Learned we would not pass court before the rainy season
June 10, 2008 Our children's birthmom relinguished her rights in court
May 27, 2008 Court date set for June 10th!
May 9, 2008 Dossier officially complete and on its way to DC!
May 5, 2008 CIS Approval!!
Apr. 23, 2008 CIS fingerprints
Apr. 22, 2008 YF vaccination
Apr. 16, 2008 Rec'd fingerprint appt. for CIS
Apr. 3, 2008 Sent homestudy to Kate and CIS
Apr. 3, 2008 Officially Gladney Approved!!
Mar. 13, 2008 Accepted the referral of these two awesome girls
Mar. 13, 2008 Learned about 2 girls (sisters) who were available for adoption
Mar. 10, 2008 Rec'd FBI clearance
Feb. 28, 2008 Last homestudy visit at our home
Feb. 26, 2008 Sent I-600A to CIS
Feb. 19, 2008 2nd homestudy visit
Feb. 16, 2008 Rec'd passports
Feb. 15, 2008 1st homestudy visit
Feb.14, 2008 FBI fingerprints
Jan. 31, 2008 Ordered passports
Jan. 28, 2008 Began Gladney application process
Jan. 16, 2008 Phone orientation with Gladney
Jan. 4, 2008 Gladney rec'd information sheet

Are We There Yet?

Friday, January 16, 2009

More pics from Ethiopia

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