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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Some photos from

the previous weekend....

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outdoor.mom said...: thanks for all these awesome updates!! The boating looks fun and the baby is adorable!! So excited for all that is going on for you :-); September 6, 2011 5:40 AM

Time Line

2/13 Gotcha Day!!!
2/8 Travel Day!!!!!
1/16 TA!!!
1/5/12 Article 5 - next stop TA (travel approval)
12/21/11 sent Visa applications to our Travel Agent/Courier
12/19/11 NVC letter
11/28/11 Provisional Approval (rec'd in the mail 12/2)
11/1/11 LOA
9/7 LID (Can't believe it was so fast - we can now relax b/c our Dossier needed to be LID prior to 10/1 or we'd have to start over with another Homestudy Agency due to Hague requirements! PTL!
9/2 DTC!
8/27 received i797 from uscis, (65 days from application date)
7/13 Walk in to USCIS for fingerprints (13 days early)
7/8 NYC trip to get 12 Dossier items Authenticated at the Chinese Consulate
7/6 picked up individually sealed paperwork (Incomplete - I800A not yet done) at Secretary of the State
7/5 dropped off 12 Dossier items to Secretary of the State
7/1 Received confirmation that we sent an I800A application... just a confirmation, asking if our information is correct
6/23 I800A delivered via USPS delivery confirmation!
6/21 Mailed I800A to TEXAS!!!
6/14 HOMESTUDY CERTIFICATION RECEIVED! We can send our 1800A!
Parent Training Completed!
5/30 Received PA! (but we don't find out until 6/9 -they forgot to email us)
5/23 Send LOI - Letter of Intent!
We're told b/c of Hague requirements we have to have our paperwork completed by 5/31 - will we make it?
5/13 start the paperwork for waiting child (it's my sister's birthday!)
5/5 Get a special voicemail, Judy at CCAI wants us to consider a SN child
3/9/11 CCAI Informational Phone Conference
3/1 Complete Medical Conditions
Febuary 2011 - mom begins looking at waiting children
Febuary 2010 - dad starts planting the seed

Did you know about Ethiopia?

One in ten children die before their first birthday• One in six children die before their fifth birthday• 44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old• 60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition• The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years• 1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world)• 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia.• Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa• In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%)• Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no seeds, third year no animals)• Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school.• Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002.• Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000.• In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.

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