We have some good news. It seems as if we haven't abused our children, at least not that the government knows about! Our child abuse clearance letters came in a few days ago. Anne from Gladney sent an email to let us know that they had come in and that our home study could now be completed. Andrea, our home study gal, just has to make copies of it and send it to the appropriate places.
It will go to CIS, and then we have to wait for approval from them. We have just now had to begin to endure the waiting, as we have had paperwork to fill out until recently. It has Erin a little worried that all of this waiting for approval will push our babies court date into the rainy season (AUG-SEP). Ethiopia shuts down EVERYTHING during the rainy season, including the court. If our referral comes to late, it could cause us to have to wait until October before we can pick him up.
Please pray for the final paperwork to come in quickly so we can have our baby home before the rainy season starts.
In non adoption news, Sophia put two words together tonight for the first time. At dinner she said mo caca, meaning more cracker. We thought she would never talk!
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October 22 - Requested application from Gladney
November 1 - Mailed I-600A to CIS
November 1 - Mailed first half of the application to Gladney
November 3 - Contacted KBS Dossiers about handling authentication
November 7 - Mailed completed application to Gladney
November 7 - Mailed the first
round of dossier documents
to KBS Dossiers
November 26 - Mailed all but
four documents for the dossier
November 27 - Home Study
December 3 - CIS Fingerprinting
December 13 - Criminal
Background Check received
January 14- Approved by Gladney
January 14 - Home Study
mailed to CIS
January 17 - Mailed Home Study
to KBS for our dossier
January 19 - CIS Approval Letter arrived (I-171H)
January 26 - FBI Letter of
Procedure arrived
(The last piece of paper)
January 28 - Kate at KBS
had all of our Dossier
documents in hand
January 30 - Dossier on
it’s way to DC. We are
on the wait list!
May 5 – Referral Day
August 4 – We have him!
November 1 - Mailed I-600A to CIS
November 1 - Mailed first half of the application to Gladney
November 3 - Contacted KBS Dossiers about handling authentication
November 7 - Mailed completed application to Gladney
November 7 - Mailed the first
round of dossier documents
to KBS Dossiers
November 26 - Mailed all but
four documents for the dossier
November 27 - Home Study
December 3 - CIS Fingerprinting
December 13 - Criminal
Background Check received
January 14- Approved by Gladney
January 14 - Home Study
mailed to CIS
January 17 - Mailed Home Study
to KBS for our dossier
January 19 - CIS Approval Letter arrived (I-171H)
January 26 - FBI Letter of
Procedure arrived
(The last piece of paper)
January 28 - Kate at KBS
had all of our Dossier
documents in hand
January 30 - Dossier on
it’s way to DC. We are
on the wait list!
May 5 – Referral Day
August 4 – We have him!
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8 comments:
We'll be praying the wait won't be very long and you can get him here quickly! I can not wait to meet and hold this special little one! :) Love you guys.
P.S. Way to go Sophie!
Sophie is a genius. How could you doubt her! Bedsides, she's so cute, who needs communication skills?
Ang
When our friends adopted from Russia, the typical wait for a referral was 6 months. Theirs came in 7 days! God has your little one picked out for you already, and He will make sure you bring him home right on time!
And good for Sophie! Who needs to talk when there are siblings to do it for you, anyway? :)
yea! the paper chasing is done. How long does it usually take where you live for CIS approval?
Becky (Kaler) was over the other day and we looked through your blog :-)
We actually have no idea. We haven't found anyone we know that has gone through the process recently... We are hoping it is 2 weeks or less!
Yeah, I'm really bad at updating. I like to look at everyone else's but I don't like to update mine.Oh well, maybe I'll make it a goal for the new year. :-) Can't wait to see you guys in a few weeks. So excited about your adoption process, can't wait to meet the new addition. It's so exciting.
That is just so exciting! I want to meet this little guy when he gets here. I know yall are so ready and I think it is amazing what yall are doing!
YAY for Sophie! She is just too cute!
Just wanted you to know I was thinking about you today (Erin)... every time I use Viva paper towels I think about you. :-)
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