Barcelona, Mexico City, California, and Addis Ababa; a family of four.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Getting Oh So Close
Today we met with Maggie for the third and last time regarding our home study. We are so happy to be done with that process, not because we don't enjoy Maggie, but because that means we are a little closer to meeting our babe. Also, Fernando's HR contact has come through! He will be able to pick up his employment letters by Monday during lunch time. I'm so happy that our patience and relentlessness paid off. Now, we're only waiting for Fernando's lab results, my birth certificate, our FBI stuff, and 2 letters of recommendation. Then we should be able to put our dossier together to get the authentication done and sent off to the Ethiopian officials. We hope to be able to get all of this done by the end of June. We began the process in early March, so we've been at this for almost 3 months now...I think we're keeping good pace.
04/28/07-turned in notarized reference letter to Heartsent
04/30/07-turned in notarized work verification to Heartsent-Samantha
05/02/07-2nd home study meeting
05/03/07-Samantha's physical @ Kaiser
05/17/07-Fernando's physical @ Kaiser
05/18/07-third, and last, home study meeting
05/21/07-Fernando picked-up employment letters
05/25/07-picked up notarized account verification letters
06/01/07-sent FBI request
06/04/07-notarized physicals
06/04/07-turned in notarized physicals and copy of Fernando's passport to Heartsent
06/07/07-Gladney received our signed medicals and last letter of recommendation-application complete
06/08/07-had parent letter notarized
06/11/07-Heartsent sent off home study to CIS (last week)
06/14/07-We received our FBI documents
06/15/07-Reveived Heartsent's license, home study apporver's license, and post placement contract
06/18/07-notarized FBI paperwork (Samantha)
06/18/07-Received renewed passport (Samantha)
06/19/07-picked up completed home study
06/19/07-received letter from CIS asking for more proof of citizenship (Samantha). FedExed them a copy of new passport
06/22/07-Officially Gladney approved!!!
06/26/07-Notarized a copy of Samantha's passport and Fernandp's FBI documents
06/28/07-Scanned and e-mailed most of the Dossier documents to Gladney
07/02/07-Authenticated in the County Clerk's and Secretary of State offices about half of our documents
07/05/07-FedExed authentication packet to NY Secretary of State & about half of completed dossier to Gladney
07/06/07-Received Samantha's birth certificante. Sent other half of dossier for California authentication
07/10/07-Picked-up CIS approval leter, notarized it and authenticated up to the state level
07/25/07-sent for NY Authentication- Kings County Clerk
08/01/07-Kings County Clerk sent authentication on to the Secretary of State in NY
08/08/07-received NY authenticated documents
08/22/07-we are officially waiting for a referral
09/05/07-found out that our dossier was sent to Ethiopia as of last week; some time, and that "Belay (one of our in-country representatives) confirmed that he received your dossier in Ethiopia."
12/18/07-Recieved a picture of our baby
01/24/08-Court date scheduled for 02/19/08
02/19/08-Courts need more information
03/03/08-1 year aniversary since our adoption proces began
03/19/08-Judge states our file is incomplete
03/26/08-Judge did not go into court
03/27/08-Judge states our file continues to be incomplete
04/09/08-Made hotel reservations
04/10/08-Court for the 5th time (postponed till tomorrow)
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