just found your blog tonight thru another blog I follow and just had to say hello! we're in nola and hoping to officially start our adoption journey in the next two months (long story) and are planning on using gladney, too!!
so happy for you two on the gorgeous baby girl making her way to you soon. how exciting!
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I'm Tam and my husband is Matt. Our names form a palindrome. We're just that cool.
We are hoping to add to our family by adopting our first child from Ethiopia. Please follow along as we journey through the process of international adoption.
7/12/08 Decide to adopt! Request and receive online information packet from Gladney 7/19 Send on-line information sheet to Gladney 8/1 Initial contact with Judy from the Gladney Center and receipt of international adoption manual and immigration form I-600A 8/6 Phone orientation. Request application from Family Resource Center for homestudy. 8/8 Mail in initial Gladney application 8/12 Receive full Gladney application and Ethiopian dossier manual by email 8/21 Get life insurance 8/28 FedEx form I-600A Doctor appointments for both of us. 8/30 Pick up completed medical form for Gladney app. from doctor 9/4 Pick up completed notarized medical form for dossier 9/11 Mail in application to Family Resource Center for homestudy 9/12 Receive receipt and acknowledgment of form I-600a from Immigration 9/13 Receive Matt's fingerprinting appointment letter for immigration 9/15 Receive Tam's fingerprinting appointment letter 9/23 Receive phone call from Kathy from FRC to set initial interview for homestudy 9/25 Fingerprints taken for both of us for immigration 10/2 In-office interview with Kathy from FRC 10/3 Mail in Gladney app. part 1 10/15 Fingerprints for IL foster parenting license 10/16 Cat vaccinations 10/17 Got Tam's employer letter 10/23 Picked up medical forms. Dropped off packet at FRC. Got Matt's employer letter. Talked to Linda from FRC and set homestudy for Nov. 13 10/24 Mail in Gladney app. parts 2 and 3 10/30 Contact Kate from KB Dossiers 11/13 Homestudy 11/18 Adoption class 12/9 Adoption class 1/8/2009 Compile and notarize many dossier documents. Get fingerprints (ink) and send them to FBI. 1/11 Adoption class 1/15 2 remaining adoption classes 1/22 Receive FBI "no arrest" records by FedEx 1/23 Receive finalized homestudy from FRC by mail 2/3 Email informing us we have received Gladney approval 2/5 Conference call with Jessica from Gladney 2/6 Receive really truly finalized homestudy from FRC by mail 2/12 Send remaining portion of fee to Gladney and FedEx FBI approval, homestudy and last reference letter to Kate 2/27 Receive I-171H in the mail 3/2 FedEx final documents to Kate 3/18 WAITLIST!!!!
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24 comments:
Yay yay yay! She is a doll! Congratulations!
Congratulations, she's beautiful! I can't wait to hear about the trip to meet her!
Oh, Tam, she is beautiful. Congratulations! Great way to start off 2010, if you ask me.
I'm in love!!! She is so beautiful!!! Oh what absolute joy!!
yippie, tam! that is wonderful! one more beautiful baby for us here in chicago!
I knew it. I'm so happy for you guys. You're going to do great!!
How exciting!! She is so pretty. Congrats.
congratulations, she is adorable.
And there is still hope for your Saints!
Just bursting with happiness right now. The video just brought tears to my eyes. She is truly beautiful. SO HAPPY!!!!!
I am SOOOOO excited for you! Can't wait to hear when the travel dates are going to be. What a great new year!
Oh, I am so happy for you. You will make the best mom in the world. What an amazing start to the new year!
Yay! Yay! Yay! Great news! Congratulations!!!!!!!
Blessings, Kristy
Congratulations, she is an angel.
Tam,
Your daughter was my son's roommate!! I have a pic that I would love to share. My e-mail address is fredabrown1007@yahoo.com
She is so precious! Congrats! And that song was THE PERFECT song-automatically induced tears for me!
Such a doll! I love her eyes! Huge Congrats... Travel dates? Love, J
Congratulations! What wonderful news!
Congrats! She's gorgeous - such beautiful dark eyes she has!!! (you don't know me but I love to read adoption blogs! :D)
Congrats!!! She is BEAUTIFUL!!!
just found your blog tonight thru another blog I follow and just had to say hello! we're in nola and hoping to officially start our adoption journey in the next two months (long story) and are planning on using gladney, too!!
so happy for you two on the gorgeous baby girl making her way to you soon. how exciting!
good luck - can't wait to follow your journey. :)
ps: who dat?! geaux saints!
Oh, she's beautiful!!!! Congratulations!!!
Oh my goodness!!!! Tam, she is absolutely beautiful!!!! Go get her, Girl!!!!!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
nice baby.....
ClearAdoption.com - Get your ready-to-sign and file US Step parent Adoption Documents online. We stay with you through the entire process. In more than 15 years we’ve helped over 40,000 people like you complete an America stepparent adoption.
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