Today we are feeling incredibly thankful for family. Shea and I have no idea how we got so lucky to become the parents of the most incredible little boy, but we are thankful each and every day to have sweet Truman Bekalu in our lives!
Welcome to our blog! We started this blog in order to stay more in touch with family and friends, especially as we make our way through our Ethiopian adoption journey. For those who don't know, Shea is currently getting his PhD in English and Alison is a school psychologist with a local school district. We are loving life with our little boy!
April - October 2009 - Began thinking about adding a child to our family and started looking into different programs and agencies October 30 - Submitted application to WACAP & Nathanson Homestudy Services November 4 - Accepted into WACAP's program (and so the paperchase begins!) November 7 - Accepted by Nathanson November 12- 1st Homestudy Visit November 17 - 2nd Homestudy Visit November 24 - 3rd (and final!) Homestudy Visit November 25 - All reference letters received November 27 - Mailed I-600A Application to USCIS December 20 - Homestudy complete and sent to WACAP December 21 - Welcome phonecall with WACAP - officially in Ethiopian program January 6 - Fingerprints Completed January 11 - Received 171H! Officially on waitlist!! May 5 - Referral!!!! (shock, happiness, pure joy!) June 15 - Received court date for July 1st! July 1 - Court Date - Truman Bekalu is legally our child! This is also the date we took custody of Truman July 27 - Embassy Date July 30 - Home Forever! September 24 - Received official US Certificate of Citzenship October 20 - First Post-Placement Meeting January 13 - Second Post-Placement Meeting August 31 - Third (and final!) Post-Placement Meeting