The pools opened up today, and boy were we glad! After several weeks of having temperatures in the 90's, we are now able to enjoy the sunshine without getting completely overheated. After going back and forth over which pool to get a summer membership for, we decided on the water park that is only 15 minutes from our house. We were a little nervous about whether there would be enough for Truman to do there, but he LOVED it! There is a really cool kids area where the water is only 9 inches deep, so Truman was able to run around and play in the water. His favorite activities were probably the swing and the "water mushroom", which he thought was hilarious whenever the water hit his arms. I think we have a very fun summer ahead!!!
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
There is a really cool kids area where the water is only 9 inches deep, so Truman was able to run around and play in the water.pool renovation nj
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