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Loving Life with Sweet, Precious Truman!
About Us
- Alison, Shea, and Truman
- 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!
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Posts Detailing Our Trip to Ethiopia
Our Adoption Timeline
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
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
Hand foot and mouth disease sounds so scary, but I've had a few friends who had had children catch it at daycare. It doesn't sound fun, but It's nice to know it is curable!
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