As you can see I changed the name of our blog. It used to be called Booges and Bubba. Our bio daughter, Madi's nickname since she was born is booges. When our bio son, Ethan was born we asked Madi what his nickname should be and she said Bubba. So our blog has been named after our childrens nicknames.
With this new adoption in the works, I decided to add our adopted son's nickname of BB. Not sure why we call him that but whenever we talk about him we call him BB. Kind of a fun and personal way of conecting to him even though we don't even know what he looks like.
So our new blog shall be called Booges, Bubba & BB. Wouldn't it be funny if his real name starts with a B.
Moving ahead
I got some of our papers state authenticated yesterday in Richmond and then handed off everything in our Dossier to the Assitant Stork Courier service managed by Laura and her husband. It was hard to hand over those papers that I have slaved over and cried over for the last 4 months but I know that God is in control. He had a hand in everything yesterday. It was amazing to watch him work.
As we wait for our Dossier to clear the State Dept and the Ethiopian Embassy we silently perpare for the day that our name is added to the waitlist.
Our timeline that lead up to this day:
January 16 - Official Application filed
January 25- First Home Study meeting
Feb. 4th - Second Home Study meeting
Feb. 7th - Third Home Study meeting
March 20th -Picked up finalized Home Study and mailed into USCIS
March 28th - Received notice that USCIS received application
April 6th - Received notice of Fingerprint appt on April 24th
April 9th - Got fingerprinted (They took walkins)
April 24th - Approved for Orphan Visa
April 29th - Received I-171h Orphan Visa in mail
April 30th - Got Letter of Affidavit and Power of Attorney State Sealed
April 30th - Dropped of Dossier at Assitant Stork in Stafford
May 1st - Assitant Stork delivered Dossier to State Dept.
Our agency, Adoption Associates, has been very busy these past few weeks. There has been 13 new referrals. Woohoo!! How exciting for these new families. We are hoping and praying that this trend keeps up when we are added to the list.
As we wait for our Dossier to clear the State Dept and the Ethiopian Embassy we silently perpare for the day that our name is added to the waitlist.
Our timeline that lead up to this day:
January 16 - Official Application filed
January 25- First Home Study meeting
Feb. 4th - Second Home Study meeting
Feb. 7th - Third Home Study meeting
March 20th -Picked up finalized Home Study and mailed into USCIS
March 28th - Received notice that USCIS received application
April 6th - Received notice of Fingerprint appt on April 24th
April 9th - Got fingerprinted (They took walkins)
April 24th - Approved for Orphan Visa
April 29th - Received I-171h Orphan Visa in mail
April 30th - Got Letter of Affidavit and Power of Attorney State Sealed
April 30th - Dropped of Dossier at Assitant Stork in Stafford
May 1st - Assitant Stork delivered Dossier to State Dept.
Our agency, Adoption Associates, has been very busy these past few weeks. There has been 13 new referrals. Woohoo!! How exciting for these new families. We are hoping and praying that this trend keeps up when we are added to the list.
Exciting times are ahead!!
As many of you know, we are in the proccess of adopting a boy from Ethiopia. It is an exciting but nerve raking time for our family. As of now we are not on the waiting list for a child. That will change once our dossier(Paperwork) has been sent to our agency in Michigan. Why Michigan you ask? Well we did a lot of research with the different agencies our the US and felt a calling to go with Adoption Associates. They have an awesome group of people in their Ethiopia program. Also they have a very strong Ethiopia program. We wanted someone who was familiar with the country and its policies. Because as you can imagine each country requires different things. It can cause a few headaches but it will be so worth it in the end.
Our children are very excited about this adoption. Everynight our son prays for his little brother that he is kept safe and happy. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.
Our home study social worker commented to Dan and I that our kids were very well educated on the whole proccess. We told her that we have talked with kids extensively to make sure they were okay with this proccess and what it will mean when their little brother is here.
We have been blessed with very supportive friends. But not everyone has been over the moon about our decision. We have ran into some oposition from people. Mostly about our son being of a diffferent color than us. Well our theroy and our children's theroy is that GOD created everyone the same and we should treat everyone the same not matter what color their skin is. That is our belief. We have felt called to adopt from Ethiopia for a number of years now but God is telling us now is the time so we are jumping in with both feet.
We hope you will continue to join us on our journey!!
-Heather-
Our children are very excited about this adoption. Everynight our son prays for his little brother that he is kept safe and happy. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.
Our home study social worker commented to Dan and I that our kids were very well educated on the whole proccess. We told her that we have talked with kids extensively to make sure they were okay with this proccess and what it will mean when their little brother is here.
We have been blessed with very supportive friends. But not everyone has been over the moon about our decision. We have ran into some oposition from people. Mostly about our son being of a diffferent color than us. Well our theroy and our children's theroy is that GOD created everyone the same and we should treat everyone the same not matter what color their skin is. That is our belief. We have felt called to adopt from Ethiopia for a number of years now but God is telling us now is the time so we are jumping in with both feet.
We hope you will continue to join us on our journey!!
-Heather-
New Year !!
Wow... I can't believe it has been over a year since I posted anything. As my children get older life gets more complicated. They keep Dan and I very busy mentally and physically. We are trying to stay one step ahead of them. LOL
Madi had her first basketball game of the season today. She likes basketball despite being the shortest on her team. She had three assists.
Ethan has started his swim lessons. There are two kids in the class including Ethan. Needless to say he is the star swimmer. It helps that the other boy doesn't speak any english. LOL He is doing well and the instructor said he will move up next session.
Dan is still loving his job and running. He is contemplating running the JFK50 miler again this year.
As for me, I am surviving. This time of the year I kind of get into a funk. It was this time three years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I am cancer free now but it still hits home every year at this time.
Madi had her first basketball game of the season today. She likes basketball despite being the shortest on her team. She had three assists.
Ethan has started his swim lessons. There are two kids in the class including Ethan. Needless to say he is the star swimmer. It helps that the other boy doesn't speak any english. LOL He is doing well and the instructor said he will move up next session.
Dan is still loving his job and running. He is contemplating running the JFK50 miler again this year.
As for me, I am surviving. This time of the year I kind of get into a funk. It was this time three years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I am cancer free now but it still hits home every year at this time.
Happy New Year !!!
What a year 2009 has been. We are anxiously awaiting to see what is in store for 2010. We hope all of you have a great year with much happiness.
Snow and Puppies
Wow, I can't believe it has been that long since my last post. Time seems to fly by without us noticing. So much has happened so here is the recap:
March 09 - Finally closed on our house here in Manassas, Va. We love it and the neighborhood.
April 09 - Celebrated Madi's 8th birthday at the Roller Rink. A great time was had by all.
May 09 - Still getting settled into the new house and starting some renovations (kitchen).
June 09 - Celebrated Ethan's 4th birthday at the all time kid hang out - Chuck E Cheese. He had to have his party there even though he is scared to death of Chuckie.
I started working part time at a hospital in Warrenton, Va.
July 09 - Still renovating the kitchen.
Aug 09 - Busy meeting neighbors and all the 19 kids on our cul-de-sac. The kids are having a ball.
Dan put in for a new position and got it. A lot of excitment.
Sept 09 - School starts for Madi. She loves her new teachers and friends. Ethan is adjusting very well to his new 5 day preschool.
Dan's parents come all the way from Montana for a month visit. They had a great time and are thinking of coming back in the spring.
Oct 09 - Dollie, our cavalier king charles, has three puppies.
Dan and I went to a B&B for our 14th anniversary. We toured Monticello and hiked up Crabtree Falls off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Madi was a geisha girl and Ethan was spiderman with muscles for halloween. They enjoyed trick or treating with all the kids on our street.
Nov 09 - I ended up having to work Thanksgiving so we celebrated the day after with my parents.
The puppies are growing.
Today we have had about 12 inches of snow so far and it is only noon. It has been snowing since 9pm last night. The kids said it was too cold to play but the puppies had a ball. This was their for time walking in the snow. They will be ready for their new homes next week. We are going to be sad to see them go.
Bend it like Ethan
Ethan has really enjoyed his first year playing soccer. He is on the U4 Rush. His coaches are Tank and James. They do a great job coaching. They have 6 players including Ethan. All boys and one girl. Ethan is not sure of all the kid's names on his team so he just calls them his "boys". They have played 3 games so far and have won all three. He has scored at least one goal each game. Maybe we have a future Beckham on our hands.
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