PURE JOY!: December 2012

Everyone is cracking up!!

The Christmas picture

Anastasia playing with Amira hair while waiting

Everyone wants to look serious just like Anastasia

What you should know about HIV

-HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles).
- HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives.
- People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. If anyone wants more info on transmission, there is great info on the Center for Disease Control website at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets

Misrak and Micah (Timeline)

This Adoption took 6mo and 19 days
5/5/10 Home Forever
5/3 Embassy Date
5/2/10 Gotcha Day
4/20 Received my Embassy Date
3/22/10 Micah's case is finished
3/16 New court Date for Micah 3/29
3/16 Found out only Misrak passed Court on 2/5
2/9/10 USCIS papers forwarded from NVC to ET
2/5/10 Received I171 Approval in Mail
2/5/10 Court Date PASSED 1st Time
2/3/10 Kids received welcome bags
1/29/10 Approval date for I171
12/31/09 Fingerprinting appt
12/30/09 Submitted to Court, Group X
12/11/09 Welcome Bags to Agency
12/7/09 Dossier sent to ET
12/3/09 Returned Referral Papers
11/27/09 Received Referral Papers
11/24/09 Homestudy forwarded to INS
11/5/09 Turned in complete Dossier
11/5/09 Homestudy update visit
10/31/09 dossier instructions received
10/26/09 returned 1st set of papers
10/21/09 received 1st set of papers
10/15/09 mailed application

Adoption Timeline (Biruk & Amira)

ONE DAY SHY OF 9 months UNTIL FINAL AND HOME FOREVER
1/14/09 Finally Home with the Children
12/30/08 Embassy Date-Gotcha Day
12/5 Successful Court Date for Biruk
11/14 B's 2nd court date unsuccessful
10/14 Successful Court Date for Amira
8/6 Kids received Welcome Bags
8/6 Notice of Court for 10/15/08
7/23 Waiver Packet mailed to AAI
7/22 INS file mailed from NVC to ET
7/22 Kids cases submitted to Court
7/12 Received I171 Approval
7/8 Dossier arrived in ET
7/1 Dossier Mailed to ET
6/7 Returned Placement Agreements and Welcome Bags to Office
6/5 I600A mailed to INS office
5/30 Dossier sent to Washington DC
5/15 Verbally Committed to B & H
5/15 Turned in complete Dossier/Homestudy Visit
5/10 Received Dossier Papers/Instruction
5/8 Received Ethiopia Education Packet
5/7Paid for Processing Fee/Hoping to Receive Dossier instructions quickly
4/23 Returned application packet to get homestudy going
4/19 Received DVD & all initial papers from agency
4/15/08 Mailed Application

PURE JOY!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

The Making of a Christmas Picture - Merry Christmas

Misrak and Micah (Timeline)

Adoption for 2 Children? Priceless (Biruk & Amira)

Adoption Timeline (Biruk & Amira)