June 27, 2011: Application approved by our agency!
July-December 2011: Homestudy, gather paperwork, police and medical checks, online trainings, baby class, lots of money spent, etc etc :)
December 8, 2011: FINALLY sent our dossier to the agency
December 9, 2011: Dossier received and approved by agency!
December 15, 2011: Dossier sent to DC for authentication by US and Ethiopian Embassy!
December 29, 2011: Dossier returned to agency and we are officially a waiting family at number 91!!!!
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March 2012 : After months of almost no referrals and unsatisfactory explanations from our agency, Jason and I decide to learn more about domestic adoption and find that much of what we thought we knew were misconeceptions.
April 2012: New homestudy done and already applied to a possible match.
June 2012: Already applied to 3 potential situations and been presented with several more that we had to pass up.
End of June 2012: We are chosen by a birth mom! (note this was after only 3 months of waiting)
Spetmeber 19, 2012: Our daughter Kendall is born and all goes well with the adoption plan. She is in our custody and we return home with her to await finalization! She is ours!!!
