The Baker Family: Long Overdue House Pictures!!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

The front of the house before...

The front of the house after- new shutters, paint on the front door, light fixtures, and decorations...

Our front door...

The entryway before- my hubby hard at work!!

The entryway after....

Adoption Timeline

10/27/11 Zoe's 1st Birthday and we arrive HOME!
10/24/11 Interview with US Embassy- IT IS FINAL!!
10/23/11 Zoe's Gotcha Day!
10/21/11 Leave for Ethiopia!
10/14/11 Rec'd clearance email from US Embassy!
8/15/11 Rec'd email from US Embassy requesting additional paperwork :(
8/4/11 Submitted to the US Embassy
7/6/11 Received MOWA letter- Zoe is ours forever!!
6/17/11 Court- We passed pending the MOWA letter!
6/14/11 Leave for Ethiopia!
6/8/11 First Court Hearing- No MOWA letter, but it went well!
5/18/11 Received Court Date for June 17th!
4/11/11 Filed for a Court Date
4/6/11- Zoe's checkup with doctor- everything looks great and Woudneh says "she is so nice"!
4/1/11 REFERRAL! Beautiful 5-month old baby girl!
2/17/11 Dossier #2 has arrived in Ethiopia!
1/20/11 Dossier Approved- #10 on the waiting list!!
1/19/11 Mailed Dossier
1/14/11 Applied and accepted into West Sands Ethiopia program
12/14/10- Dossier has arrived in Ethiopia!
11/19/10- Dossier approved by Holt- #56 on the waiting list!
11/18/10- Received I-171H and mailed dossier to Holt for review
10/18/10- Fingerprinting in Michigan City
9/17/10- Submitted I-600A Paperwork to USCIS
9/16/10- Received homestudy paperwork in the mail
9/11/10- First draft of homestudy submitted to Holt for review
8/1/10- Homestudy visit
7/26/10- Started working on homestudy and dossier
7/23/10- Received acceptance letter from Holt into the Ethiopia program
7/14/10- Officially submitted our application to Holt International