WARNING: Honest post coming from the heart. You have been warned :)
WE ARE READY FOR OUR REFERRAL :) The past two weeks have been hard. I am extremely emotional....not sleeping...and just plain ready to see my daughter's face. I am trying to be content because in my crazy mind I feel like we won't get the referral until I am content in waiting BUT I am not there today. You know the feeling when you have gone on vacation and it has been wonderful....but then you wake up on the last day and know you have the long drive home. And that ride takes for.....e....ver.......That is how I feel today. Ready. Tired. Emotional. Ready to be done with the waiting.
Praying tomorrow will be the day. Praying she is home by Christmas. That has been my dream all along...that we would not spend Christmas 2010 without her.
I wish I had some encouraging words....and tomorrow I am sure I will...but tonight I just don't. I have been trying to go to sleep for a couple of hours...no such luck.
Also, my glasses are at my in-laws and I had already taken my contacts out SO if you see any typos....just know that it is because I am blind as a bat.
Sidenote: I love my husband. We were sitting on the couch tonight and he tells me that he wants to build Lucy a treehouse or a teepee. I think Teepee won. Why does my infant daughter need a teepee you ask. I have no idea. But, I love that my husband...her daddy....wants to build her one.
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Contact Blair at blaircurtis14@comcast.net to place your order for cookies! She will donate half her proceeds to Lucy!!!! Cookies are $1.50 each or $2.25 (if they are bagged individually with ribbon). More pics are under the July 10th post. Thanks Blair!!!
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Adoption Time Line for Ethiopia
- 9/23/10- REFERRAL!!!!
- 1/19/10 - We are on the waitlist!!!!!
- 1/18/10 - Dossier Complete!!!
- 1/8/10 - all documents sent to KBS Dossiers....almost on the waiting list!!!
- 1/7/10- Received our CIS approval (I-171)
- 1/5/10 - CIS received addendum to homestudy
- 12/21/09 - meeting with social worker...CIS paperwork getting fixed to send back in!
- 12/18/09 - CIS paperwork returned...paperwork needs fixing
- 12/10/09 - all items sent to KBS Dossiers except CIS paperwork. Praying the CIS paperwork would come in soon!!
- 12/8/09 - Received FBI results
- 12/3/09 - GOLD PARTY--made around $950 for the adoption!!!
- 12/1/09 - GLADNEY APPROVED!!!!!
- 11/30/09- Official homestudy sent to CIS and to KBS Dossiers
- 11/16/09 - fundraiser at Atlanta Bread Company. Made around $900 :)
- 11/9/09 - Paperwork sent off to Kate at KBS Dossiers!!!!
- 10/27/09 - Fingerprints mailed to FBI
- 10/26/09 - Fingerprints done for FBI clearance
- 10/23/09 - all remaining documents sent to Gladney!!!!
- 10/16/09 - Sent initial application and checks to KBS Dossiers
- 10/12/09 - Homestudy mailed to Gladney for review
- 10/10/09 - Third and last homestudy meeting!!
- 10/9/09 - sent in group 1 (and parts of group 2 and 3) to Gladney
- 10/2/09 - Second homestudy meeting
- 9/26/09 - Yard sale to raise money--made around $3,000--the amount of our next payment to Gladney
- 9/21/09 - First homestudy meeting and fingerprinting completed
- 9/8/09 - Initial home study papers were mailed to Memphis
- 8/28/09- Delivered I-600A to Memphis
- 8/18/09 - Phone orientation with Judy from Gladney; turned in Gladney application
- 8/17/09 - Judy from Gladney called to set up phone orientation
- 8/12/09 - contacted Gladney
- 8/11/09 - Emailed bloggers about using Gladney
- 8/10/09 - Made decision to adopt from Ethiopia
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15 comments:
Hang in there. It's a moment worth waiting for! (I know you know that, but it's really so much more amazing than one can even imagine!)
(Random sidenote, we lived in Columbus, MS until summer of '09, and Tupelo was our "big city". Love to see it mentioned in your blog!)
I have been thinking about you. I know a great story awaits and it will all be worth it. But waiting just stinks!! Excited to celebrate with you guys.
Oh, Anna! I know it is SO hard waiting to see your daughter's face!! I know you don't know me, but I have been following your blog since you first started the process. In the beginning of our process, I just KNEW we would go Ethiopia, but God ended up leading us to the Special Needs program in China...once you see her face, you will barely be able to remember the waiting!! What originally drew me to look at your blog was that your daughter's name was Lucy and my youngest daughter is Lucy as well. I must say that every time I see that you have posted, I am praying you are announcing sweet Lucy's referral. I will pray that you have peace in the waiting as God's perfect timing unfolds...He loves you so much and has great things in store for your family. Cannot wait to see her face...it is coming soon!!!! Love, Jennifer
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Girl, I know how you feel! I'm just on the flip side of it. I feel like we will NEVER get our home study finished and we will NEVER get our paperwork done. It is driving me bonkers and consuming my thoughts. On top of that, Matt is leaving for Zimbabwe today and I am going to be at a dental conference the second week of October so between those two extended (out of country) tasks, I just don't see us getting our house set up OR getting our papers done. And I am READY to travel to Uganda NOW!!!!!! Ugh. So, I feel you. I know my stuff is from a different side of things but gosh, it still sucks. I believe at this rate she will be a teenager before we are able to pick her up. Sorry for venting on your post.....I'm over it now. Not really.
Anyway, I hope and pray that God gives you amazing peace and that you are able to just rest in Him and His timing. And the teepee is an awesome idea. Haha!
I have been watching your blog for a referral post! I feel like I've gone completely mad waiting for the phone call... Hopefully this will be the week!
Blessings.
j
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Beneath the Acacia Tree
I continue to follow your journey. We received a referral in July and have been suffering through the rainy season for a court date. I feel your frustration and am on the same roller-coaster ride. Continue to believe God's timing and take some time for yourself along the way :)
Laura http://jimlaurajjnikolaus.blogspot.com/
The waiting is the hardest, and you know better than I do (we've only been waiting ALMOST 3 months). BUT, I know you're referral is coming soon. I know you'd much rather have it today, and see your Lucy's beautiful face, but it really is coming soon. The wait is almost over!!
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Thanks friends!!! I am so lucky to have friends in the "blog world" that love us!!!!
We are making African ornaments to help raise money for our ET adoption. Someone found my blog www.familystultz.blogspot.com and bought one off it yesterday. She got her referral a couple months ago. She still has no court date due to monsoon season. She is 99% sure she will not be bringing home her baby girl until January. :( So she bought the ornament so at least she'll be represented. There are many out there in your boat, not that it makes it any easier. And then there are people like my husband and I. Have been married for 9 years and haven't been able to conceive. Have fostered 36 children in 2 years and have had 9 failed attempts to adopt through foster care. The last failure just being last Friday. We are broken. But our baby awaits us & I know God is leading us to her! Take care & best wishes.
Hi...Thank you for your honesty. I know it is not easy. That call is coming, it will be soon.
Can't wait to read all about it.
I understand. I have walked a mile or two in your shoes...And this is what I KNOW!...It's coming!!! AND when it does....all of "this" (stress, and fear, and frustration, etc...)that you are going through will fade away...and there will be only JOY and PEACE and LOVE....OVERFLOWING the VERY second you set your eyes on that sweet face! I think for some reason, it's hardest in the 11th hour....just when you think you will break...That phone is going to RING! Praying for you and excited to here the GOOD NEWS SOON!!!!
Christine
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Praying your referral comes really soon! We're only at the 5 month mark waiting, so I can only imagine what you must be feeling!
P.S. Thanks for keeping it real because when/if our wait goes as long as yours, then I won't feel like there is something wrong with me for having a hard time with the wait :) !!!
Hang in there, girl! I know that your referral has to be coming soon!! I can't imagine how it must feel to wait that long though! Lucy is going to be one special little baby girl!
Sweet Anna, I'm so sorry the waiting has been so hard. My friends the Omaras have been going through similar stuff, and all the red tape can just get crappy sometimes. This is a beautiful calling God has led you and Russ to, and we will be praying that Lucy will come home soon. I can't wait for you to post a family photo on your blog of the 3 of you. It will be precious.
Let's go on a walk sometime. I miss seeing you!
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