So...it's been quite a while since we updated our blog. We're still here! Just staying busy and waiting for a phone call from a certain 703 area code number. :)
On October 21st not only did we celebrate our FIVE-MONTH DTE mark, but we also received a very exciting email from our agency telling us that we are "on-deck" and getting super close to our referral! AGHHH!!! This past week there was lots of movement in our agency, and just yesterday we found out that there was another referral, bringing us to the #2 spot in the girl line!!!!!!!!!
I mentioned this on facebook, but do you know that feeling you get when you're on a roller coaster and it reaches the very top of the hill and just stops there for a few seconds? That crazy anticipation feeling? That's how I've felt ALL DAY LONG. Actually for the past two days.
And the phone just rang. Agh, it totally made me jump. Only a sales call though, ugh.....
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Friday, October 29, 2010
About Us
Hi, we're Josh and Candace. We met while studying graphic design in college and have been married for seven years. We have a four-year old "homegrown" son and a one-year old baby girl who came to us from Ethiopia! We love our family, we love what we do, and we look forward to what God has in store for our future.
Our Adoption Timeline
05.07.11 - ARRIVAL HOME! *Lillian is a US Citizen!
05.06.11 - Lillian's last day in Ethiopia
05.03.11 - Gotcha Day and Embassy Appt! *Adoption is finalized!!!!
05.01.11 - Departed for Addis!
04.28.11 - Cleared to travel!!!
04.27.11 - Updated document submitted to Embassy
04.18.11 - Embassy requested an updated document from Lillian's orphanage
04.13.11 - Papers submitted to US Embassy
03.25.11 - Got a phone call from AWAA telling us we passed and that Lillian Yado was a officially a Jones!
03.21.11 - Court date (did not pass)
03.16.11 - Met Lillian Yado for the first time!
03.14.11 - Left for our court trip in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
01.31.11 - Received our court date of March, 21, 2011!
12.20.10 - Referral acceptance papers sent to AWAA!
12.16.10 - REFERRAL RECEIVED for a gorgeous six-month old baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!!
11.21.10 - Six months DTE!
10.21.10 - ON DECK email received! Five months DTE!
09.24.10 - Visited a Travel Health Center and got first round of vaccines for our trip
09.21.10 - Four months DTE!
08.21.10 - Three months DTE!
07.21.10 - Two months DTE!
06.21.10 - One month DTE!
05.31.10 - Our dossier made it to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!
05.25.10 - Our dossier shipped out (after a short internal delay) via FedEx
05.21.10 - We are officially DTE today!
05.14.10 - Dossier delivered to AWAA
05.13.10 - Sent Dossier to AWAA!
05.12.10 - Received I171-H today!!!
04.30.10 - Had a yard sale and earned $1,401.72 for our adoption!
04.19.10 - Received State-Certified items in the mail today
04.15.10 - Sent our home study to USCIS
04.14.10 - Sent off two items to be certified by State of PA.
04.12.10 - We are officially home study approved!
04.11.10 - Gathered all documents (on our end) needed for dossier!
04.05.10 - Biometrics appointment with USCIS
03.23.10 - Fourth and final home study meeting
03.19.10 - Second and third home study meetings at our house
03.15.10 - First home study meeting
03.05.10 - Mailed home study packet and fees to AWAA
03.04.10 - I600A application and fees sent to USCIS
03.02.10 - All medical forms completed!
02.18.10 - Medical exams
02.17.10 - Candace completed online Hague training
02.14.10 - Josh completed online Hague training
02.05.10 - Got fingerprinted!
02.03.10 - Began home study paperwork
01.30.10 - Mailed signed Agreement Documents and Initial Program Fee to AWAA
01.29.10 - Accepted into AWAA's Ethiopia program!
01.16.10 - Submitted online application to AWAA
05.06.11 - Lillian's last day in Ethiopia
05.03.11 - Gotcha Day and Embassy Appt! *Adoption is finalized!!!!
05.01.11 - Departed for Addis!
04.28.11 - Cleared to travel!!!
04.27.11 - Updated document submitted to Embassy
04.18.11 - Embassy requested an updated document from Lillian's orphanage
04.13.11 - Papers submitted to US Embassy
03.25.11 - Got a phone call from AWAA telling us we passed and that Lillian Yado was a officially a Jones!
03.21.11 - Court date (did not pass)
03.16.11 - Met Lillian Yado for the first time!
03.14.11 - Left for our court trip in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
01.31.11 - Received our court date of March, 21, 2011!
12.20.10 - Referral acceptance papers sent to AWAA!
12.16.10 - REFERRAL RECEIVED for a gorgeous six-month old baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!!
11.21.10 - Six months DTE!
10.21.10 - ON DECK email received! Five months DTE!
09.24.10 - Visited a Travel Health Center and got first round of vaccines for our trip
09.21.10 - Four months DTE!
08.21.10 - Three months DTE!
07.21.10 - Two months DTE!
06.21.10 - One month DTE!
05.31.10 - Our dossier made it to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!
05.25.10 - Our dossier shipped out (after a short internal delay) via FedEx
05.21.10 - We are officially DTE today!
05.14.10 - Dossier delivered to AWAA
05.13.10 - Sent Dossier to AWAA!
05.12.10 - Received I171-H today!!!
04.30.10 - Had a yard sale and earned $1,401.72 for our adoption!
04.19.10 - Received State-Certified items in the mail today
04.15.10 - Sent our home study to USCIS
04.14.10 - Sent off two items to be certified by State of PA.
04.12.10 - We are officially home study approved!
04.11.10 - Gathered all documents (on our end) needed for dossier!
04.05.10 - Biometrics appointment with USCIS
03.23.10 - Fourth and final home study meeting
03.19.10 - Second and third home study meetings at our house
03.15.10 - First home study meeting
03.05.10 - Mailed home study packet and fees to AWAA
03.04.10 - I600A application and fees sent to USCIS
03.02.10 - All medical forms completed!
02.18.10 - Medical exams
02.17.10 - Candace completed online Hague training
02.14.10 - Josh completed online Hague training
02.05.10 - Got fingerprinted!
02.03.10 - Began home study paperwork
01.30.10 - Mailed signed Agreement Documents and Initial Program Fee to AWAA
01.29.10 - Accepted into AWAA's Ethiopia program!
01.16.10 - Submitted online application to AWAA
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- Are These Kids All Yours?
- Around the World
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- Be BOLD Jen
- Blessings from Ethiopia
- Colors & Spices
- Embraced by Grace
- ethiHOPEia
- Ethiopia Kids
- Ethiopian Adoption Blogs
- Jones Family Adoption
- Kidd Ethiopia Adoption
- Life after Elijah
- Little Hoffman
- McDaniel Memoirs
- My Crazy Adoption
- Our Ethiopian Blessings
- Rage Against the Minivan
- Storing Up Treasures
- Whipple Words







5 comments:
Very exciting. Looking forward to hearing what happens . . .
So exciting!!!
Are you guys going to the Mid-Atlantic Orphan Summit?
Praying for you, Candace!!! A lot!
So excited for you guys! Hopefully you will get to see your daughter's sweet face soon!
Hey, Had to stop by when I saw your name! We share it - spelling too! Not too many of us!
Anyway, glad to find you! We are in the super beginning stages of adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia.
I cannot believe how great of a resource the "blog world" is! We are looking forward to the fellowship of other families stepping out in faith! And we are excited to read more from your story!
Candace
*Oh, stop by our blog if you like - though we are new to that too, so bare with us...
rescuedviagrace.blogspot.com
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