Our Family

Our Family
Our Family, December 2013

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Launching My 2nd-Born

This guy leaves for college, today.  He's attending The University of Nebraska-Kearney, majoring in computer "stuff." He'll live in a dorm room with a guy he's never met before. He'll start every school day with an 8 a.m. calculus class. He's joining a frat. He knows one person on his dorm floor and another couple in the entire school. He was up by 7:45 a.m. this morning after sleeping most of the morning away for the rest of the summer. He's excited. I'm excited for him.  It's time.

Adoption Timeline

  • 5/14/13 - Adoption finalized in Nebraska
  • 6/15/12 - Together in Nebraska
  • 6/5/12 - Birthparent Embassy appointment
  • 5/14/12 - Submitted to Embassy
  • 4/18/12 - Passed Court in Addis Ababa
  • 2/2/12 - Referral finalized with AGCI
  • 2/1/12 - Acceptance of Referral documents shipped to AGCI
  • 1/27/12 - Verbal acceptance of referral
  • 1/25/12 - WE GET OUR REFERRAL CALL FROM AGCI!!!
  • 1/17/12 - D. comes to Hannah's Hope
  • 9/12/11 - Notice of Favorable Determination (FDL)
  • 9/8/11 - Fingerprinting Appt. at the Department of Homeland Security in Omaha
  • 7/12/11 - Homestudy documents received from Lutheran Family Services
  • 4/19/11 - Entered contract with AGCI for an Ethiopian Adoption
  • 2/9/11 - Adoption Application sent to AGCI