[valerie23]

Ok let's find out who's here!!

I'll start!

I'm Valerie from Vermont, mom to 2 bio kids ages 6 and 3 1/2. We are in the process of adopting a child between the ages of 18 months - 3 years. We are using WHFC. We finished our homestudy in December and are currently waiting for Vermont Clearances to come in.

A piece of my heart is in Ethiopia

I hope 2008 is an amazing year for all of us!!!

[ocracoke]

I'm still here too. My daughter just turned 3 last month and has been home 16 months tomorrow. I dream of another one but I am not ready yet. I currently live in North Carolina but I am hoping to move to New York in 2009.

Samantha

[valerie23]

She is beautiful!! Did you travel to pick her up?

[kerriv]

I'm Kerri. I have a 15 month old daughter named Ruby, who came home from Guatemala in May. I'm hoping to start an Ethiopian adoption this spring for a older toddler girl. Still looking at agencies so if you have ones that you absolutely love or hate, let me know.
Looking forward to getting to know everyone here.

[startedover]

We have biological 18 year old daughter and a 13 year old biological son. We also have a one year old adopted daughter. Looking into trying again. Could anyone tell me how long a Home Study is good for? Ours was complete in July 07. Oh yeah we are from Tn.

[JenC]

I still poke my head around here a few times a week. We have a nearly 10 month old boy from Dire Dawa. I'm plotting for #2, but not for a few years yet.

[shellysarita]

We have 5 birthchildren and adopted a little girl from Guatemala - she came home in May of 2006. I am hoping to adopt a child from Ethiopia, but my dh isn't on board yet. It took a few months longer for him to be ready last time as well, so I am hopeful.

Shelly

[renee-albright]

We are in process with AGCI for an infant boy. Getting ready to start the dossier and homestudy process. The holidays slowed things down and our case worker wont be back in her office until jan7th.

[olliegirl]

I am Kelley. I check in here every week as well! We have 2 bio kids aged 3.5 and 2 and we received a referral in December for a 2 month old baby boy. We are hoping to travel in April! We live in NC.

Best of luck to everyone!
Kelley

[valerie23]

Congrats!! You must be so excited! You are going to be a busy girl!! Are you all traveling?

[JAO]

Which agency did you use for Ethiopia? (This is my first time ever writing on a blog, by the way!)

[renee-albright]

We will travel when the time comes.

[sabasti06]

We completed our first Ethiopian adoption in 2006 and we are wrapping up our homestudy and dossier for our second. We are using WHFC.

[olliegirl]

We will travel as well and we are using International Adoption Guides.
Kelley

[Ladyofmoonlight]

I'm Megan, also in NC, and I have only one little kiddo, Paxton, age 25m (officially, dr thinks he's more like 20m). We adopted him using WHFC, and like most of their kids he's from the Sidama zone. Everything has gone so incredibly smoothly and we're raring to go for a second one, even though he hasn't even been home 2 months! We're thinking we'll wait until he's been home 6 months to make the call on starting for a second child.