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Old 04-01-2009, 10:17 AM
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BAby Boy is coming home....
Just got a call about an hour ago from our agency..we passed court and our boy is coming home. Hoping to travel around the 17th..
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12/12/07 application mailed to homestudy agency
12/13/07 Contracts mailed to the adoption agency
April 16,2008 First home visit done
April 30th Second and final home study visit done
July 16,2008 Officially on the waitlist for a baby boy at #21
August 28,2008 Received FDL officially able to accept a referral.
Oct 7,2008 Officially #13 on the list
Nov 7,2008 Officially #8 on the list
Jan 6, 2009 Referral of a beautiful 6month old baby boy
Court date March 31st.
April 18,2009 Leaving for Ethiopia to bring Home Noah T.
April 20,2009 Noah Tamirat in our arms forever.
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Old 04-01-2009, 11:19 AM
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's wonderful news. Safe travels.
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December 31, 2002 Prince Luke was born.

February 5, 2005 Princess Anna home from Guatemala

November 20, 2008 started the process to adopt from Ethiopia
February 20, 2009 Sent dossier paperwork to Building Arizona Families for proofing
March 6, 2009 fingerprinted by USCIS.
March 10, 2009 APPROVAL by USCIS.
March 13, 2009 Received I171H form.
March 18, 2009 Final state authentications received and sent to agency. YEAH!! Bye bye dossier. Have fun at the Washington, DC Consulate.
April 8, 2009 Dossier is on its way to Ethiopia
April 13, 2009 Dossier arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Old 04-01-2009, 04:51 PM
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Awesome news! Congratulations mommy!!!!!

I went out to your blog to see if you had any photos posted, but 'no.' I'm sure he's adorable though.
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Old 04-01-2009, 05:08 PM
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Awesome news! Congratulations mommy!!!!!

I went out to your blog to see if you had any photos posted, but 'no.' I'm sure he's adorable though.
We aren't allowed to post pics until we bring him home so you'll have to wait a few more weeks but trust me unbeliveable cuteness.
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We are here.
Our future son.
12/12/07 application mailed to homestudy agency
12/13/07 Contracts mailed to the adoption agency
April 16,2008 First home visit done
April 30th Second and final home study visit done
July 16,2008 Officially on the waitlist for a baby boy at #21
August 28,2008 Received FDL officially able to accept a referral.
Oct 7,2008 Officially #13 on the list
Nov 7,2008 Officially #8 on the list
Jan 6, 2009 Referral of a beautiful 6month old baby boy
Court date March 31st.
April 18,2009 Leaving for Ethiopia to bring Home Noah T.
April 20,2009 Noah Tamirat in our arms forever.
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Old 04-02-2009, 12:37 AM
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YAAAAAY! Congratulations! That is terrific!

We are also taking a really short trip to ET arriving in the wee hours of the morning on April 18th. We are taking formula to the orphanage and meeting our twins. Our babies are at Bete Saida orphanage. Where's your son? Maybe we'll meet!
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1/09~Submitted application and contracts to Illien
2/09~Home Study
3/09~Referral...TWINS!
4/09~Referral fell through. Bio-Mom claimed the twins
4/09~Referral! 20 day-old Helina and trip to Addis to meet her
4/09~I600-A sent to USCIS
5/09~Court suspension!
6/09~received I171-H
7/09~Second trip to Addis to visit Helina
8/09~STILL waiting for Helina's clearance
9/09~3rd trip to visit our baby
10/09~Received clearance, waiting for court date!
11/09~Received court date, DEC 2nd
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Old 04-02-2009, 06:09 AM
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Our little guy is at our agency run home Hannah's Hope in Addis. He has been there since late December.
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YAAAAAY! Congratulations! That is terrific!

We are also taking a really short trip to ET arriving in the wee hours of the morning on April 18th. We are taking formula to the orphanage and meeting our twins. Our babies are at Bete Saida orphanage. Where's your son? Maybe we'll meet!
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We are here.
Our future son.
12/12/07 application mailed to homestudy agency
12/13/07 Contracts mailed to the adoption agency
April 16,2008 First home visit done
April 30th Second and final home study visit done
July 16,2008 Officially on the waitlist for a baby boy at #21
August 28,2008 Received FDL officially able to accept a referral.
Oct 7,2008 Officially #13 on the list
Nov 7,2008 Officially #8 on the list
Jan 6, 2009 Referral of a beautiful 6month old baby boy
Court date March 31st.
April 18,2009 Leaving for Ethiopia to bring Home Noah T.
April 20,2009 Noah Tamirat in our arms forever.
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Old 04-02-2009, 12:31 PM
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
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WOOHOO!!! Congrats!

Do you know where you are staying?
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:27 PM
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WOOHOO!!! Congrats!

Do you know where you are staying?
We are staying at the Union. I have never been able to find anything about it online but its where all the families from our agency stay and its within walking distance to the baby home. I have been told you can actually see Hannah's Hope from one of the windows on the top floor.
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We are here.
Our future son.
12/12/07 application mailed to homestudy agency
12/13/07 Contracts mailed to the adoption agency
April 16,2008 First home visit done
April 30th Second and final home study visit done
July 16,2008 Officially on the waitlist for a baby boy at #21
August 28,2008 Received FDL officially able to accept a referral.
Oct 7,2008 Officially #13 on the list
Nov 7,2008 Officially #8 on the list
Jan 6, 2009 Referral of a beautiful 6month old baby boy
Court date March 31st.
April 18,2009 Leaving for Ethiopia to bring Home Noah T.
April 20,2009 Noah Tamirat in our arms forever.
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Old 04-07-2009, 06:26 AM
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Congrats!!
Awesome news congrats to you! safe travels!
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Old 04-08-2009, 03:41 AM
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We'll be at the City Guesthouse. Seems a shame to be there at the same time and not get together somehow. We will only be in Addis the 18th and 19th. Just long enough to drop off 2 suitcases full of formula, see our babies and get back on the plane, pretty much.

I'm really excited for you, congrats!
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12/08~Decided to adopt from Ethiopia
1/09~Submitted application and contracts to Illien
2/09~Home Study
3/09~Referral...TWINS!
4/09~Referral fell through. Bio-Mom claimed the twins
4/09~Referral! 20 day-old Helina and trip to Addis to meet her
4/09~I600-A sent to USCIS
5/09~Court suspension!
6/09~received I171-H
7/09~Second trip to Addis to visit Helina
8/09~STILL waiting for Helina's clearance
9/09~3rd trip to visit our baby
10/09~Received clearance, waiting for court date!
11/09~Received court date, DEC 2nd
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:35 AM
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We'll be at the City Guesthouse. Seems a shame to be there at the same time and not get together somehow. We will only be in Addis the 18th and 19th. Just long enough to drop off 2 suitcases full of formula, see our babies and get back on the plane, pretty much.

I'm really excited for you, congrats!
We will just miss you then because we leave on the evening of the 18th and get into Addis around 7pm on the 19th.
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We are here.
Our future son.
12/12/07 application mailed to homestudy agency
12/13/07 Contracts mailed to the adoption agency
April 16,2008 First home visit done
April 30th Second and final home study visit done
July 16,2008 Officially on the waitlist for a baby boy at #21
August 28,2008 Received FDL officially able to accept a referral.
Oct 7,2008 Officially #13 on the list
Nov 7,2008 Officially #8 on the list
Jan 6, 2009 Referral of a beautiful 6month old baby boy
Court date March 31st.
April 18,2009 Leaving for Ethiopia to bring Home Noah T.
April 20,2009 Noah Tamirat in our arms forever.
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Old 04-16-2009, 07:04 AM
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Pictures of our son are now on our blog...leaving in just 2 days...
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We are here.
Our future son.
12/12/07 application mailed to homestudy agency
12/13/07 Contracts mailed to the adoption agency
April 16,2008 First home visit done
April 30th Second and final home study visit done
July 16,2008 Officially on the waitlist for a baby boy at #21
August 28,2008 Received FDL officially able to accept a referral.
Oct 7,2008 Officially #13 on the list
Nov 7,2008 Officially #8 on the list
Jan 6, 2009 Referral of a beautiful 6month old baby boy
Court date March 31st.
April 18,2009 Leaving for Ethiopia to bring Home Noah T.
April 20,2009 Noah Tamirat in our arms forever.
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