A Long Obedience: Attention Book Lovers!

Adoption Timeline

8/22/09--Welcome Home Gabriel!
8/19/09--Official Placement Day (U.S. Emabassy Appt.)
8/17/09--Gottcha Day
7/31/09--PASSED COURT!! HE'S OURS!!
7/27/09--Notified of New Court Date set for 7/31//09
7/23/09--Orig. Court Date Postponed
7/7/09--Notified of Court Date set for 7/24/09
6/11/09--REFERRAL DAY!!!
4/6/09--Officially on Waitlist!!
3/6/09--USCIS Approval Letter (I-171H) received
2/10/09--Gladney Approved!!
11/5/08--CSS Homestudy with Jodi
10/16/08--Third payment to PI to find K; Discontinued search
10/11/08--Moved into new house
9/16/08--Second payment to PI to find K
8/25/08--Mary T. called with lead on K
8/16/08--First payment to PI to find K
8/6/08--Individual Interviews with CSS caseworker
7/31/08--FBI Fingerprints done
7/22/08--Mtg. with local caseworker at CSS
7/16/08--Mary T. called to inform us that K ran away from orphanage
7/11/08--Background Check submitted to CSS
6/4/08--USCIS Biometrics/Fingerprinting Appt.
6/2/08--Tanya applied for passport
5/29/08--Mom & Dad's Dr. appt.
5/28/08---Kids' Dr. appt.
5/20/08--Sent Group #1 paperwork with Gladney App.
5/6/08--Telephone interview with Judy at Gladney
4/29/08--Contacted Gladney re: K and started adoption process
4/14/08---Read Krista's email re: K and decided to adopt

Friday, July 3, 2009

Attention Book Lovers!

I wanted to share some of these gems I found to read to my kids (and to our ET son). The first set I found at www.amharickids.com. It's a wonderful resource and has many more items than I have listed. These are just the ones we have and that I recommend:

And these....

For learning simple Amharic, I also recommend this book & CD from www.adoptlanguage.com:

And last but not least, these treasures about color and diversity are a MUST!! My favorite, surprisingly, is the Sesame Street book. It almost made me cry! I have little ones, so this is especially good for their ages (2-9). I found them at amazon.com.