The Cook Commentary: Ready for Church!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Ready for Church!

We are ready for church, Mom!

But we aren't going to stand here and smile for long...

Just for that, here's my fake smile...

And as always, a sweet smile from Charlie!

3 comments:

tera said...: They are so cute :); Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:15:00 PM
Katie said...: so precious! I miss them!; Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:30:00 PM
Brenda said...: Two very handsome young men!; Monday, February 15, 2010 1:58:00 PM

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Ethiopian Adoption Timeline

May 18, 2008 - made the decision to adopt

May 28, 2008 - sent docs to Adoption Assistance for home study

June 26, 2008 - decided Baby Cook would be coming from ETHIOPIA & mailed our application to adoption agency

July 1, 2008 - 1st home study appointment & adoption physicals

July 15, 2008 - biometric fingerprints

July 22, 2008 - 2nd home study appointment

September 2, 2008 - filed our I-600A

September 11, 2008 - day trip to Frankfort to get our dossier authenticated

October 2, 2008 - changed agencies, turned in application to Arise for Children

October 23, 2008 - I-171 approval

October 28, 2008 - our dossier has finally arrived in Ethiopia!!

November 11, 2008 - received a matching grant from Lifesong

December 1, 2008 - MATCHED! with not only one...but TWO little boys!

December 17, 2008 - received a 2ND matching grant through LOCI!!

January 10, 2009 - received our corrected I-171 (changed to account for Charlie's age)

January 17, 2009 - 10 hours of pre-adoption training completed

February 10, 2009 - court is scheduled for 2/25 for the boys!!

February 25, 2009 - had our 1st and only court date, we didn't pass, but no one knew why...

March 31, 2009 - get an email that they "think" our case has been rescheduled for court

April 14, 2009 - found out the boys file is now considered an "open case" & we will not receive a new court date...

The weeks & months drag on...

June 10, 2009 - finally found out what the hold up in court was all about...and it wasn't good news!

July 1, 2009 - GOT THE CALL!! The boys cases had finally been approved...we passed court!

July 27, 2008 - Received our travel dates & Embassy date for 8/26

August 5, 2008 - plane tickets are officially booked & vaccinations received from UofL Travel Clinic

August 22, 2009 - hopped on a plane headed to Ethiopia...

August 24, 2009 - GOTCHA DAY!

August 25, 2009 - Embassy Appointment

August 29, 2009 - Home to USA!

China Adoption Timeline

August 2011 - decided to adopt again, told the boys, sent some preliminary docs to AIAA for South Korea

November 2011 - told our family and friends we were "expecting" again...

Winter 2011/Spring 2012 - patiently waited while things in South Korea continued to slow down and came to an almost creeping halt

May 2012 - Convinced God may have other plans about where our sweet EK was, I was doing research on other countries and agencies. When I was told yet again to wait, we made a decision to switch...

June 2012 - sent application to Lifeline Children's Services for their Special Needs China program

July 2012- 1st home study appointment to update

August 2012 - 2nd home study appointment

September 2012 - LOTS of adoption training...

October 10, 2012 - I800A application

November 14, 2012 - biometrics fingerprints

November 21, 2012 - Dossier sent to Lifeline

November 30, 2012 - I800A approval

December 21, 2012 - DTC (Dossier to China)

January 14, 2013 - LID (Logged-in Date)

February 26, 2013 - REFERRAL DAY!!! We saw EK's face for the first time!

March 3, 2013 - Pre-Approval

April 12, 2013 - LOA on Day 40 (Letter of Acceptance)

April 16, 2013 - filed I800 & sent passports to Chicago for Chinese Visas

April 30, 2013 - received preliminary approval for I800

May 1, 2013 - received Chinese visas

May 7, 2013 - letter cabled to the consulate in China

May 23, 2013 - final update on EK!

May 24, 2013 - Article 5 pick-up

June 17, 2013 - TRAVEL APPROVAL!!

June 18, 2013 - received Consulate Appointment of July 1st!! Which meant we were leaving for China in 2 days!!

June 21, 2013 - leave for China!

June 24, 2013 - GOTCHA DAY!!

July 1, 2013 - Consulate Appointment

July 4, 2013 - Arrive back in the USA with the newest American citizen!!

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Ready for Church!

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