On Monday July 14th, Dave and I received the referral for a healthy 15-month old boy. His name is Ezekiel. We have a son!!!
I'll blog more later, for now I'm savoring this feeling (and frantically writing lists of what needs to get done in the next 4-6 months)!
Oh, I'll do a new poll now. We were all wrong on the last one!! I didn't even make my birthday an option for how soon we would get our referral. So vote on the right-hand side, and let us know when you think we'll bring E home to stay!
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Okay, I know the title of this blog is "Ribar ADOPTION Adventure", but when all we are doing is waiting, I find myself blogging about the rest of our life. You don't have to read if you don't want to, but this is like my journal. It's therapeutic for me to write this all down, and to look back to see what our life has held for the past year. No one's been complaining, but I figured I'd put that disclaimer out there!!
Adoption timeline
- August 2006 - Decided to adopt from Philippines
- September 2006 - Attended Hand in Hand Orientation (found out I had to be 27 before sending in our dossier)
- January 2007 - Sent in application and fee to Hand in Hand to begin the adoption process
- February 2007 - Met with Karin at Hand in Hand to begin the plethora of paperwork that would become our dossier
- February, March and April 2007 - attended 3 day-long training classes at Hand in Hand regarding adoption
- June 2007 - Had our psych eval that proved we are sane enough to adopt (or maybe insane enough to adopt?)
- July 13 2007 - Had our homestudy with Diane the social worker
- July 16 2007 - Sent the remaining paperwork to Hand in Hand
- August 3 2007 - Our dossier was sent out for the appropriate U.S. signatures
- August 17 2007 - Our dossier was sent to the Philippines (ICAB)
- September 30 2007 - We are approved to adopt from the Philippines
- November 29 2007 - We FIND OUT that we are approved to adopt from the Philippines, and our names are added to the list of Prospective Adoptive Parents - PAPs (and discover we've already "officially" been waiting for 2 months - woot!)
- July 14 2008 - Received our referral for Ezekiel!!
- July 15 2008 - Received our photo of Ezekiel
Blogs I read
- The Petersen Fam (the coolest peeps ever)
- Will Family (good good friends)
- Renee and Brian (Philippines adoption)
- Bricolage (Philippines adoption)
- The Sparrows Nest (Philippines adoption)
- Lea's blog (Philippines adoption)
- Officially Expecting (Philippines adoption)
- Our Growing Family (Philippines adoption)
- Peter and Robin's Adoption Journey (Philippines adoption)
- Uzbek? Ubet! (Uzbekistan adoption)
- Cravens adoption blog (Russia adoption)
- Johnson-McCormick Family Blog (Haiti adoption)
- Livesay Haiti (Haiti adoption)
- Meadows Adoption (Guatemala adoption)
- Praising God for Ben (China adoption)
- Follow the Narrow Path (International adoption)
- Namaste (International adoption)
- They Grow In Your Heart (Domestic adoption)
- thoughts from the mind of maydaygirl (IF blog)
- Confessions of a CF Husband (a melt-your-heart and pray for them blog)
Adoption Ticker
Time since we sent our dossier to PI
10 comments:
Its the third day now and I'm still pretty much uncontrollably freaking out :) I love you guys!
Yippee! I have been checking your blog for this post as soon as I read it on "Where There Is A Will". Congratulations to the two of you. We are so excited!
That is incredible news!!!! We're praying that little Ezekiel is home in your arms before you know it!! We're so happy for you guys!
Love, The Voights
I must say you received one of the bestest birthday presents EVER! Ezekiel is a cutie! Congrats again :)
Oh and I was so excited about your referral news that I forgot to wish you a Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday and I am sure that you can't imagine any better gift than what you just received.
Rachel,
I just can't get you guys off of my mind. I am sooo happy for you. You will be the best Mom! Your little one couldn't be any cuter. You must be over the moon!
Ahh! I have been waiting to hear this from you guys! I am so excited! Congrats! I cant wait to see pictures. We pray that God will make everything run smoothly and quickly in these next few months.
Congratulations! So happy and thrilled for you both! How exciting! Your news gives us hope, too since we were accepted the same time. Maybe our time is coming soon, too! Congratulations! Can't wait to read more!
OH Rachel, I am beyond happy for you. Ezekiel is the luckiest kid. How wonderful God is soooooo Good all the time.
Melissa
yahoo! congratulations again :-)
see you on wordpress, maybe...
~emilie
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