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2008 Readings

Do They Hear You When You Cry? by Fauziya Kassindja
Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia by Rebecca Haile
John Newton: Angry Sailor by Kay Marshall Strom
Mama Made the Difference: Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me by T.D. Jakes
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Passionate Housewives Desparate For God by Stacy McDonald & Jennie Chancey
Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
Teaching Montessori In the Home
The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
We Are All the Same by Jim Wooten

Second Adoption Timeline

4/25/08-Home!
4/24/08-Leave Ethiopia
4/22/08-Embassy Date
4/21/08-Meet our new daughters
4/19/08-Travel to Ethiopia
4/10/08-Notified of April 22 embassy date & received birth certificates
4/03/08-Notified of possible April 22 embassy date
3/28/08-Successful Court date!
3/18/08-Another CWA family meets our girls and delivers a care package for us
3/18/08-Court postponed until March 28
2/28/08-Notified of March 18 court date
2/18/08-Received second medicals
2/11/08-Girls moved to CWA foster home/care center
2/06/08-Faxed our I-171H to CWA
1/23/08-Dossier on its way to Ethiopia
1/08/08-Our dossier was approved by CWA
12/13/07-Assigned a case manager
12/12/07-Accepted referral of Addis & Mulu (Abi) as our new daughters!
12/12/07-Inquired again about Addis & Mulu
12/03/07-Homestudy update is ready for review
11/12/07-CWA receives our adoption application
11/08/07-Started homestudy update with Adoption Options
10/22/07-Inquired about Addis & Mulu

First Adoption Timeline

8/21/07-Fly home!!!!
8/21/07-Embassy date!
8/09/07-Birth certificates mailed
8/08/07-Notified of August 21 embassy date
7/23/07-Court date successful
7/26/07-Notified that Adah has an upper respitory infection
6/25/07-Second medicals on girls received
5/17/07-Sent in acceptance forms for Derartu & Mihret
5/16/07-Receive referral information on Derartu (Adah)
5/16/07-Receive referral info on Mihret (Anna)
5/15/07-Asked to consider two girls 7 months and 13-14 months
4/06/07-Attend Kingdom Kids Older Child Ethiopian Adoption training
3/29-07-Dossier on its way to Ethiopia
3/23-/07-Dossier arrives at CWA & shipped to D.C.
3/19/07-CWA receives our I-171H
2/27/08-Homestudy draft ready for review
2/06/07-CWA receives our paperwork
1/18/07-Change from the country of Guatemala to Ethiopia
12/21/06-CWA receives our application
12/20/06-Request information on adoption from CWA