Following God To...: while I was making dinner......

Olivia was busy doing this.......

That would be my camera battery stuck in the bottom of Olivia's play baby bottle.

Adoption Timeline

5/23/08- Olivia "S" born
6/4/08 - Application sent to AGCI
6/10/08- Accepted into AGCI ET Program
6/16/08- Orientation Call With AGCI / Homestudy Application mailed out
7/7/08- Homestudy Visit!
7/8/08- Orientation Packet Mailed Out
7/17/08 -Adoption Planner Received / Dossier Orientation Call
7/21/08- I600A filed with USCIS
8/7/08-Homestudy Approved! -sent to USCIS
9/19/08- USCIS fingerprinting
9/28/08- received USCIS FDL
10/1/08 - Dossier sent to AGCI
10/13/08- OFFICIALLY #26 on the girl's list!!
10/14/08- Dossier sent off to Washington D.C. for authentication
10/17/08-unofficially #24
11/6/08- Dossier sent to Ethiopia!!!
11/7/08- OFFICIALLY #22
11/21/08-unofficially #21
11/25/08- unofficially #19
12/04/08-OFFICIALLY #18 unofficially #15
1/05/09-unofficially #12
1/09/09- OFFICIALLY #15 unofficially #11
1/16/09- unofficially #10
1/19/09- unofficially #9
1/29/09-unofficially #8
2/5/09- OFFICIALLY #8
2/10/09- unofficially #6
2/20/09-unofficially #5
3/5/09 - OFFICIALLY #5 unofficially #4?
3/30/09- unofficially #3, maybe #2?
4/4/09- Olivia "S" comes to HH
4/8/09- OFFICIALLY #2
4/13/09- THE CALL for Olivia "S"
4/14/09- Received Referral packet, meet with Int. Ped.
4/15/09-Referral Packet overnighted back to AGCI
4/21/09- Transition Plan Conference Call
5/4/09- Next Steps Conference Call/Travel Packet Received
5/13/09- Received our court date JUNE 4TH!
5/19/09- Problems with our USCIS paperwork
5/23/09- Olivia "S" turns 1! Happy Birthday!
6/4/09- Court in Ethiopia
6/9/09- found out we did not pass court
6/18/09- WE PASSED COURT!
6/23/09- travel dates change
6/25/09- CONFIRMED TRAVEL! USCIS PROBLEMS FIXED!!!
7/9/09- Leave for Ethiopia!!!
7/17/09- Forever Home!