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Slowly but surely
March 5, 2010No Comments
You know those dreams where you are trying to run as fast as you can but are moving in slow motion? That’s how I have felt the last few months. We are slowly progressing though. Yesterday Nate and I had a conference call with a representative from AGCI. She reviewed the contracts we need to [...]
New Agency
February 15, 20101 Comment
We recently decided to switch adoption agencies. There were a few issues that helped us make the decision to switch. First, I was reading online posts from families who were in the process of adopting. I noticed that the wait time for a referral was significantly longer than what the agency had told me a [...]
Why Ethiopia?
January 31, 20101 Comment
We have decided to adopt a boy from Ethiopia. I have always been intrigued by international adoption but I thought more and more about it during my graduate studies in public health. In one of my courses I was assigned to work in a group to develop a pseudo-business and apply our management knowledge. My [...]
Homestudy? Check.
January 28, 2010No Comments
Today we passed an exciting milestone in our adoption process. Our social worker came over for and hour and a half to interview us. She was friendly and happy for us. We were lucky to find such a great social worker. After we agreed to work with her, I found out from a coworker that [...]
Status Update
January 16, 2010No Comments
Everyone says that the beginning stages of the adoption process are frustrating. We have tried to submit everything in a timely manner. I knew that if we didn’t drag our feet, we would get through the process much quicker. Now I see where the frustration comes for everyone. At this point we have done everything [...]
A few lines from the husband
January 13, 20103 Comments
This is Nathan. I don’t know how often I’ll post to this blog, but I had a dream that April wanted me to document. It really wasn’t a very big deal, but it was my first dream yet about adoption. All I really remember was that somebody brought an Ethiopian boy to our house. I [...]
First Post Ever
December 31, 2009No Comments
Well we’ve decided to join the world of blogging. The main purpose of the blog right now will be to document the process of adoption. We recently selected the agency and have contacted the social worker who will conduct our home study. Nate and I worked on some of the paperwork over the break and [...]
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