Current Adoption
- June 5, 2014 - USCIS Approval!
- May 16th, 2014 - USCIS fingerprints (went early and got in!)
- April 29th, 2014 - homestudy approved
- March-April 2014 - Working on home study updates, new paperwork, online education
- March 7, 2014 - We say YES!
- Feb. 18, 2014 - Asked adoption agency to let us review their files
- Feb. 6, 2014 - Reach out to adoption agency (different than previous one) about the children
- Feb. 5, 2014 - Amber sees new pictures of same siblings and sends them to Troy to pray for them
- Jan 7, 2014 - Amber sees picture of siblings and begins to pray for them
- Dec 18, 2013 - Informed that the adoption agency chose another family for the boy. We choose to step back and seek God in His direction for our family
- Dec 10, 2013 - Home study approved
- October 2013 - Begin paperwork for adoption of boy who stayed in our home with a children's orphan choir
Saylor's Adoption
- Sept. 29, 2012 - SAYLOR IS HOME!
- Sept. 24, 2012 - Forever in our arms!
- August 13, 2012 - Passed Court!
- July 19, 2012 - Referral!
- October 2011 - Officially #5 on the list.
- September 2011 - Officially #6 on the list.
- August 2011 - Officially #10 on the list.
- April 8th, 2011 - Officially #24 on the list
- November 4th, 2010 - Officially #50 on the list
- October 5th, 2010 - Officially #59 on the list
- September 20th, 2010 - Received FDL in the mail
- September 9th, 2010 - Officially #69 on the list
- August 10th, 2010 - Officially #72 on the list
- August 6th, 2010 - Mailed in I600A form to USCIS
- July 22nd, 2010 - Officially on the list at #78
- July 21st, 2010 - Mailed updated dossier documents to AGCI *July 16th, 2010 - AGCI tells us 2 documents need revised *July 14th, 2010 - Mailed dossier to AGCI for girl 0-12 months
- March-June 2010 - Working on homestudy/dossierMarch 2010 - Accepted by AGCI for Ethiopian Program
Silas' Adoption
- Returned home with Silas on June 19th, 2009!
- Leave for Ethiopia on June 13th, 2009!
- US Embassy appointment June 15th, 2009.
- PASSED COURT May 20th, 2009. Silas is legally our SON.
- Court date scheduled May 20th, 2009
- REFERRAL OF A PERFECT BABY BOY FEBRUARY 11th, 2009
- Officially #3 on boys list and #12 on girls list February 5th, 2009
- Received I-171H in the mail February 2nd, 2009
- Unofficially #3 (or #2 or #1) on boy's list and #12 (or #11 or #10) on girls list January 29th, 2009
- Unofficially #4 on boy's list and #13 on girls list January 19th, 2009
- Unofficially #5 on boy's list and #14 on girls list January 16th, 2009
- Officially #11 on boy's list and #19 on girls list January 10th, 2009 (unofficially #7 and #15)
- Officially #11 on boy's list and #21 on girl's list December 8th, 2008
- Officially #15 on boy's list and #26 on girl's list November 17th, 2008
- Officially on the waiting list November 14th, 2008
- Dossier mailed to AGCI November 5th, 2008
- Home Study approved October 31st, 2008
- Received & made edits on home study draft October 14th, 2008
- Submitted I-600A October 8th, 2008
- Home Visit October 6th, 2008
- All dossier paperwork completed Sept. 27th, 2008
- Adoption Planner received August 20th, 2008
- Contracts mailed in August 8th, 2008
- Paperwork began in July 2008
- Decision to adopt in June 2008
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