Our Adoption

Sunday, April 15, 2012

New Family Pic

Showing our support for our adoption. Also thanks to Amy True's Husband for the great design. We love these shirts. We have sold so many. It is remarkable how much support we have gotten from our family and friends. Thank you.

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Thanks to all the wonderful friends & family below helping us adopt

*Barb Ball
*Cemetary Mary
*Cindy & Marty Paulson
*Mike & Mary Tighe
*Ken & Linda Wochos
*Steve & Jenny Opichka
*Jeff & Shannon Opichka
*Jeanne Blaedorn
*Heather Meier
*Ann Abel
*Amy Nielson
*Kathy Zabel
*Vicky Raddatz
*John & Rae Opichka
*Roberts K & 1st Grade wing
*Michelle Cleveland
*Bob & Sue Main
*Grandpa & Grandma Thuerwachter
*Liz and Joe Mazna
*Grandpa & Grandma Hynek
* Shelley & Pat Tighe
* Aunt Ardis and Don
* Bubba and Chrissie Bass
*Fredrickson Family
*Laura & Dave Hynek
*Mary Koenigs
*Jackie & Jamie Howard
*Pam Tranel
*Rosenow Staff
*Darlene Hoffman
*Jessica King
*Harry & Bonnie Classen
*Becky Wightman
*Shane Tulowitsky

*Don & Barb Milage

*LuAnn (neighbor)

*Lynn & Joan Neighbors

*Aunt Barbara

Adoption Time Line

11/23/12 Flew HOME Rocky meets Hunter and Sommer

11/21/12 Got our exit letter

11/16/12 met Rocky for the 1st time

11/13/12 Flew to Congo

10/25/12 Reservations at St. Annes

10/24/12 Booked Airline Tickets

10/20/12 I600 Approval

9/29/12 Got Rocky's Passport today

9/3/12 Got Rocky's Birth Cert
8/3/12 CONA is final he is offically ours in the congo
7/3/12 Judgement day Yipee. Not sure what it all means but we know it is a step closer to bringing our baby home.
6/20/12 Found a translator for our docs. Doing some scrambling around to scan files and send to her. SHe is wonderful. Next step is mail things to the COngo.
6/17/12 Got my dossier today. Dan will stay home from work tomorrow and work on finding a translator. This is very overwhelming for me
6/13/12 waiting on my dossier from OWAS. They have not translated it yet. Now I have to pay a translator to translate all of our documents
6/13/12 Sent $9,000 to the Congo. Sick to my stomach. I am wiring $9,000 to someone I don't even know. All I know is I have heard wonderful stories about her and great reviews. Well she got the money within 10 minutes. Gosh that is fast.
6/7/12 Cancelled our contract with our previous agency and signed with Vanessa today. Yippeeee travel should be in 4 months. I can't wait.
6/7/12 REFERRAL- He is so CUTE. Not the best name in the world Dodo (long o sound). He has no birthday so we have to give him a birthday. He looks so sad but his eyes are so big.
6/6/11 My new contact in the Congo is Vanessa. She has a 4 year old boy for us. She will send the info tomorrow I can't wait.
6/4/12 My contact in the Congo found someone that has a referral for me. She has to contact them and they will send the information
6/3/12 I emailed a contact in the Congo about information on a referral. Not happy with our agency currently.
5/19/12 Rummage sale we raised $1350 in sales and $162 in donations
4/27/12 We went to our biometrics in Milwaukee. How excting. Now we just keep waiting. I did hear that they have 12 little kiddos coming into the orphange soon and it looks like one of those 12 will be ours...Yipee
4/13/12 - We finally got our biometrics appt. April 27 is the big day. We go to Milwaukee then we close on our house in the later part of the afternoon.
3/17/12 - all of our dossier paperwork is in except for 171h (whatever that means but I am sure I will find out). Our homsestudy is complete so we will start filling out grants
2/17/12 Sent in our 1600A form with $850
2/10/12 Got copies of our birth certificate and marriage license
2/10/12 Had our HIV and TB test today
2/6/12 Sent in payment $3400 waiting for referral
2/1/12 Started selling t-shirts
1/31/12 1st homestudy interview with Deb Reid (Speical Children)
1/27/12 Picked OWAS international agency sent in $250 app fee
1/23/12 - Filled out homestudy paperwork. Sent in $100 app fee
1/12 Researched agencies

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