We are pleased to announce that yesterday, we received our referral for our ELLIE!!! I was totally surprised as I had just called on Monday and nothing and then the next day I got "The Call". We do not have specific travel dates yet, but anticipate travelling the end of May.
And while we cannot share photos until she is ours legally, believe us when we say she was so WORTH THE WAIT and that we are over the moon with excitement. She is tiny and beautiful! Friends who are currently in country indicate she is "gorgeous" (thanks for that word, A, LOVE IT!!!) and are going to hopefully be able to bring home photos for us soon!!
God has been so good to our family and while the wait has been long, I would have waited as long as it took for Him to fulfill His promise to us of our daughter.
"For this child I have prayed and God has given me what I asked of Him!" 1 Sam 1:27. To God be the glory, great things He has done.
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- October 24, 2008 - Home at last!!
- October 14, 2008 - GOTCHA Day
- October 10, 2008 - Leave for Trip 2
- September 10, 2008 - 30 wait finalized - legally our daughter
- August 11, 2008 - Court for Ellie
- June 20, 2008 - Made the decision to accept Ellie as our referral (2nd time)
- June 18, 2008 - Found out Ellie is healthy!
- June 8, 2008 - Leave Kyrgyzstan
- June 5, 2008 - Unable to accept referral
- May 23, 2008 - Leave for Trip 1
- May 14, 2008 - Referral!!
- March 27, 2008 - Dossier received at AO
- March 24, 2008 - Dossier mailed to AO
- March 22, 2008 - Back to Sec of State to have documents corrected
- March 17, 2008 - Found out Dossier Documents Have Spelling Error by the State - Have to Re-Do Them
- March 14, 2008 - Dossier Authenticated
- March 14, 2008 - Fingerprinted for I171H
- March 3, 2008 - USCIS fingerprinting appointment letter received
- February 12, 2008 - Homestudy update complete
- February 12, 2008 - I600A application sent to USCIS
- February 5, 2008 - 7th on agency list
- February 4, 2008 - Met with first agency to begin homestudy update
- January 23, 2008 - First Agency Agrees to Concurrent Adoption and Agrees to Update Homestudy
- January 8, 2008 - Contracts Mailed to Adoption Options -- Begin Gathering Items for Dossier and Homestudy Update
- December 17, 2007 - Application mailed to Adoption Options
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- Maria
- Christian, wife, mom and photographer who loves: Jesus, my husband, my son and daughter, my parents, my friends, my church, animals, photography, reading, sports (if my son is playing), saving money with coupons, reality TV and adoption. Dislikes include being late (although I always am), lost keys (they always are), lots of noise, rude people, grits and gravy, lying, work - most of the time (unfortunately this is a necessary evil) and a messy house (but then when is it not?).
18 comments:
YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!
This pretty much makes my day. I am so happy for you!!! God has blessed you for being faithful.
Can't wait to see pictures of her in a few weeks and also to follow along on the most exciting part of your journey!!!
Oh, and can I say YAY again????? :) :) :)
Congratulations!!
I can't wait to meet her, I'm sure she is adorable!
I'm SO happy for you Maria. Hope the waiting is short from here.
Best, Clare
Hooooooray!!! Congratulations!! Can't wait to hear all about your trip!
Oh Maria, that is wonderful! I am so happy and excited for you. Congratulations! Can't wait until you can share pictures! I love reading news like this and am thrilled I am reading it on your blog!
Hi Maria!
My husband and I are with AO, too, and I always check in on your blog to see how things are going with you, and I was SO excited to see you received your referral!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are #2 in line for a boy and are keeping our fingers crossed for a referral soon! So nice to see they are still happening!
Cheers!
Marcy
Maria:
Hi and Congratulations!!!. We are with Nightlight and are #2 for a baby girl. I am so excited for you and your family and glad to see some referrals after the reorganization.
Suzanne ( in FL)
Oh Maria, I am trying to see to write as I wipe away the tears. As soon as I saw your title, "Referral," the river started flowing. I gasped & made my husband turn the tv off so I could read your post to him!! I can only imagine how you are feeling right now and I am so happy for you. I will definitely be sleeping better tonight. Can't wait to see your beautiful daughter.
YIPPEEEE!!!!! Congratulations!!!! Shouting here in East Tennessee!!!!!!
Kathy
That is wonderful news!!! I am so very happy for you. Can't wait to follow along as your real journey is now just beginning! I hope you get to travel SOON to go meet her!
:)
Monica
I already emailed you, but wanted to let it be known here that we are SO excited for you! I can't wait to read about you holding her in your arms!
YIPEE!!! Oh my goodness...CONGRATULATIONS! This is such exciting news!
YAY!
Popping over here, too, to wish you even more Congrats and letting you know how happy I am to hear this news.
Breathe ;)
That is great news!! I'm so excited for you! Can you put me on your readers list? i had to sneak in the back way!!! I want to read all about her!
Hooray! That is SO exciting!
Cant wait to see pictures of that sweet baby girl.
Congratulations,
Amy Hood
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful! Congratulations!
I have been a reader for some time now and haven't commented (at least I don't think I have? haha) but I just had to say how excited I was to hop on here just now and see the awesome news!! Congratulations to you, your family and your precious little girl!!!
God works in a mighty way! I apologize for the delay in my comments...I'm so happy for you and for Ellie!!! I will continue to pray for you and your family!!!
Blessings
Johnda
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