Happy House of Hastings: REFERRAL

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

REFERRAL

I truly can not believe I am writing this post. Today we received a referral for a precious baby boy. He is just shy of 4 months old. He is super adorable and we love him already!!!

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UnknownApril 24, 2013 at 9:24 AM
That is so great!!!! I just love seeing so many families being made this month. It is so exciting!!!! Can't wait to hear more about and see pics after you clear court! Congrats!!!!!
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Adoption Timeline

~8/8: Return home as a family of 3! Happy Birthday to Chris/Daddy!
~8/5: Embassy Appt.
~8/4: Take Custody of Alazar
~8/1: Cleared Embassy
~7/11: Submitted to Embassy
~6/11: Passed Court. Hastings are a family of 3!
~6/8: Met Alazar for the first time!
~6/5: Leave for ET
~5/21/13: Travel Vaccinations Done
~5/20/13: A's Preliminary Court Hearing-Passed!
~4/23/13: REFERRAL DAY! We received the referral of a beautiful baby boy!!!!
~3/28/13: #32
~3/1/13: #36
~2/1/13: #38
~1/4/13: #41
~12/3/12: #42, Dossier send to ET, Officially added to the referral waiting list
~November 2012: Dossier authenticated at the U.S. State Dept. and bundled at the Ethiopian Embassy in D.C.
~11/10/12: Mailed dossier off to the Asst. Stork Courier Service
~11/6/12: Documents sealed by State of MA
~11/5/12: Received I171H
~10/24/12: Fingerprinting Appointments
~ 9/6/12: Sent I-600 A application to U.S. Immigration
~ July thru November 2012: Gathered & notarized documents for Dossier
~ 7/16/12: Officially accepted into AAI's Ethiopia Program (Happy Birthday to me!)
~ 7/11/12: Submitted formal application to AAI
~ 7/3/12: Submitted prelim. application to AAI
~ 6/27/12: Received denial from CAN via email
~ 6/20/12: Applied to CAN
~ 6/19, 6/26 & 7/9/12: Homestudy Visits with Social Worker