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Masaii Child
A photo taken from our trip to Africa in 2003
About Us
- Shawn and Laura
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- We have been married 8 years (wow!), and started the process of bringing our children home from Ethiopia in June of 2007. It is a long but exciting and difficult process. Thanks for checking in!
Colours of Tanzania
Taken in 2003 outside a Masaii camp in the Serengeti
Adoption Checklist
- 33. July 17, 2009. Update from CAFAC that timelines continue to increase and are unpredictable. Advised to prepare for 36-48 months.
- 32. May 15, 2009: Update from CAFAC that the wait times have been extened up to 21 months for a referral. So have to prepare for 8+ more months of waiting...
- 31. April 21, 2009. Waiting 12 months since our dossier arrived in Ethiopia. Not sure how long it takes now, but feels never ending....
- 30. November 11, 2008 Waiting for a referral x 6.5 months. Now told it may take 24 months...:(
- 30. June 24, 2008 Waiting for a referral x 2 months...
- 29. June 12th Canadian Immigration paperwork arrived. Now we just need a referral to send it onward!
- 28. May 24 2008 Waiting for a Referral x 1 month
- 27. May 2008 PRV paperwork on route to Ottawa
- 26. May 2008 PRV paperwork sent in to CAFAC
- 25. April 24 2008! Dossier to Ethiopia
- 24. April 2008 Dossier to Ethiopian Embassy
- 23. March 2008 Dossier returned from forgein affairs (again) via Fedex
- 22. March 2008 Second attempt: dossier at forgein affairs
- 21, March 2008 Canada Post misplaces our mail x 4 days
- 20. March 2008 We re-send our documents to CAFAC
- 19. February 2008 Canada Post loses items on route to Ethiopian Embassy
- 18. February 2008 Items sent to Ethiopian Embassy
- 17. February 2008 Items sent/ returned from Canadian Embassy
- 16. December 2007 We change our request from one child to siblings
- 15. December 2007 Choices education day attended
- 14. December 2007 Dossier and paperwork photocopied and sent to CAFAC
- 13, December 2007 CAFAC Education booklet done
- 12. November 2007 2nd Medical appointment done: We passed!!
- 11. November 2007 TB Skin Tests: Done and read (yay, both negative)
- 10. November 2007 1st Medical appointment complete: Req for labs given
- 9. November 2007 Application framing size Birth Certificate Shawn
- 8. October 2007 Second Adoption Workshop attended: Building Skills Transracial Parenting
- 7. October 2007 Adoption Workshop attended: Building Transracial Families
- 6. October 2007 Application for new Birth Certificate for Laura
- 5. October 2007 Application to Sponsor a Child
- 4. August 2007 Cafac installment payed: Dossier on it's way to us and educational booklet being sent
- 3. July 2007 Cafac Agency chosen
- 2. June 2007 Homestudy started-Completed August 2007
- 1. May 2007 Choices Adoption Agency in BC Chosen
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3 comments:
yay, hope you reallyyyyyyy enjoyed yourselves. YOU both deserve it!!!! After exams and a LONG wait... oh and I figured out WL... williams lake right???
I don't think that counts.... but Mill Bay would.... ha just a ploy to get you to come visit!!!!
Shhh... I'm really not thrilled about this year's tour. We haven't missed a concert in YEARS!!! Then this year we move to Calgary and they don't come here, they go to Vancouver only. Sniff sniff. And on my birthday too! Sniff Sniff.
Yes, it is the thing to do!!!!
We went too!!!!
Amazing! As they always are :)
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