Boudoir Bash with my girlfriends.
How fun would that be?
Melissa Ivan http://melissaivan.wordpress.com/
Friday, August 14, 2009
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- Bushel and a Peck (Ethiopian Adoption)
- Diane (ETH Adoption)
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- Jenn & Lionel
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- Misty - Ethiopian Adoption
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- Uterine Wars
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About Me
Our Timeline So Far.......
Began the Adoption process on December 1, 2007
1st homestudy practitioner (nightmare) Dec. 5, 2007
2nd homestudy practitioner (1st appointment) Dec. 11, 2007
2nd homestudy appointment Dec. 21, 2007
3rd appointment Jan. 7, 2008
Final homestudy appointment Jan 30, 2008
Completed Homestudy sent to the Ministry Feb. 8, 2008
Received Ontario Approval March 28, 2008 (7 weeks - We're ahead of schedule)
Canadian Legalization received and File Sent to Zambia April 15, 2008
Zambian Suspension Lifted May 8th, 2008
Decided to switch to Ethiopia - November 21, 2008
Homestudy Updated with Practitioner - Nov. 23, 2008
Country Switch letter sent to Ministry for approval - Nov. 24, 2008
Received Ontario Approval - December 22, 2008
Canadian Legalization received and File Sent to Ethiopia - Feb. 2, 2009!!!!
Filed landed and signed for in Addis - Feb. 7, 2009!!!
Agency Announces Bankruptcy - July 14, 2009 :(
Agency Resurrects - October 1, 2009!!!!
Referral -
Court date -
Medical -
Visa -
Fly to pick up our baby -
1st homestudy practitioner (nightmare) Dec. 5, 2007
2nd homestudy practitioner (1st appointment) Dec. 11, 2007
2nd homestudy appointment Dec. 21, 2007
3rd appointment Jan. 7, 2008
Final homestudy appointment Jan 30, 2008
Completed Homestudy sent to the Ministry Feb. 8, 2008
Received Ontario Approval March 28, 2008 (7 weeks - We're ahead of schedule)
Canadian Legalization received and File Sent to Zambia April 15, 2008
Zambian Suspension Lifted May 8th, 2008
Decided to switch to Ethiopia - November 21, 2008
Homestudy Updated with Practitioner - Nov. 23, 2008
Country Switch letter sent to Ministry for approval - Nov. 24, 2008
Received Ontario Approval - December 22, 2008
Canadian Legalization received and File Sent to Ethiopia - Feb. 2, 2009!!!!
Filed landed and signed for in Addis - Feb. 7, 2009!!!
Agency Announces Bankruptcy - July 14, 2009 :(
Agency Resurrects - October 1, 2009!!!!
Referral -
Court date -
Medical -
Visa -
Fly to pick up our baby -
Annie's Book Club
- "The Book of Negroes" by Lawrence Hill
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children by Melissa Faye Greene
- "Prisoner of Tehran; A Memoir" by Marina Nemat
- "Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachements With Your Child" by Lark Eshleman
- "Cross Cultural Adoption How to Answer Questions" by Amy Coughlin
- "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Referral Timeline
1 comment:
Good fun! A few drinks and see how sexy we can be bahahaha! Oh... let me know when so I can lose 10 lbs first!! LOL
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