5/14/11: Pre-app submitted 5/18/11: Application submitted 5/26/11: Acceptance into program 6/14/11: Orientation/1st home study visit 9/26/11: Assigned a home study social worker 10/8/11: 2nd home study visit 10/22/11: 3rd home study visit 11/8/11: Final home study visit 12/8/11: Home study approved 12/22/11: I600 received at processing center 1/26/11: Biometrics appointment 2/4/12: I-171H Provisional Approval 2/24/12: […]
It all started when I noticed while reviewing referral paperwork that John had a cousin with whom he was raised and who was also relinquished at the same time. I immediately called our family coordinator and asked if we would ever be able to pursue her as well. The reaction was mixed. While our agency generally […]
The tickets are bought and Embassy appointments made. We leave to bring Kayla and John home on Saturday, August 18th! We had a generous donor offer a matching grant of $2000 to help us financially on this final leg of our journey. If you’d like to serve us in this way, you can donate here. […]
Four years ago, if I had seen myself with Ty out in public, I would have judged. If I had seen the mistrust, disrespect, anger, and hyperactive behavior, I would have assumed we needed more discipline and structure. But that was B.T. (Before Ty). This spring Ty got a formal diagnosis for something I had […]
Our agency called at 8:30 this morning and announced that our son passed court! They’d been telling us “definitely tomorrow” for almost 3 weeks so this was a pretty big deal. The kids all started jumping around and chanting, “John passed court! John passed court!” John (his chosen American name) is legally a Corkum which […]
In preparation for welcoming 2 additional kiddos into the house, we needed to do a little re-organizing and re-arranging. Phase I: The Front Hallway Regardless of the big kids coming, this was a problem. BEFORE We used to have wall-to-wall white carpet which made it a necessity for the kids to drop their shoes on […]
It all started with this sign. Maybe you have to experience Addis traffic before you can fully appreciate that this sign probably means something like, “Run for your life and drag your kid with you when crossing!” Then we started noticing other people in signs who seemed decidely less frazzled. Some were even brave enough […]
I know a lot of you have been asking or wondering if we have an update about the big kids. Most commonly asked is “when are they coming home?” Trust me if I knew something, I would be yelling it from the rooftops. But, alas, we are in that no man’s land called “DID NOT […]