Court & Bob + the Fab Four: Introducing....

Amina Terynn Wennemar

Home to her forever family on August 26, 2011

Loved and adored by Bob, Courtney, Reilly, Chase and Piper

My Ever-Growing Reading List!

Fearless by Max Lucado

I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla by Marguerite White

There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene

A Walk to Beautiful (DVD)

Foods of Ethiopia by Barbara Sheen

Welcome to Ethiopia by Gareth Stephens Publ.

Looking at Ethiopia by Gareth Stephens Publ.

Real Parents, Read Children: Parenting the Adopted Child by Gulden and Bartels-Rabb

Cross Cutural Adoptions Show Hope

The Connected Child by Karyn B. Purvis and David Cross

Adopted for Life by Russell Moore

Choosing to SEE by Mary Beth Champman

Worlds Together: Ethiopia A Portrait by Elmer Hawkes (DVD)

The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope by Dr. Catherine Hamlin with John Little

I Love You Rituals by Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Passion for the Fatherless by Daniel Bennett

Crazy Love by Francis Chan

Our journey so far....

Febuary 18th-applied to FTIA

February 22nd-application approved by FTIA

February 26th-interview with social worker at Gateway Woods

March 3rd-phone meeting with FTIA case worker

March 12th-home study visit

April 12th-officially on file for finishing parent education classes

April 17th-attended cookout in Indy with other FTIA families

April 24th-attended adoption seminar at Gateway Woods

May 5th-received final copy of home study

May 10th-I-600 received by CIS

June 10th-fingerprinting date

June 12th-attended Ethiopian Grace Church for Ethiopian cooking lesson

July 9th-after what seemed like forever, we finally received our immigration approval

July 9th-FedExed our dossier and POA's to Caring Hands Inc.

July 15th-mailed authenticated dossier and POA's to FTIA

July 21st-dossier approved by FTIA

July 30th-dossier approved by BCS and sent to Ethiopia

August 10th- received grant approval from Hand in Hand

November 13th- attended Indianapolis Grace Ethiopian Church for an Ethiopian Culture Festival

December 28th- final travel vaccines

February 7th, 2011- switched over from FTIA to BCS

February 12th-Attended Indianapolis Grace Ethiopian Church to learn about hair braiding and different cultural groups

April 19th- REFERRAL DAY!

May 12th- Submitted to court

May 14th- Transracial Adoption Training

May 26th- Our first update :)

June 18th- Attended first annual Global Adoption Connection (focus on Africa)

June 28th- Our second update :)

July 8th- COURT DATE!!

July 18th- Re-fingerprinting appointment

July 22nd- Third update :)

July 23rd- Received re-fingerprinting letter (now not to expire until Oct. 2012)

August 1st- Learned that we had passed court!!! (Court approval on July 26th)

August 4th- Birth certificate secured

August 9th- Submitted to the Embassy!

Court & Bob + the Fab Four

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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