Our Adoption
Adoption Timeline
Currently we are: Traveling 9/21
Andrew's ETA
: September 27

09.27.06  Fly home- arrive midnight 09.28
09.25.06  Embassy Appt.
09.24.06  Meet Andrew and he stays with us
09.21.06  Leave for Guatemala
09.12.06  REC'D PINK SLIP-
Andrew is our son!
09.07.06  NEW Birth Certificate and
Passport Issued
08.28.06  OUT OF PGN!!!
07.18.06  Re-submitted to PGN after previos
06.13.06  In PGN
06.08.06  Out of Family Court
05.22.06  Pre-Approval received
04.28.06  DNA Complete
04.04.06  Approval to do DNA testing
04.00.06  Enter Family Court
03.21.06  CIS Approval
03.16.06  Dossier complete
02.24.06  ACCEPT REFERRAL
02.14.06  SC DSS approves homestudy
02.02.06  Homestudy complete
12.20.05  ANDREW BORN
12.19.05  Began Homestudy
12.08.05  Applied for I600A
11.08.08  Application Accepted
10.18.05  Submit Application to Agency
Thank you, Amber, for another wonderful poem!
Once there were two women who never knew eath other.
One you do not remember, the other you call Mother.

Two different lives shaped to make you one.
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.

The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love.  The second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality.  The other gave you a name.
One gave you talent.  The other gave you aim.

One gave you emotions.  The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile.  The other dried your tears.

One sought for you a home that she could not provide.
The other prayed for a child and her hope was not denied.

And now you ask me, thorugh your tears,
the age-old question unanswered through the years.
Heredity or environment, which are you a product of?
Neither, my darling.  Neither.  Just two different kinds of Love.

Author Unknown