Saturday, July 4, 2009

We're Adopting!!!

Hello Everyone! Well, here it is... the beginning of Sean & Jaime's Blog. I know you're all SO excited. Just kidding. Anyhow, a handful of you may know already... but, for those of you that don't... Jaime and I are in the process of adopting from Ethiopia!!

Here's a quick timeline/rundown for those of you that knew nothing of this until now:

1. Even before we got married Jaime and I knew that we wanted to grow our family through adoption. The only thing that hadn't been confirmed was when and from where.

2. At the end of 2008, after much research and prayer, we felt like God was telling us that our child was in Ethiopia.

3. In December 2008 we sent in our application to an agency. By February 2009 we had signed on with them and began our dossier (huge packet of paperwork). International adoption is quite a long and involved process... but we have finished quite a bit of the paperwork and hope to have our dossier complete soon. Once it is complete we will send it to our agency who will have it sent to Ethiopia. At that point we will begin our wait for a referral. Once we have and accept the referral of a particular child we will have to wait to get a court date, pass court, and then shortly after court passage we will travel to Ethiopia to pick up our son (oh yeah, we are requesting a 0-18 month old boy).

That's it for now. We will give more info and updates throughout the remainder of the process.

Thanks for reading... and God bless!! Oh yeah, it is not too soon to start praying for our little one, that the remainder of the process will go smoothly, AND that we find favor with: the orphanage from which our child is located, the Ethiopian government, US immigration, and the judge who will eventually hear our case.

Thanks,

Sean

4 comments:

TeeTee said...

Congratulations! Each step you guys take brings my nephew a step closer. Yipee!

Steph said...

You will be fantastic parents! I am very excited for you!

Unknown said...

What a great way to keep everyone informed. Your mom may have to start using her laptop. She's already started shopping for our new grandson, as well.

Love,
Dad

Unknown said...

We are so excited for you both. We pray that everything goes smooth and you bring your son home safely. We can't wait to see him. We are happy you've chosen this avenue to increase you'r family as there are so many children in the world that need parents to love them and you have alot of love to give.
This blog is so cool.....love Dad & Jill