http://uganda.anyhow5.com Follow our Adoption journey! Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:30:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I figured I'd start a new blog now that the adoption process is complete (minus a bit of paperwork, the re-adoption in US courts in March, and 3 post-placement reports at 3, 6, and 12 months).   If you are interested in following in our day-to-day life and want to check out ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2010/01/16/time-for-something-new/ The long-awaited post- here it is...finally!  Be prepared- a 10 day trip is a lot to write about. Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Happy Birthday to me and let the trip begin!  We said very hard goodbyes to our boys at home and to my mom and then my friend, Nicolae, picked us ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2010/01/10/time-flies-with-four-boys/ In just over 24 hours we will be leaving Chicago airport to be on our way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to pick-up and bring home Elijah and Jonah!   Finally!!   But, at the same time-whoa!   This has been a lot of work preparing for this trip!   We still have much to ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/12/15/hard-to-believe-its-here/ It's official!   We have our flights and lodging booked!!   We will be leaving from Chicago on my birthday, December 16th!   That is a Wednesday.  We wanted to leave on a Thursday, but there was nothing available.  Many flights and airlines were sold out, so we had to take what we ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/12/05/11-days-and-countingthe-plans-are-set/ Last week we were told that our embassy date would likely be January 5th.  Our caseworker was out of town and her replacement told us this.   We were pretty surprised and I have to say, it's not like me to be confrontational or fight for things, but I did call ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/11/28/after-about-a-two-week-waitthe-date-is-confirmed/ I meant to post this over a week ago now.   I was at the hospital's travel clinic one morning last week to get the remainder of my shots for Africa.   I was done, but was waiting in the lobby for 45 min. to make sure that the yellow fever vaccination did ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/11/26/this-was-no-accident/ Even though we don't have Elijah and Jonah home with us this Thanksgiving and we still don't even have a confirmed embassy date, we are extra thankful this year!  God has blessed us with 4 beautiful boys and we couldn't be happier. Hoping you and your families had a wonderful Thanksgiving ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/11/26/extra-reasons-to-be-thankful/ Usually you get your embassy date assigned 2-5 days after passing court.   Well nothing about our adoption has been normal, so of course that doesn't happen!   After one week and one day, I just couldn't wait any longer.  I called our agency.  Now, unfortunately, our caseworker is out of town ... http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/11/24/waiting-for-that-magical-day/ http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/11/24/celebrating-two-new-brothers/ http://uganda.anyhow5.com/2009/11/17/okayjust-a-few-more/