Sunday, June 8, 2008

Jive!















Yesterday was Jive! Jive! is a community-wide outreach for our church, 24Church, and it's one of the largest special events in Pleasant View. This year we had blow-up slides, climbing wall, obstacles courses and several others that were attached to water and ended up producing very wet and muddy children! We had a mechanical bull, skateboarding exhibitions and helicopter rides. Besides that, we provided hot dogs, BBQ, hamburgers, soft drinks, popcorn and snow cones. We had drawings for a Wii, an iPod and free gas. The kids, and I think the entire community, had a blast! That night they showed the movie, Bee Movie, on yet another blow-up invention -- a blow-up movie screen. Everyone brought blankets, and our church provided free popcorn, soft drinks, chips and sold Dominos pizza for $1 a slice. The movie was so cute, I found myself laughing out loud. Unfortunately, Ephraim didn't make it in any of the pictures because he was in the stroller most of the day, but he had fun meeting everyone at church and watching the movie. He was mesmerized by the movie until he finally fell asleep in the middle of the blanket.

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Referral Picture

Referral Picture

Adoption Timeline

  • 2006
  • November 8 - Application Mailed
  • November 22 - Accepted
  • November 24 - I-600A Mailed
  • November 27 - Delivery Confirmed
  • November 28 - Receipt of I-600A
  • November 30 - Fingerprint Notice
  • December 15 - Home Study Update
  • December 21 - Stacey Fingerprinted
  • December 28 - Added to List (#116)
  • 2007
  • January 24 - Home Study Mailed
  • January 25 - Ben Fingerprinted
  • February 8 - Waiting List (#111)
  • February 20 - Waiting List (#109)
  • February 27 - Waiting List (#105)
  • March 8 - Waiting List (#101)
  • March 22 - Waiting List (#99)
  • April 19 - Waiting List (#98)
  • April 25 - Dossier Authentication
  • May 2 - Delivery Confirmed
  • May 2 - Added to SN Wait List
  • May 3 - Waiting List (#97)
  • June 7 - Waiting List (#86)
  • June 25 - Dossier Translated
  • June 28 - On Waiting List Six months
  • July 9 - Waiting List (#81)
  • August 6 - Waiting List (#4 SN)
  • August 8 - Waiting List (#76)
  • September 7 - Waiting List (#70)
  • October 8 - Waiting List (#67)
  • October 22 - Waiting child -- OURS!!
  • October 23 - Official Referral Date
  • October 25 - Letter #1 Submitted
  • October 29 - Referral Receipt - CHI
  • 2008
  • February 5 - Fingerprint Request
  • February 7 - Proof of Delivery
  • March 1 - All Fingerprinted
  • March 3 - I-600 Application Mailed
  • March 5 - I-600 Acknowledgement
  • April 17 - I-600 Approval!
  • May 2 - Original G & R Date
  • May 3 - Fly to Ho Chi Minh City
  • May 5 - MEET EPHRAIM!
  • May 6 - Drive to Kien Giang
  • May 7 - G & R Ceremony
  • May 8 - Medical, Apply for Passport
  • May 12 - Fly to Hanoi
  • May 13 - Visa appointment at USCIS
  • May 14 - Pick Up Visa, Fly Home
  • May 15 - Arrive in Nashville!
  • May 23 - Certificate of Citizenship
  • June 12 - Re-Adoption Filed by Court
  • July 3 - Tennessee Birth Certificate

G & R Day

G & R Day