Our ADOPTION

Read our Adoption Story HERE!


Our Adoption Timeline:
08/31/12 - Received our finalized adoption decree! 8/24/12 she became OURS for FOREVER!
01/11/12 - Josh and Alethia land on US soil TOGETHER!
01/06/12 - Josh leaves to get Alethia
12/28/11 - Paperwork arrived back in Kampala
12/19/11 - I-600 Approval Received
12/02/11 - Josh Leaves To Come Home
11/30/11 - Case Arrived In Nairobi
11/20/11 - Tasha, Areyna and Zeke Return Home
11/18/11 - Officially Denied VISA
11/16/11 - Embassy Appointment
11/14/11 - Dropped Everything Off At Embassy
11/12/11 - Finally Received Written Ruling
11/02/11 - Ruling Scheduled
10/28/11 - Rescheduled Court Date
10/05/11 - Court Date
09/26/11 - Leave For Uganda
08/31/11 - Received A Court Date
08/26/11 - Received ShowHope Grant Check
07/19/11 - Case Assigned to a Judge
07/11/11 - Case Submitted To Court
06/13/11 - Assigned A Case Number
06/03/11 - Immigration Approval
05/17/11 - Dossier made it to Uganda
05/10/11 - Dossier is on its way to Uganda
05/05/11 - Received the kid's passports
04/26/11 - Biometrics Appointment
04/07/11 - Passport appointment for the kids.
03/28/11 - Mailed off our Dossier to our Agency
03/26/11 - Received notice from Homeland Security that our USCIS paperwork was received
03/15/11 - Accepted Our Referral
03/15/11 - Sent off USCIS Application
03/08/11 - Home Study Approved
01/10/11 - Final Home Study visit.
01/08/11 - Finished educational classes.
12/16/10 - Began our online educational classes
12/09/10 - Our first Home Study visit.
12/03/10 - Received our Uganda binder in the mail.
11/24/10 - Mailed off our agency contract.
11/17/10 - Approved by the Agency
11/11/10 - Mailed off our Agency application
11/10/10 - Chose our agency and filled out the application
11/03/10 - Officially decide that we are going to do this!