I guess it was bound to happen. I had a dream a week ago Sunday. For the first time ever, I dreamed I was holding my child. She(!) was very tiny, fragile, and floppy, like most newborns. (Those floppy heads always make me nervous). I was standing with her in my arms and leaning back, trying to prop her up on my chest so her head wouldn't flop around and so she would be more comfortable. Her eyes were closed. She was so fragile. Her name was Joy.
The Redhead likes the name.
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Brian and Tracy
We became a family of four on August 30, 2010 when we adopted our two beautiful sons in Ethiopia. In March 2013, our Texas-born daughter made us a party of five!
Our Adoption Timeline
January 2009 - We saw Slumdog Millionaire, and God really began to stir our hearts about international adoption.
February 2009 - We had serious conversations and prayer about adopting from Ethiopia.
March 2009 - We had our phone orientation with Gladney (our adoption agency), decided to adopt from Ethiopia, and sent away for our application.
April 2009 - We submitted our application to Gladney, and began the paper chase!
May 2009 - We had our doctor appointments, continued the paper chase, and had our homestudy visit.
June 2009 - We submitted our last item of required paperwork to accompany our application to Gladney. Our homestudy report was completed and submitted to Gladney. On June 30th, our second anniversary, we received word from Gladney that we were fully approved to be an adoptive family through the Gladney Center, and that they sent our homestudy to CIS.
July 2009 - We received our "invitation" from CIS to come for fingerprinting. We were fingerprinted on July 18, 2009.
September 2009 - Our CIS approval notice arrived in the mail. Dossier completed and sent off on September 8. Placed on Gladney's wait list on September 8.
May 2010 - We received our referral for two boys--brothers--on May 24. The older is 19 months old. The younger is 1 month old.
July 2010 - We passed phase one of the court process on July 19th.
August 2010 - We traveled to Addis Ababa to meet the boys, go to court, legally become their parents, sight see a bit, and return home for three weeks. We returned to Ethiopia on August 30th, when they were placed forever in our arms! We are a family of four!
October 2010 - We received the boys' Certificates of Citizenship in the Mail from CIS!
November 2010 - We completed the Recognition of Foreign Adoption Decree process here in Texas, and received the boys' original birth certificates issued by the state of Texas!
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8 comments:
Aww Joy is a beautiful name :)
Joy is a wonderful name. It was the middle name of choice for my first 2 babies (both boys so we didn't use it) and Grace was the middle name of [girl] choice for the next 2 babies (2 more boys!). A pastor friend of ours just gave her little girl the middle name, Hope.
I look forward to "meeting" your child(ren) and learning a new name!
Wow. He is obviously telling you that you are having a girl-at the very least! It's going to be awesome to see what happens shortly!
You're going to be a wonderful mother, T.
And once one of those little heads officially belongs to you, the floppiness isn't nearly as nerve-wracking. :)
Oops, that was B.
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At any rate, you'll both be great!
Wow that's neat. When we were waiting for K I had a VERY similar dream. I dreamed that we got a little girl and that she was tiny and the best part was when they handed her to me I was the happiest I had ever felt. It was pretty close to that when we got K except the she was a he- and there was still fear in my mind that somehow it wasn't all happening- So I wasn't AS happy as in the dream. Still it was wonderful! Can't wait for you dreams to come true!
That is a beautiful dream, a gift from God. My middle name is joy and i hope to pass it along to a child one day. :) I love it. I'm sorry I'm late in posting to this, you'll probalby never read this but I couldn't help it because this is such a sweet dream. :)
Joy...that's my mom's name. :) What a lovely dream. Can't wait until it's true. And even if you never get a newborn, don't worry. You get used to the floppy head pretty darned quick.
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