Brian's Mom is "Gramma" to our boys, and she loves them sooooooo much! In her, I have a wonderful mother-in-law, and the fact that she is an adoptive Mom, too, is an added bond that we share.
We love you, Gramma!
xxoo,
J and Z
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It's amazing, Brian looks alot like his mom to me!! God is wonderful!! I would never have guessed he was adopted!! What a blessing to have such a great bond with your mother in law! I sure wish I did.. LOL..
Grammas rock! Maya had 3, plus two great-grandmas, and they all have their own names, so it's easy to keep them clear in her mind. Granny, Grammy, Ma, Grandma, and Grandma Wells. What a blessing. She still has 4 of them now.
These are lovely pictures. I'm so glad you have such a great relationship with her, and it's touching that she is an adopted mother to boot. She understands those extra blessings and troubles.
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!
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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It's amazing, Brian looks alot like his mom to me!! God is wonderful!! I would never have guessed he was adopted!! What a blessing to have such a great bond with your mother in law! I sure wish I did.. LOL..
Love,
Sarah
Grammas rock! Maya had 3, plus two great-grandmas, and they all have their own names, so it's easy to keep them clear in her mind. Granny, Grammy, Ma, Grandma, and Grandma Wells. What a blessing. She still has 4 of them now.
These are lovely pictures. I'm so glad you have such a great relationship with her, and it's touching that she is an adopted mother to boot. She understands those extra blessings and troubles.
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