The Costs of Adoption

August 3, 2011

Just a little update that we have a new page here on the blog, detailing the costs of our adoption. If you’re confused about why adoption is so expensive or wondering what all the money is going toward, please check it out – I think you will find it very helpful!

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Huge Milestone: Dossier is Turned In!

August 1, 2011

So, this is a quick update to say that we have completed and turned in our dossier! Wow. It feels surreal to say that; we’ve been working on it for six months. There were so many little things that we had to re-do along the way; I thought we would never get it finished. But […]

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Progress!!!

July 1, 2011

Yesterday evening we got some great news! We were approved for a zero-interest adoption loan from Abba Fund in the amount of $5000. Whoo hoo!!! (You may not know, but when you adopt a child, you receive a tax credit the following year, and you may use this refund to pay back a loan, effectively […]

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So close (and yet so far…)

June 21, 2011

Well, we have some great news this week! We sent in our dossier for approval by our adoption agency. We heard back from them today and there are a few changes we need to make, a few documents we need to update, etc. But in general, most things were great. So, this week we will […]

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The Skinny on the Shirts

May 18, 2011

Tonight is an exciting night. We’ve combed through all the orders for shirts and we’re ready to start delivering the first batch! As Katie said before, we only made a small order initially, so those who ordered first will be receiving their shirts shortly! If you didn’t make this order we’re looking to place the […]

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T-Shirts and Other Thoughts

May 12, 2011

Well, the EXCITING news is that our adoption t-shirts are in! They came in last week, actually, but we’ve been out of town and haven’t had a chance to deal with them. But if you pre-ordered a shirt, you should (hopefully) receive it very soon! Shaun, wearing a Men’s L However, we only did a […]

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THANK YOU for buying our Valentines!

March 14, 2011

A really big thank-you to all of you who purchased our Valentines during the month of February! Many of you also promoted them on your own blogs, and through Facebook and Twitter. We are so grateful! We sold many more than we had expected, and we also received an amazing number of donations above and […]

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Latest News: Training and Dossier Assembly

February 1, 2011

Last weekend, we spent ten hours in a mandatory adoption training seminar. This training is required for our adoption by Colombia and the U.S. There were about 12 couples and a few singles there, and we covered topics such as: coping with loss in adoption child development medical issues the orphanage experience attachment and bonding preserving cultural […]

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Home study approval!

January 10, 2011
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Image of women selling fruit on the streets of Cartagena, Colombia. Source. Whew! After months and months and a ridiculously long wait from the great state of Kentucky for my criminal background check, we are finally “home-study-approved.” This means that our adoption agency has decided that we are ready to adopt a child from Colombia. […]

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Home study interviews: Is this a world record?

October 18, 2010

In my last update, I told you I turned in our home study paperwork on Friday morning, October 15. We were told that our social worker would call us today (Monday) to set up a time for our interviews. Well, she emailed us on Saturday morning, the 16th, and said that she goes to our […]

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