skip to main |
skip to sidebar
.JPG)
one more still to come...
Still not complete...stay tuned
(his daddy says this is his fish tale!)
Every Last One
The Clevingers
.JPG)
one more still to come...
Still not complete...stay tuned
Mekdes Clevinger
Ian Parker Surafel Clevinger
(his daddy says this is his fish tale!)
The Original Family
Cortney and Lindsey plus Pacey
Contributors
Timeline for M*' Adoption
- 3/14/09- Daddy and Mekdes..together forever!!
- 3/09/09- IN MY ARMS FOREVER!!!
- 3/06/09- Leave for Ethiopia
- 2/19/09- New VERY successful courtdate!!!
- 2/17/09- News of new court date
- 1/28/09- Rescheduled Court
- 1/27/09- M's court date (Relinquishment happened)--DELAYED
- 12/3/08- Received news of court date
- 07/07/08- Dossier arrived in Addis Ababa
- 06/28/2007- Dossier received by courier in DC=)
- 06/19/08- Received I-171H!!!
- 06/16/08- Gladney Approved
- 05/14/08- Home study arrived at USCIS
- 04/11/08- Fingerprint appointment
- 04/04/08- Homestudy complete
- 04/03/08- Received FBI clearance
- 03/21/08- Filed I-600A with USCIS
- 3/18/08- First Inquiry about a beautiful 8 yr old girl!
Timeline for Ian's Adoption
- 12/16/07- Hold Ian for the first time!!!
- 12/14/07- Leave for Ethiopia
- 12/6/07- Court date--He's OURS!!!!
- 11/7/07- Received news of court date
- 10/22/07- Received referral for Ian Parker Surafel
- 9/13/07- Dossier completely translated
- 8/14/07- Dossier arrived in Ethiopia
- 8/6/07- Dossier arrived in DC
- 8/3/07- Officially waiting for referral
- 7/28/07- Received approved I-171H
- 6/22/07- Formally accepted by Gladney
- 6/15/07- Homestudy mailed to CIS
- 6/14/07- Received clearance from FBI
- 06/05/07- Homestudy arrived for review by Mary @ Gladney
- 5/30/07- Sent in Gladney application
- 5/28/07- Final homestudy visit
- 5/25/07- Mailed FBI clearance request
- 5/24/07- Received Dossier packet
- 5/24/07- Submitted I-600A & got fingerprinted
- 5/21/07- Received application from Gladney
- 5/18/07- Phone orientation
- 5/14/07- First Inquiry about Ethiopia
- 4/24/07- First homestudy meeting
Blogs We Follow
- Kinnells
- Farmboy and Buttercup
- The Breedloves
- Amber
- Adoption Cubed
- Blog Re-Union 09
- Nation to Nation
- Growing in Faith and Family
- Ellie Mestas
- Thorne Family
- Reeves Family
- The Parkers
- journey of our hearts
- Jessica and Lance
- Almost Mom
- Ethiopia Mama
- Fournet Family
- Jesus Lovin Momma
- Frey Family
- The Martins
- The Fruit of the Spirit is not a Coconut
- Journeying Sojourners
- Jocelyn
- Wehrheim Family
- Timm and Jennifer
- The Daileader Family
- Drew and Carey
- Tara and Eric
- Baker Family
- Gladney
- The Page Family
- Road To Our Own
- Jobs Daughters
- Renee and Geert
- Bottomly Family
- Gladney Center
- Schmidt Family
54 comments:
OHHHH!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! i've been stalking all day and this made both coffeedoc and I have tears. SOOOOO GREAT!!! SOOOO HAPPY For you!!! For you all! BEen holding my breath all day. At last! At last! Hoorah! Go celebrate and go get her!! love M
AGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I am SO EXCITED for you!!!!!!!!!!! Grace Bizuayehu and I LOVED the video and we are both rejoicing and cannot wait for the day that Grace and Mekdes can talk again!
FINALLY...........Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...
Blessings,
Kristy & Family
Congratulations!!! Big girls give me warm fuzzies!!! I so hope you all are able to make it to Tulsa this summer.
Yeah!!!! At last indeed! She is so beautiful....such a great day! Congratulations!
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh praise be to God for what He has done!!! It's been nearly a year since we met your precious girl ... I can hardly wait to see her in your arms!!! Blessings, Shelly
Beautiful. Beautiful.
Congratulations!
-Beka
Congratulations....she is beautiful!!!!!
Yay! We are so happy for you! What a beautiful, happy little girl! Your family is truly blessed! Can't wait to read more of the details!
Finally! I am sooooooo thrilled for you guys to finally be bringing that gorgeous girl home. Kuri still talks about her.
Praise God!
Go Celebrate!!!
HOORAAAAY! She is beautiful. Congratulations on your new daughter, what a blessing she will be. Praising God with you!
Blessings,
Amy Hood
this is awesome!!!! She is STUNNING!!!! Congratulations on your gorgeous new daughter!!!!
becca :)
She is BEAUTIFUL!!! CONGRATS!!!!
YEA!! Congratulations!! She is breathtaking!
Finally my sweet friend...she's all yours! I can't believe how beautiful she is! We're so happy for you!
XO,
Renee
She is beautiful! What an amazing smile!!
YAY GOD!!
Congratulations!!! She is beautiful! I think I have a picture of her holding our youngest son, Ephrem. Is she at the Gladney home for older children? We'll see you in Ethiopia!
So beautiful! Go celebrate your new family!
congratulations! she is beautiful!
OMG!!!! Congratulations! Mekdes is BEYOND beautiful - wow! She looks so amazing! What a blessing!!!!!
Wooo hooo!! :)
Congratulations! She is beautiful! What a great day!
Congratulations--at last!!!! Mekdes is such a beautiful girl! I can't wait to show Faven the video--she will be soooo excited!
It was fun watching and looking for Faven and Diborah in the pictures--i found them in a few!
Congrats again!!
congrats!! she is absolutely breathtaking and i am so so so so happy for you ALL. God is good, and I know you are so relieved to have THIS day finally come! can't wait until she is in your arms in a great big hug!!
Mekdes is simply breathtaking!! Congratulations on your new daughter!!!!!!
I swear I commented already, but it is gone:-( I'll try again!! CONGRATULATIONS!! She is amazing! I am so happy for you guys!!
She is so beautiful!!! I can't wait to see you guys with her. Congrats.
SHE IS THE MOST GORGEOUS CHILD!!!!
WOW!
I have goose bumps!
I am so EXCITED for you guys!!!!!!
tnateam.blogspot.com
Tracie in TN
So awesome! So happy for you guy!
We are rejoicing with you! You have been in our prayers. WE'LL SEE YOU THERE! Congrats on your gorgeous new daughter. So precious. God is faithful.
Congratulations! I remember meeting her when we were there with Abe--what a sweet spirit, and we're so happy to hear that she's going HOME.
Her smile is magical. Congrats!
So happy for you!!
Congratulations! Soooo very happy for you!
We are waiting on a court date for our children, twin girls age 7 and their 5 year old brother. I am sure they are at the same home.
Mekdes is a doll and both of your children are beautiful! We are so thankful you all get to be together soon!
Congratulations!
Oh I'm crying...congratulations! I've been reading your blog since before Ian came home and I'm so happy for all 4 of you!
a BIG BIG BIG congratulations finally! so excited!!! it's about time, and fabulous!!!
Congrats and many blessings to your whole family. She is beautiful!
Oh, also, I was wondering if you could take a couple pictures of our little one. With Gladney's new rule about families not going to the older foster home unless adopting older(and there aren't many families doing so right now), we are now SORELY in need of photos! If you can do so, you can get a link to our email from our blog and I will give you the scoop.
Thanks for considering and congrats again!
oh MY!!!! She is so beautiful!!!!! A huge congrats to you!!!!!
Yea! We are ecstatic for you! Jumping for joy! We can't wait to see Mekdes again.... and grow our family up with yours:) We are so happy and relieved!
Laura, David,
Rachael & Jonah Zelalem
She is so beautiful! Congratulations!
Wonderful news!! We are so happy for everyone. Y'all make a beautiful family!
Laura Bredesen and family
Congratulations!!! What a sweet and beautiful little one!!! What a HUGE blessing.
God is GOOD!
Congratulations!! She is beautiful and Ian is a doll too! You don't know me but I have been following your blog for a long time now. We are in the process of adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. Our original court date was Jan 28 (one day after yours) and we also did not pass due to the MOWA closure. Our next court date is not until March 19. Do you know what your agency did to get yours moved up so quickly? any info you could give us would be greatly appreciated. rabonser@yahoo.com
Thanks, Rebecca
Congratulations! She is absolutely stunning!
Wow Wow Wow!!!!!!!
What a beautiful smile. I cannot believe you are on your way back to Ethiopia:)
Leah
Congratulations! Finally finally finally!!!!!! Praying for all of you! Blessings
Congratulations!!
Glad to see happy court dates!!
Justin
Oh my is she gorgeous!!! I am de-lurking on this most wonderful occasion.I can't wait to see pics of when you go and pick her up, and I can't wait to see her home with her little brother.
Shannon *emeline's mommy*
yahoooooo!!!!! She's so beautiful! I am so excited to finally see her face on your blog and more excited to see her face next to the other 3! The new picture of the 3 of you is gorgeous! Can't wait to hear more!
What a beautiful daughter you have! Congratulations!!
So excited for your family. What a beautiful family you will be!
Congratulations!!!!
She is beautiful.
She is the very essence of "soulful eyes." Congratulations!
Christine
Congratulations! She's absolutely beautiful!
Post a Comment