Documents In Haiti

On Thursday, September 18 we were informed our dossier was sent to Haiti which means it will arrive in Haiti this week.  The documents will be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which takes about three days.  Once this happens we hopefully get registered with IBESR (Haitian Social Services).

I have no idea what all of this means other than the waiting will continue!  Adoption does require patience.

A month or so ago our agency said our dossier would not be sent to Haiti until October due to some delays with Haiti and their process.  So this is a positive step to have it sent ahead of schedule!

Lets hope this continues in the coming months........

A Big Thank You

We just wanted to say "thank you" to everyone who helped us with our first fundraiser for this adoption.  We were awarded a matching grant from Hand in Hand and were able to reach our goal of $7000.00   We are well on our way to bringing our children home.

Our dossier is in a holding point.  We are just waiting for our agency to send it to Haiti and they anticipate sending it in October.  The hold up is due to changes in Haiti's adoption policy.  After our dossier is sent we are hoping to receive a match early next year.  We will keep you updated as soon as we here anything.

For those of you who are new to our adoption blog we encourage you to start at the beginning.  We started the blog about five years ago when we started the process with our first adoption of Iris.  We then decided to adopt another child from China, Owen.

We will start posting more as we hit milestones and recieve more information.  As we get closer and hopefully get matched there will be much more activity on the blog.

Also, the blog name does not seem as good now since we are adopting from Haiti.  Too late to change it now!

Below are a few of our favorite photos of the kids from years past.

Elliot at about 2 years old and his drink of choice.

Ansley at about 18 months.  The addiction started early for her as well.

Iris at 2 years old.  This photo was taken the first week in Wuhan, China with her.

Owen at 2 years old.  Lots of hair, still!

Big Week for Owen

It was a big week for Big O.  He was baptized on Sunday, August 31, 2014 and also started pre-school this week.  He was so excited (and handsome) for his baptism and being the center of attention.

The Baptism Went Well

"He Is So Cute"

Family Photo

Owen with His Godmother (Aunt Jennifer) and Pastor Nick

Owen also started pre-school this week and did a great job.  Dad dropped him off on the first day and was very proud that Owen had no problems.  Mom picked him up after school and the teachers said he did great.  They also continued with the "he is so cute" motto that seems to follow him where ever he goes!

Owen's 1st Day of PreSchool