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The essence of cuteness
Alex 5 Erika 3 Sebastian 4 Luisa 2
at a shower for us at Damon and Tamara's house.
The essence of cuteness
Alex 5 Erika 3 Sebastian 4 Luisa 2
...and the two shall become...........six!
The most amazing phone call that we ever received came on September 11, 2007. Our social worker in Overland Park, KS had a conference call with Rena in Salina, KS and myself, Nate, in Kansas City, MO, about four siblings in Bogota, Colombia, South America. We got a referral that ended our deferred hope.
It had to be a God-thing; I think it happened inside of five seconds. We looked at their picture and they went from being strangers to being the most beautiful children in the world! They immediately stole our hearts! We were hooked for life. We were theirs and they were ours. What seemed like countless hours of preparation and years of prayer became flesh and fabric.
From Start to Gotcha Day!
- October 16,2007 - We met our children!!!
- October 13, 2007 - Flew to Bogota', Colombia
- September 13, 2007 - Submitted our letter of acceptance
- September 11, 2007 - "WE GOT THE CALL!!!"
- July and August - waiting on the call for the "official" referral
- June 15, 2006 - Dossier sent to ICBF (Colombia's Child Welfare Bureau)
- May 29, 2007 - Dossier sent to Colombia for translation
- May 28, 2007 - Dossier sent in to agency for approval
- May 23, 2007 - Paperwork apostilled in Topeka, Kansas
- May 21, 2007 - Received I171H (International Adoption Approval through INS)
- May 11, 2007 - Received "unofficial" referral of 4 children, ages 5,3,2,1, from the Bogota Region
- April 16, 2007 - INS Fingerprints and I600A Application sent off.
- April 12, 2007 - Home Study and Home Visits Finished
- February 20, 2007 - Application Approved and had our first meeting with our social worker
- December 17, 2006 - First informational meeting with CHI
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at a shower for us at Damon and Tamara's house.
Pigeons at the square
4 comments:
How funny! Ellie made the blog! Haha! You have a beautiful family, and you are as fun as I imagined! We really enjoyed our time with you guys and can't wait to hook up again! Next time, in your neck of the woods!
Such a sweet picture! Looks like you had a wonderful visit with the Woods! I'm so anxiously looking forward to getting moved. It's heavenly to know that with a destination in sight and a little planning, and a little gas in the tank, we can load up the family enroute to visit the many friends I've made along the way on this adoption journey. Road trips are definitely in my future!! I'm glad we'll be so much closer. (Here in Alaska I'd have to drive for days straight before I even hit the lower 48 states.)
Geeze! This blog is WAAYYYYYYYYYY overdue for an update!!! :)
Come on, give us our Duewel-Family Fix!!! Show off that beautiful family!
Hope yall are doing well! :)
It's been almost a year later... and we LOVE the Duewel fam! Sure wish there were more posts! They have the most adorable kiddos!
See you guys soon!
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