A Love Like No Other: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Despite the crummy weather here tonight, I think Brady had a fun time trick or treating!! After about 4 or 5 houses I realized it wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it was so we had to remove a layer under Brady's costume and he was so worried I was having him take his costume off, he kept saying, "I want to keep costume on"!!! I hope everyone else had a very Happy Halloween!

He was doing his "ROAR" here!

Instead of saying "trick or treat" he roared at most of the people when they opened the door!! LOL

Yep, I think he's having fun!

About 1/2 way around the block Brady wanted to be carried!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

*I seem to have gotten behind on the blog so I will try and get as up to date as I can before we leave to pick up Emily so look for lots of entries in the next week or so!!!

6 comments:

Proud Mama and Papa said...: Brady is the cutest dinosaur ever - ROAR - I love it!; November 1, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Shana said...: TOOO CUTE!! Haley will be jealous that Braday got to be a dinosaur, so I won't tell her:); November 1, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Rydley said...: I love that he roared at people when they opened the door! How appropriate!; November 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Tami and Bobby Sisemore Family said...: awwww so cute!!!!!!!!!!!

Blessings,
PRAYING JEREMIAH HOME QUICKLY
www.tillGodbringsthemhome.blogspot.com; November 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Tami said...: What a cutie, I can just hear him Roar. Had such a cute costume for Anna. But no way, no how would she put it on!
Can't wait to follow your new journey.; November 6, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Stefanie said...: I LOVE the dinosaur costume! And how cute that he roared his "trick or treat"! What a cutie :-); November 7, 2009 at 11:51 AM

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OUR TIMELINE

1/11/07~Signed on with CAI for Taiwan B Program (either gender)

1/17/07~Approved to adopt from TWCA

1/29/07~Fed Ex'd 1600A to USCIS

2/1/07~First Homestudy appointment

2/12/07~Second Homestudy appointment

3/2/07~Received fingerprint appointment today for 4/11/07

3/12/07~Received FBI and DCF background clearance

3/28/07~Received completed homestudy

4/11/07~Fingerprinted

4/19/07~REFERRAL of baby boy, Lin, Chen-Yu (born 2/5/07)

4/23/07~Accepted referral

5/7/07~Fed Ex'd docs to TECO Miami

5/8/07~Received I-171H

5/14/07~Received first set of update photo's and info today; Received docs back from TECO; took docs to CAI for translation

6/1/07~Dossier sent to Taiwan

6/15/07~Received 2nd set of update photos

6/25/07~Notified of Court Hearing on Aug. 6th

7/6/07~Received 3rd set of update photos

8/6/07~COURT HEARING!

8/14/07~Received 4th set of update photos

8/22/07~FIRST RULING

9/9/07~7th Wedding Anniversary/leave for 7 day cruise

9/15/07~FINAL RULING

9/28/07~Leave for Taiwan

10/1/07~GOTCHA DAY!!!

10/6/07~Arrive back to Tampa as family of 3!!!

2/14/08~Move to Clifton VA.

4/15/08~Emailed Taiwan B pre-approval form to CAI for Baby # 2 (either gender)!!

4/17/08~Contract and $$$ sent to CAI

4/29/08~Received pre-approval from TWCA

7/23/08~Contacted local homestudy agency

7/28/08~Applied to homestudy agency

8/4/08~CAI filed Bankruptcy and closed....almost threw up!!

9/4/08~First conference call with new agency, Gladney Center for Adoptions, who absorbed the CAI Taiwan program

9/12/08~Homestudy Update visit with social worker at our house

9/18/08~Second conference call with Gladney

10/8/08~County fingerprints at police station

10/22/08~Cleared federal and state background checks

10/23/08~mailed forms to CPS

11/21/08~Cleared VA CPS background check

11/28/08~Cleared FL CPS background check (had to be done since we just move to VA from FL)

1/9/09~Fed Ex'd 1600A to USCIS

1/22/09~Received fingerprint appointment for 2/17/09

2/17/09~Fingerprinted

3/25/09~Received I-171H

5/8/09~Received referral of baby boy with medical condition

5/11/09~Declined referral because we did not feel comfortable with the medical condition

6/4/09~REFERRAL of baby GIRL born 4/30/09

6/5/09~Accepted referral

6/8/09~Alan leaves for Norway for the week.. BAD TIMING!

6/14/09~Got all docs notarized

6/15/09~Fed Ex'd docs to Secretary of State

6/19/09~Received certified docs back from S.O.S.

6/22/09~Hand delivered docs to TECO DC

6/24/09~Received authenticated docs back from TECO DC

6/25/09~Fed Ex'd docs to Gladney in NY

6/26/09~Dossier Fed Ex'd to Taiwan by Gladney

6/29/09~Dossier arrived in Taiwan

7/16/09~Notified of Court Hearing on August 12th, 09.

8/12/09~Court Hearing

10/4/09~First Ruling!!

10/28/09~FINAL RULING!!!

11/15/09~Leave for Taiwan

11/16/09~Arrive in Taiwan

11/19/09~GOTCHA DAY!!!

11/20/09~Apply for Visa at AIT

11/20/09~Pick Up Visa at AIT

11/22/09~Leave Taiwan and arrive back in DC!!! (2 days earlier than originally planned b/c we were able to pick up the Visa the same day we applied for it)