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About Me
- Dardi
- I am blessed to be married to the love of my life, Joe, who also happens to be my best friend. Together, we co-founded Hope 4 The Wounded Educational Seminars in which Joe provides training on working with wounded children. I am the mother of nine...five conceived in my belly, four conceived in my heart. We have journeyed to our "heart children" by way of foster care, Ethiopia, US domestic, & China. I am seeking His will every day in this walk of faith that is my life. I hope 4 the wounded of this world...especially the children, but also you & me. It's an imperfect world, I'm an imperfect person, but I'm on this journey that God has blessed me with, so if you'd like to join me, I'd be honored to call you "friend".
Journey to Kemeri
Kemeri's Adoption Timeline
Memorial Weekend, 2011 ~ Emailed BAAS our desire to pursue "Little K's" adoption
6/7/11 ~ LOI arrives in China
6/8/11 ~ Receive PA!!!
6/17/11 ~ Begin Home Study
7/27/11 ~ Home Study Finished (but approval person at BAAS is OOT for 2 weeks...boo)
8/17/11 ~ Home Study Approved!!
8/18/11 ~ I800a Sent
10/14/11 ~ I800a Approved
10/20/11 ~ I800a Approval Received
11/4/11 ~ DTC
11/14/11 ~ LID
12/21/11 ~ LOA!!!!
12/22/11 ~ I800 Sent
6/7/11 ~ LOI arrives in China
6/8/11 ~ Receive PA!!!
6/17/11 ~ Begin Home Study
7/27/11 ~ Home Study Finished (but approval person at BAAS is OOT for 2 weeks...boo)
8/17/11 ~ Home Study Approved!!
8/18/11 ~ I800a Sent
10/14/11 ~ I800a Approved
10/20/11 ~ I800a Approval Received
11/4/11 ~ DTC
11/14/11 ~ LID
12/21/11 ~ LOA!!!!
12/22/11 ~ I800 Sent
1/10/12 ~ I800 Approved
1/19/12 ~ Cabled
1/20/12 ~ Article 5 Drop-Off
2/10/12 ~ Article 5 Pick-Up
2/22/12 ~ TA!!
3/15/12 ~ Leaving for China!!!
3/19/12 ~ Kemeri Day :o)
Followers
Our Adoption Agencies
Our Ethiopian Adoption Timeline
10/12/2009 - Inquire about a Waiting Child Listing on Rainbow Kids & find ourselves staring into the face of a sweet little 3-yr-old boy. Fill out application with IAN & receive file.
10/15/2009 - Decision to adopt this little boy through IAN!!
10/16/2009 - Paper Chase Begins! Update domestic home study to international & gather docs for dossier.
12/10/2009 - HS & Dossier overnighted to IAN. Filed I-600A.
1/2/2010 - Received fingerprint appt. for 1/26 & officially waiting for a court date in Ethiopia!
1/26/2010 - Fingerprints done!!
2/5/2010 - Received I-171H from USC*S
2/25/2010 - Got the call--Court Date is March 10!
3/10/2010 - Didn't Pass Court, New Court Date of 3/24
3/24/2010 - Passed Court!! :o) Now we wait for embassy date confirmation so that we know when to travel.
4/23/2010 - Received embassy confirmation for 5/4--We're leaving in one week to bring our son home!!
4/30/2010 - Embarked on our 8,000 mile journey to bring home K'Tyo.
4/30/2010 - Embarked on our 8,000 mile journey to bring home K'Tyo.
5/9/2010 - Home!!! Happy Mother's Day!
7 comments:
Looks like you've been having tons of fun!!!
Love the pics!
How fun! It looks like everyone had a blast!!!
Thanks for sharing your pictures with us.
So absolutely WONDERFUL! Loved the pics :)
SO MUCH FUN! Hot, but fun! ;0) Love you!
:-) Wow Dardi, you have been BUSY!
Kimmie
mama to 8
one homemade and 7 adopted
How cool is that!!! Once again, you look like the happiest family and I can almost feel the love seeping out of my computer! Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Dardi!!!
It has been soooo long since I checked in!We found a house, put our house on the market, sold our house, made it through end of school year, packed, moved, unpacked, settled into our new house, and I am just coming up for air. It has been a crazy couple of months! I have thought about you often, and thought I would pop in to see how you are doing. We NEED to catch up so you can tell me all about the trip to little man. I have missed so much.
Sending you hugs~
Amie
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