This Is Us: Introducing...

Friday, December 23, 2011

Introducing...

Hadassah Melat Wright

It's official. We passed court and we are now the parents of this sweet little girl. The happy dance is going on all around our house. God is so good!

"What's next?", you might ask. Well, now we wait to be submitted to the embassy. Our agency will go through all of Hadassah's paperwork and make sure that every "I" is dotted and every "T" is crossed. It may take a few weeks. Then they submit our case and we wait on the US embassy. The embassy may request more documents and more interviews before they finalize everything. We will wait for a birth certificate (then we'll know her birthday and how to actually spell that sweet middle name), visa, and a passport.

It could be another couple of months before we get to pick her up and bring her home, and most likely we won't know where we are in the process for awhile. But what we know is that she is ours!!!!

THANK YOU ALL for all of the prayers and support that we have received. And we ask for the prayers to continue until she is in our arms. Soon!!

10 comments:

Jean12/23/11, 7:54 AM
She is adorable! Can't wait to hold, hug, and kiss this precious GIFT from God!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Rachel12/23/11, 8:15 AM
Uh, are you going to update your Adoption Process timeline. YOU PASSED!!!!!!!! So stinking excited.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Carol Dowsett12/23/11, 9:42 AM
God is good. All the time. But especially this time.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Becky Dietz12/23/11, 10:53 AM
Amazed.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Brea12/23/11, 11:27 AM
She is BEAUTIFUL!!! So happy for all of you! Praying the waiting time is short so you can bring that sweet girl home! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDelete
Replies
As We Are12/23/11, 11:56 AM
I sent Amy a text a little bit ago and then realized that I don't think she gets texts :) We are so stinking amazed for you! She is the most adorable little thing we have ever seen! We have been crying tears of JOY with you! Kyle says she looks like her Daddy ;) Merry Christmas Wright 6!! So in awe of how God has put this all together.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Kayla12/23/11, 12:44 PM
Oh my goodness....what an adorable face!!!! How precious!! We will continue to pray that girl HOME!! :)
ReplyDelete
Replies
Sandra12/23/11, 1:45 PM
So, so excited for you!! Praying she is home soon!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Kim12/23/11, 5:51 PM
CONGRATULATIONS! She is adorable!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Lindsey12/23/11, 6:26 PM
HAPPY DANCE HERE TOO!!! I love that you're keeping her name as her middle name. It's beautiful! So close!!!!
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Adoption Process

*2-16-2012 - HOME
*2-12-2012 - She is in our arms forever!
*2-6-2012 - WE WERE CLEARED BY THE EMBASSY!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR DAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!!!
*2-2-2012 - The embassy contacted us to say that they are reviewing our case!! An unexpected surprise!
*2-1-2012 - New pictures of Hadassah. Her hair is so beautiful and she looks super happy.
*1-26-2012 - Submitted to the embassy.
*1-23-2012 - Received a dvd of Hadassah and watched her crawl and hold onto the couch by herself. She's growing and our hearts are aching to be with her.
*1-18-2012 - Hadassah was crawling by 1-11-2012.
*1-16-2012 - Found out Hadassah's birthday is April 10th.
*1-16-2012 - New pictures of Hadassah. She has two top teeth. Had them before 1-11-2012.
*1-11-2012 - One year since we applied with CCI.
*12-23-2011 - We passed court!!!!
*12-21-2011 - Update from Dereje, our power of attorney, stating that we should know in 2 days if we passed court.
*12-14-2011 - Said "goodbye" to Hadassah. The embassy needs to make some changes in this area. It just isn't right.
*12-13-2011 - Court date. We did not pass. We are still waiting on one document.
*12-12-2011 - Met Hadassah. What an incredible experience.
*12-9-2011 - On our way to Hadassah!!
*12-2-11 - We were told that Hadassah is eating baby food. We were also told that she is happy and smiles all of the time.
*11-27-2011 - Anne visited Hadassah and told us some sweet details about our beautiful baby.
*11-24-2011 - And yet another picture of Hadassah. The email from our agency director said, "Happy Thanksgiving Mom" Love it!
*11-20-2011 - More pictures of Hadassah. She now has her 2 bottom teeth and has changed so much.
*11-6-2011 - New pictures of Hadassah from friends who went to visit their son. She has hair now!!
*11-1-2011 - Hadassah weighs 16 lbs 5 oz today. And wears 6 month size clothes.
*10-31-2011 - Booked flights to go and meet our baby girl!!
*10-28-2011 - Booked a room at Grace Guest House for 3 days and 2 nights.
*10-25-2011 - Court date set for December 13th.
*10-12-2011 - Received a video of Hadassah. Wow! She is beautiful and smiles so much.
*10-6-2011 - Spoke with our international doctor and she confirmed that Hadassah is on track for a baby at about 7 months old. But we are told that she is most likely 4 1/2 months old. She'll fit in with our solid-framed family.
*10-1-2011 - Skyped with Hadassah and got it on video.
*9-30-2011 - Our case was submitted to court.
*9-29-2011 - Found out that we lost our first referral, but we were given pictures of another beautiful little girl with the longest eyelashes!
*8-20-2011 - Opened an email to read that we have a possible referral of a beautiful 6 month old little girl
*7-20-2011 - I171H in the mail, notarized, and sent off!
*6-2-2011 - Fingerprint appointment
*5-24-2011 - #3 on the waiting list for a referral
*5-23-2011 - Received letter for fingerprint appointment of June 2nd. (huge timeline praise!)
*5-6-2011 - I-1600a sent off
*5-1-2011 - #5 on the waiting list for a referral
*3-11-2011 - Dossier sent off to Washington (Jay's Birthday)
*3-9-2011 - Received a new home study (notarized this time :))
*3-4-2011 - MOWA stated that they would be making great cut-backs
*3-4-2011 - #9 on the Waiting list for a Referral
*2-25-2011 - Dossier Authenticated by the State of Florida
*2-21-2011 - Home Study approved
*2-5-2011 - Home Study
*1-11-2011 - Applied with CCI