Our Journey to Africa: She is Seven!

Seven years ago, I gave birth to this pretty, sassy, fun little girl.

She is our Little Sis, or now know as Big Sis by the adoring baby ;)

Happy birthday sweet girl!

How you can help:

1. Most importantly, pray!

Pray for us, our agency, and our little boy that will soon join our family.

2. You can donate.

Our adoption is going to cost between $25,000-$38,000. Our God is BIG and we know HE will provide! You can see the complete cost break-down here. You can safely donate thru the button below. Thanks for all your support!

3. Do you have a great fundraiser idea to share with us? We are all ears, please share, share, share!

4. Are you the very organized type, do you love to plan events? Maybe you could do more than just participate in a fundraiser, we will accept any and ALL help ;)

Adoption Timeline

6/6/11 - Finished application and scheduled doctor and homestudy appointments.

6/2/11 - Received an email from our family coordinator and told that the policy has changed, we can come back into the program WITHOUT waiting till baby is 6 moths old!

11/6/10 - Photography Fundraiser (+650)

9/19/10 -Children's Consignment Sale (+330)

7/12/10 - We are pregnant! Adoption put on hold until new baby is 6 months. :(

7/8/10 - Homestudy emailed to AWAA for approval

7/7/10 - Paid balance for homestudy (-$800)

6/29/10 - Received our Marriage Certificate from NC (finally!)

6/27/10 - Third Homestudy Visit

6/17/10 - Received Jessica's Birth Certificate from D.C.

6/15/10 - Received Criminal Checks {No Records! ;) }

6/12/10 - Yard Sale (+$480)

6/10/10 - Second Homestudy Visit

6/5/10 - First Homestudy Visit

6/3/10 - Both of our Physical Exams

6/1/10 - Jessica finished Hague Online Training

5/28/10 - Kelly finished Hague Online Training

5/26/10 - Paid 1st payment for Home Study (-$1007)

5/15/10 - Yard Sale/Bake Sale (+$490)

5/14/10 - Bake Sale @ Walmart (+$184)

5/7/10 - Assigned a Family Coordinator, started paper chase and registered for Hague Training (-$175)

4/29/10 - Mailed Application for Homestudy to CFS (-$100)

4/29/10 - Mailed Paperwork and 1st Program Fee to AWAA (-$1500)

4/24/10 - Yard/Bake Sale (+$550)

4/21/10 - Accepted into AWAA's Ethiopia Program

3/30/10 - Mailed Application to AWAA (-$250)

3/20/10 - Held first Yard Sale/Fundraiser (+$360)

2/25/10 - Attend AWAA Seminar

2/11/10 - We both agree we are going to adopt!

Postage to date (-$41.43)

Documents (-$96)

Other donations (+$2887)

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She is Seven!

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