Ordinary Miracles and the Crazy 9: For no other reason that it makes me smile...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

For no other reason that it makes me smile...

Yep, still a hoarder.
Still so insanely cute it's helping me not dwell on the bullying stuff for now.

6 comments:

Brooke said...: There are no words!! That is SO cute!!!; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:17:00 AM
Annika said...: Insanely cute is absolutely right!; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:37:00 AM
Football and Fried Rice said...: Cutest little hoarder, evah!; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:27:00 AM
Paige said...: So precious!!; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:35:00 PM
DebM said...: So cute!!!; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:33:00 PM
Sis said...: Ok that is adorable!!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!

~Sis
http://adoption-thecrookedroad.blogspot.com; Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:49:00 PM

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Orphan Statistics

4 yrs - the average time a child spends in American foster care before being adopted
1.5 million children live in public care in Central and Eastern Europe
12.4 million orphans live in Latin America and the Carribean
43.4 million orphans live in sub-Saharan Africa
87.6 million orphans live in Asia
16 million children were orphaned in 2003
Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned as a result of AIDS
800,000 children in the American Foster Care system each year
20,000 young people "age out" of the U.S. foster care system each year. Of these only a little over half will earn a high school diploma.

147 Million orphans in the world

T&J Adoption Timeline-

1/07 We decide to persue adoption
2/07 decide on adoption agency
3/07 recieve approval from US gov't (I171H)
4/07 Dossier submitted to VN
8/07 Tess & Jude born and abandoned in a hospital in SaiGon
11/07 US govt issues statement of concern re VN adoptions and suspends 2 VN provinces for unethical adoptions
12/07 Jude has 1st surgery in VN to correct feet deformities
1/23/08 US govt issues warning to families adopting from VN
2/25/08 Receive CFCs
2/29/08 Our agency issues a memo warning families of the uncertainty of VN adoption and advises them to have a back-up plan
3/16/08 USCIS announces problems with hospital of our baby's birth and "blocks" all adoptions from this hospital
4/11/08 "official" referral date
4/25/08 VN gov't announces close of adoption program to US citizens effective 9/01/08
5/21/08 I-600 delivered to USCIS in HCMC
5/26/08 Final approval from VN Adoption Office
5/29/08 I-600 receipt acknowledgement
6/20/08 Final approval from HCMC Justice Dept. and G&R date
8/03/08 Jude 1st birthday
8/21/08 USCIS requires a new addendum from us
8/26/08 I-600 approval!!!!!
8/30/08 TRAVEL TO VIETNAM!
8/31/08 Tess's 1st birthday
9/01/08 The VN adoption program will close to new U.S. families
9/01/08 Receive babies from orphanage!!!!!!!
9/03/08 Giving and Receiving Ceremony-This is the day we legally GET our children FOREVER!
9/04/08 Have baby's medical exam
9/05/08 Receive babies' passports
9/07/08 Receive babies' visas
9/10/08 Travel home to USA / Jujube & Tess are U.S.A. citizens!
11/08 Jude has 2nd surgery (1st in US)
6/11/09 U.S. "readoption"

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