Backus/Wilcox Family History

We continue to choose the road less traveled. Our stories started in New York and Michigan. We took an detour to New Jersey, and had a most excellent adventure to Ethiopia. In July, 2013 we moved our family from Detroit to Texas. People can say a lot about us, but they can't accuse us of being boring....

Friday, January 28, 2011

Dossier IN THE MAIL

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Finally - our I was able to get it ALL done today - the Dossier is IN THE MAIL!  The Assistant Stork is helping us out.  They will hand del...
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Helping each other out - check out this famlies profile

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Well Yes - posting lots this week. Anyhow I just feel that we are all out there helping each other out - I'm friends now with so many t...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Adoption - YOUR choice

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So I have been thinking about some responses we have gotten lately and then just read a post on Facebook from a new friend.  Anyhow - she po...
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Dr Letter - FINALLY

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Ok - I FINALLY received my doctors letter - after starting this process in September.  They told me over and over it had been mailed - but I...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Info from agency

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Below is an email  from AAI - about a 6 hour teleconference they had this week.  from other things I've seen the ET government is also m...

Possibly tomorrow???

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So called the Dr's office AGAIN today and since last week it worked leaving a message on the nurses line - I did that again.  The nurse ...
Friday, January 21, 2011

Maybe next week????/

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I've been calling my Dr's office every week for at least a month now.  Even wrote and faxed a letter that she could use for the pape...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

US State Department letter

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Wow - received a letter in the mail from the US State Department today - says the National Visa Center received our approval fro our "a...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Continue to wait

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Yep - seems like things are still not changing.  We have all the documents notarized that are in our control.  And still only ONE document l...
Saturday, January 08, 2011

WE DID IT - approved to be parents

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Wow - someone should have done or told us this about 7 years ago while pg with Nate - but we have been "determined approved or qualifie...
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Friday, January 07, 2011

Ethiopian Christmas

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I learned from a FB friend today is Christmas in Ethoipia.   Ethiopia has different holidays and also uses a totally different calendar than...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

GOOD NEWS - after a roller coaster dayI

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ROLLER Coaster - first - I"m overly emotional today - and frustrated - I know our agency is doing things for OUR BEST interest - I know...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

More updates - when it rains it pours

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Yep another double post - So I posted on a yahoo group - what are the typical wait times to receive approval for a Visa from USCIS / Homela...

Agency Updates - wait times and families coming home

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So below are two emails posted from our agency on the Yahoo Groups we belong to - the first was slightly discouraging, but then I"m lik...
Sunday, January 02, 2011

Missions - Ethiopia

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this is a video a friend had on Facebook. this is not the reason we chose to adopt from Ethiopia - I guess I just fell in love with the cou...
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