Tuesday, January 31, 2012

USCIS - we have arrived

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It only took 1 week exactly and we found out this morning that the USCIS in Nairobi, Kenya received our file!  So that's good.  Somewher...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

FRUSTRATING - sent to USCIS

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Well one of our nightmares came true today - we received the dreaded email from the USE that we are "not clearly approvable' and se...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Waiting - still

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Still no word from USE but they did request ONE piece of information to review our file.  So that was submitted the next day and now we wait...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

USE reqesting some tidbits of info

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anyone seeing me this morning trying to get out of the house ON TIME (my goal is to leave close to 6:30 am every day - I rarely get there) w...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

File under review (finally)

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Yes - at about 7:58 am - today we received an email from the USE stating they have our file and its under review.  That's about it - the...
Sunday, January 01, 2012

Happy 2012 - gonna be the year of Curtis Samuel Backus

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Finally a NEW YEAR - its gotta be a good one!  I anticipate LOTS of good things on the horizon  - changes in our life and a new son!  Just c...
Friday, December 30, 2011

No word from USE yet

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So our paper work was submitted to the USE last Thursday - we all were expecting an email Wednesday or Thursday saying they received our fil...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

We should adopt from the US before any other country?

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So I was actually half expecting a card from someone this year about this topic - and actually that's just what the card said!  they are...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas Ethiopia

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Ok- its 4 am in Addis Ababa - but really thinking of Curtis Samuel right now.  Hoping he is all snuggled in his little crib and not missing ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Submitted to US Embassy

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We were officially submitted to the US Embassy today.  Now a NEW wait begins.  The review can take a few weeks to MONTHS!  So far only two f...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Our own Santa Delivery

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Yes - the Backus family has found its OWN personal Secret Santa or maybe the real Santa Clause decided to use Amazon.com's free shipping...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Not submitted to USE today

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Sounds like we will be submitted on the normal scheduled day, which is what I had anticipated - but still bummed out.  But it sounds like Cu...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

embassy submittal - delayed

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Appears our little guy didn't have a physical exam by an Approved Embassy physician - or the paperwork wasn't done in time - so his ...
Monday, December 12, 2011

What's his name?

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Yep - my dear husband - I love him so much.  I love that once we make a decision he works so hard to MAKE ME STICK to it.  Tells me - the ch...
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Friday, December 09, 2011

Passport and birthcerticate

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Wow - all the paper work is completed and ready to submit to the USE (US Embassy for long version) next week.  I am pretty sure agency have ...