Monday, 19 May 2008

Highs and Lows

We finally got the email from the Team Leader at our Local Authority, giving the costs of changing our application to Ethiopia (which at just over £2500 was a LOT less than we thought it would be after our recent conversation with her! But is £2000 more than I've heard other families are paying!!). Both me and Mr Messy sent seperate emails to Team Leader OKing the charges, didn't want her to think I was railroading Mr Messy into anything lol. I emailed our sw, to ask what cakes she would like Mr Messy to bake for our meeting, which was a veiled way of asking when we would be starting. She sent a message back to say she wasn't meeting Team Leader at the LA until mid-June so we wouldn't be starting until after that!! Why is that other families get charged SO MUCH LESS and get their update/addendum (not a full re-do like we are being forced to do) for £2000 less than us, and it only takes them 3 months!!!! We will be paying through the nose for this and will have waited about 4 months to even START!!! I am so so frustrated. It looks like my dream of actually finishing this adoption and having MeiMei home by the end of the year are now officially shattered :-( Life is SO UNFAIR!!!!!!! Stamping my feet in a childish tantrum here!!!!

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OUR ETHIOPIAN ADOPTION TIMELINE


25th May 2009 - See New Child again & Court Date

23rd May 2009 - Fly back to Ethiopia

26th March 2009 - Fly to Ethiopia :-)

3rd March 2009 - Dossier Arrived at Orphanage

26th February 2009 - Dossier sent to Ethiopia

22nd December 2008 - Dossier back at DCSF

28th November 2008 - Certificate of Eligibility ISSUED

6th October 2008 - PASSED Approval Panel

7th July 2008 - Homestudy Update Started

28th Feb 2008 - Told LA we wished to change country

OUR CHINA ADOPTION TIMELINE

Formally withdrew from the China Adoption Programme 17th July 2008

LID (Logged in Date) with CCAA 16th August 2007

Documents to China 10th August 2007

Passed Approval Panel 5th March 2007

Homestudy started 6th June 2006

First Contact with our LA 1st Jan 2006