Thursday 9 April 2009

Home safe and sound :-)

Well I've been home for almost a week, but wanted to spend time with my family and get my thoughts together a bit before posting.

Little Prince coped extremely well with our separation, although he has been extra clingy and a bit wild since I've returned! Thank you Post Lady for pointing out that I must be a bad influence on him, as he is fine when I'm not here!!! Mr Messy and LMS think that being in his usual routine, and at school each day helped Little Prince cope enormously and they are probably right. His teacher was so understanding, letting him have a picture of his new sibling and another of him and me together pinned up by his table, and making sure the other staff knew to be extra nurturing with him while I was away.

I am really proud of the way the whole family coped without me :-) I returned to a lovely tidy(including Drama Teen's bedroom!!!) and clean house, with the washing all taken care of. I returned to a fairly calm Little Prince who had lots to tell me about what he'd been doing. I returned to a pair of sisters who had argued but not killed each other!! Well done everyone - you all did great :-)

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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