Our Journey Mia/ Has Changed To Ethiopia Adoption: Our First Ethiopian Dinner

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Our First Ethiopian Dinner

At the McDade house on Saturday we made our first Ethiopian dinner. We had such a great time trying new recipes and enjoyed the spicy food. Here are some pictures of our dinner.

Misr Wot ( Ethiopian Lentil Soup) with injera.

Ethiopian Chickpea Wat

African Roasted Chicken with lots of spices!!

We are going to an Ethiopian restaurant soon and I will try some more Ethiopian recipes. The dinner was good, but I could use some practice on the injera. I will master it one day. We plan to cook a new Ethiopian dinner once a month.

Summer excited about our dinner.

Summer did really good with the injera and she liked most of it. She could not believe that there are so many different foods out in the world that we have not tried. We spent the time during dinner to talk about the adoption and Connor. It was a good time and she is even more excited about going with us now!! I am so ready for a referral so we can put a face to our little Connor!! Please keep praying for our family while
we wait...

Thank you, Lord for all you have done for us during this journey of adoption. Our lives have not been the same!!!!

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Gail BackusMarch 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM
Looks so Yummy - you seriously need to send me the recipes
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Scott and KalaMarch 3, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Look great! Can you share your recipe for the injera. We tried it this past weekend and it was horrible. Your looks great!! Also the chicken! yummmy -Kala http://scottandkala.blogspot.com/
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The McDadesMarch 3, 2011 at 5:15 PM
Thanks to you both!!
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Ethiopian Timeline

5/14/12- Got Connor's passport
5/02/12- Got Connor's birth Certificate
4/19/12- PASSED COURT- He is our son!!
4/17/12- Another court date -didn't pass again
4/09/12 -Didn't pass court
3/05/2012- Court Date- April 9,2012
11/22/11- submitted to court
11/02/11- accepted referral
10/26/11- REFERRAL- 13 month old boy!!
9/01/11- Received our I-171H approval letter for Ethiopia.
8/29/11- Mark and I got our finger prints renewed today.
7/02/11 - Our SW came to our house to update our home study
6/07/11- Mark and I went to get more police clearances for background checks
6/07/11- Mark and I both had another physical to update our medical forms
6/03/11- Started Updating- Summer had to get her medical updated by her doctor
3/03/11- Dossier has been translated, authenticated, and registered with MOWA
1/28/11- Dossier left for Ethiopia
11/27/10- Received our I-171H Approval for Ethiopia!
11/08/10- Received our new birth certificates
11/08/10- Sent off for I-600 Approval for Ethiopia
11/07/10- Got homestudy approved for Ethiopia
10/26/10- Got marriage certificate
10/26/10- Going to get new marriage license
10/22/10- Sent off for new birth certificates for Mark and Shannon
10/21/10- Got shot records for the dogs
10/19/10- Social worker came to our house to update our homestudy for Ethiopia.
10/19/10- signed new contract going with Ethiopia at social worker's office
10/17/10- Had to get all financial paperwork ready for update
10/16/10- Got 2 references for the homestudy update
10/15/10- Got new letters from UPS
10/4/10- Had to get new police clearances
10/4/10- Mark had to get another physical , Shannon had to get another physical also. Has to get Summer's shot records from doctor
9/ 29 /10 - Mark and I decided to change countries from Taiwan to Ethiopia
2/24/10-Dossier arrived in Taiwan at Cathwel
2/15/10-Dossier sent to Taiwan
2/12/10- Got the Form I-171H from the government
2/1/10- Have an appointment at 9:00 am for Mark and Shannon to get fingerprints done
1/4/10- I600A was recieved and now waiting to get fingerprints done by government
12/29/09- Homestudy Approved
11/21/09- Homevisit
9/24/09- Appointment with doctor and interview with social worker the same day- Mark (was not too happy)
9/17/09- Appointment with doctor- Shannon
8/28/09- Even did the Birth letter early also
8/26/09- Did the photoalbum that we have to sent off later on
8/25/09- Interview with social work-Shannon
8/20/09- Did our biographies and had to get fingerprinted
8/19/09- Got the paperwork ready, birth certificates, check stubs, letters from UPS, and many other photocopied at UPS Store
8/17/09- Went to get passports
8/15/09- Interviews with social work- both Mark and Shannon
7/16/09- Completed the Formal Application with Bethany Christian Services
7/4/09- Talked with Mark and decided to go with Taiwan
7/2/09- Did the online Preliminary Application with Bethany Christian Services
6/30/09- Started the pursue of adoption

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Our First Ethiopian Dinner

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