Jan 12, 2010: First adoption seminar Jan 23, 2010: Second adoption seminar Jan 23, 2010: Picked Gladney as our agency and Ethiopia as our country Jan 24, 2010: Dropped initial Gladney paperwork in mail Feb 8, 2010: Zach's passport renewed Feb 9, 2010: Gladney orientation phone call Feb 9, 2010: Requested Gladney formal application Feb 9, 2010: Received Gladney application Feb 13, 2010: Sent I-600A to US CIS Feb 18, 2010: Mailed Gladney group 1 documents Feb 22, 2010: Mailed Gladney group 2 documents Mar 5, 2010: FBI fingerprinting Mar 8, 2010: Mailed Gladney group 3 documents Mar 19, 2010: Home study Apr 16, 2010: Received FBI clearance Apr 30, 2010: Gladney approved! May 7, 2010: Received CIS appt. May 18, 2010: CIS fingerprinting appt. May 26, 2010: CIS approval! Jun 2, 2010: Dossier submitted and ON THE WAITLIST Oct 18, 2012: REFERRAL for 6 month old girl!!! Nov 8, 2012: submitted to court Nov 29, 2012: scheduled MOWCYA review Dec 17, 2012: MOWCYA approval and notification of court date Dec 24, 2012: first time to see our little girl in person! Dec 25, 2012: Christmas with our little girl! Dec 26, 2012: court date! Feb 19, 2013: Took placement - Forever Family Day! Feb 21, 2013: Embassy appointment Feb 23, 2013: Home!