"I was born with a bronze skin and I like it. Some of my friends were born white or black or yellow. They were not consulted. But that's all right. There are yellow roses, white roses, and red roses and the fragrance of one is about as nice as another." ~Chief Walking Buffalo

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Expecting from Ethiopia

Well, it finally happened...our Dossier arrived in Ethiopia today(much sooner than expected). We had hoped when we started this process on Aug.22nd that we would be officially waiting by the end of December but were told that goal was a bit too optimistic/unrealistic. But here we are, and I plan to hold onto my original goal of having our child home for next Christmas. Again, maybe a little too optimistic, but optimism is working for us so far.

We tracked our documents over this Christmas holiday, and it was more fun than tracking Santa. Below is the tracking record from the DHL website.

Air Waybill Number Origin Service Area Destination Service Area Status
Edmonton - Canada Addis Ababa - Ethiopia Arrived at DHL Facility as of: December 27, 2008 12:03


Detailed Report

Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
December 23, 2008 13:03 Edmonton - Canada Shipment picked up

December 23, 2008 17:45 Edmonton - Canada Departed from DHL facility in Edmonton - Canada

December 23, 2008 19:29 Calgary - Canada Departed from DHL facility in Calgary - Canada

December 24, 2008 02:37 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH - USA Arrived at DHL facility in DHL Wilmington Airpark - USA

December 24, 2008 03:01 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH - USA Transferred through DHL Wilmington Airpark - USA

December 24, 2008 07:25 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH - USA Departed from DHL facility in DHL Wilmington Airpark - USA

December 24, 2008 08:37 New York City Gateway, NY - USA Arrived at DHL facility in New York City Gateway - USA

December 24, 2008 09:36 New York City Gateway, NY - USA Departed from DHL facility in New York City Gateway - USA

December 24, 2008 23:41 Leipzig - Germany Arrived at DHL facility in Leipzig - Germany

December 25, 2008 02:38 Leipzig - Germany Departed from DHL facility in Leipzig - Germany

December 26, 2008 02:02 Brussels - Belgium Departed from DHL facility in Brussels - Belgium

December 26, 2008 06:09 Frankfurt - Germany Arrived at DHL facility in Frankfurt - Germany

December 26, 2008 23:31 Frankfurt - Germany Departed from DHL facility in Frankfurt - Germany

December 27, 2008 11:59 Addis Ababa - Ethiopia Arrived at DHL facility in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

December 27, 2008 12:03 Addis Ababa - Ethiopia Arrived at DHL Facility

There it is! I printed it for the baby book. Or rather, baby box. I keep all things for my kids that should go in a baby book in a baby box for when I get the time to sit down and actually create their albums. (I've actually started one of them...)

I hope this season had a great memory for you as well. Now we are looking forward to the time when we will have three excited, over-sugared, laughing, little people running around looking for cookie crumbs and signs of reindeer, in wonder at the magic that happened while they were sleeping.

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