Saturday, June 6, 2009

His name is Hoopy.


Rubin's foster mother sent this brown puppy home with him. Puppies are big in our house... Theo has had Spunky since he was 5 days old, and Emmett has Puddles, or "Pup-Pup", his first Christmas gift.

These doggies have long been our boys' lovies.  

This brown doggie, complete with matted-down fur and a fraying tag, is definitely special to Rubin. Before he came home, I started shopping for his puppy, his lovey dog. 

Little did I know, he'd already found him in Korea.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is too sweet! A wonderful family tradition.

Norbyah said...

see? he was meant to be a samson boy...so sweet.

dana said...

awww, what a sweet sleeping baby boy!!! i can't resist a peacefully sleeping babe - i HAVE to touch, squeeze, cuddle, and ultimately WAKE them.

Christine @ 12,450miles said...

So sweet!! And what a great photo!

Rach@In His Hands said...

Oh, is that precious!

I often wonder what Josiah's lovey will be....if he'll be attached to the one we sent him or if he already has one of his own. Can't wait to find out!

Kris said...

Oh my gosh! I can't believe his lovey turned out to be a dog after you had been shopping for one to carry on the tradition. So meant to be. I like the names for each one too!

Our Adoption Timeline

  • December 23, 2009- Adoption Finalized.
  • May 7th, 2009- Family circle complete in Madison.
  • May 6th, 2009- Mama's got Rubin in Seoul.
  • May 4th, 2009- meet Rubin
  • April 23rd, 2009- Visa Interview
  • April 22nd, 2009- TRAVEL CALL!!
  • April 14th, 2009- Packet 3
  • April 7th, 2009- NVC out
  • April 1st 2009 (no foolin')- I171 received
  • March 9th, 2009- I171H received
  • February 27th, 2009- progress report from SWS
  • February 24th, 2009- Fingerprinted at USIS
  • February 19, 2009-Rubin's legals arrive in state.
  • February 16, 2009- mailed referral acceptance.
  • February 12, 2009- received referral paperwork.
  • January 29, 2009- verbally accepted referral
  • January 27, 2009- received unofficial referral.
  • January 20, 2009- I600A received and filed with the Dept. of Homeland Security
  • January 16, 2009- submitted I600A
  • January 12, 2009- homestudy document complete.
  • January 12, 2009-received Foster Home Licensing
  • December 22, 2008- A.I.A.A. director approves application, establishes our file, and requests our homestudy documents from J.D.
  • December 5, 2008- submitted Foster Licensing application.
  • November 25, 2008- A.I.A.A. accepted official application.
  • November 15, 2008- submitted formal application to A.I.A.A.
  • November 13, 2008- final homestudy meeting.
  • November 12, 2008- autobiographies completed.
  • October 30, 2008- second homestudy meeting.
  • October 22, 2008- received formal application from A.I.A.A.
  • October 14, 2008- first homestudy meeting.
  • October 1, 2008- submitted pre-application to Americans for International Adoption and Aid
  • September 25, 2008- submitted application packet to Adoption Advocates, Inc.
  • September 18, 2008- first meeting with social worker (J.D.)
  • August 2008- decided to adopt

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