UMM....Where's my BC?????

The attorney was told to come back again. I can't believe they are making this so difficult. Actually that's what our attorney said. "They are difficult"...Smart guy...lol. Right now we are trying to stay positive & keep our patience. It has to come soon. It's been 7 weeks since the request was made.

We had decided that I would fly to Guatemala after the BC was issued & Philip would meet us for the embassy appt a couple weeks later. Then the three of us would fly home together. But with the BC taking so long, we are thinking about flying down for a short visit instead. We'll see what happens in the next few days. If I could leave tomorrow, I would. I'll keep you updated.

OK ...so my "Fantasy Time Line" is a bit off...

We got word from our agency today that the BC was not ready last week! The attorney was told to come back AGAIN this Friday. I think these people are giving him a hard time on purpose! In the end, the only person this is going to hurt is Kya. Every extra week she spends away from us is just going to make her transition harder. I'm praying that the people who work at the RENAP office will grow a heart and hand over that BC this week...Amen!!!!

I guess I won't have news untill Monday or Tuesday...Another whole week!!! Well, I'll be keeping myself busy getting her room finished.

Well, we received 2 emails in the last 2 weeks. Both weeks the attorney was told to come pick up the Birth Certificate that week. It didn't happen. The last email said that he was supposedly picking up the BC on the 23rd or 24th. So, I hope we hear some great news tomorrow!

I'm gonna amuse myself & play "fantacy timeline"! Here I go...
(remember, THIS IS NOT FOR REAL!!! It's only me guessing and hoping!)

7/24...BC
7/25...passport
7/31...2nd DNA test
8/08...results to embassy
8/11...embassy issues PINK (our embassy appt date)
8/16...Travel to Guatemala to bring Kya home!!!

It will most likely take longer, but I can hope!

Here's some video from my May visit trip in Guatemala...

One Year Ago Today...

We accepted the referral of a tiny little baby girl! I can't believe it's been a year! I remember the day so well...we had just lost our 1st referral the day before, our agency called and told us we needed to be matched with another baby before the new Guatemala adoption laws began. We looked through the available children list, and there she was! She was the only available baby on the list, so we new she was meant to be ours. The last two years have been such an emotional roller coaster! One day getting disappointing news, then the next being excited about planning a visit...One day being upset over a kick out, the next forgetting all the bad things while in Guatemala seeing her for the 1st time...one day leaving her with a complete stranger and getting on a plane not knowing when we'd see her again, then finding out that she's finally coming home! Wow...I can't even put it into words. I know many of you reading this know the feeling all too well. This has been such an amazing experience for us, and I can't believe we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!


Here is a picture of Kya the first time we saw her face...Check out the "double chin"!

I just received an email from our agency. The attorney says he is hoping the birth certificate will be ready this week! I hope he's right. If we get the BC this week, we might be picking Kya up next month!!! If it doesn't come this week...next week will be nice too. This sounds much better than the 4+ weeks I thought it would be taking!

Some news...

The paperwork to get Kya's birth certificate was submitted on June 18th. I was thinking it would take 4 weeks to get. But today I got an email from our agency saying that the attorney may need some more paperwork. If I had to guess...this means he might have to resubmit it again and...another 3 or 4 weeks. Yep...I thought all the resubmitting would be over once we were out of PGN, but here we go again. We are just so overjoyed that she is ours and we've decided we can handle a few extra weeks:) But if I dissapear for a few days...you can find me at La Casa Grande in Guatemala City...JK. I wish! So for now, just like we have for the past 2 years, we wait... We are so close!!!


Here are a couple new pictures of Kya. I got them this week! I love the new "comb over". When I got these, I couldn't stop giggling. She's such a sweetie!