We're going to see Kya!!!

We are so excited! I was hoping she would be home by now, but it's looking like another month or longer. So...we'll settle with a short visit instead...I'm not complaining, I'll be happy to see her sweet face again! Philip is even more excited than me. He hasn't seen her in 7 months! Thursday can't come soon enough.

This is going to be a special trip bc it's the 1st time we'll be with her knowing she is really ours & will be coming home soon! It will be so great to just enjoy spending time with her w/o worrying about PGN & kick outs & all the other things that could go wrong.

Next week will probably be crazy, but I will post tons of pictures once we're in Guatemala with Kya.


Time to start packing!!! You know how that goes...I'll be packing every night this week. I love packing all her sweet little dresses! Can you tell I'm excited?

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!