No updated pictures yet :-( I can't wait to get our next set of pictures! She will be 2 months old in 11 days and we haven't seen new pictures of her since she was 3 weeks old! I am so curious to see how much she has grown and changed.

Our dossier got to our agency today and they said it will go to Guatemala hopefully this week. The next step is translation which will take a few days to a week. After that is when things really get complicated. We have to wait for DNA to be done and family court (interview with birthmom). Most babies that are taken back by their moms are usually taken back either within the first 2 weeks the babies are in foster care or at the DNA appointment, so if we can just get past the appointment then I will feel 100% better!

-Diana

Paperchasing is DONE!!!!! Our dossier was authenticated today and to our surprise we got our 171-H (immigration approval) today also!!!! Tomorrow is the day it is no longer in our control.....I'm praying our lawyer is quick with this stuff and we can get her home a.s.a.p. :-)

Road Trip!!!!

I'm dragging my best friend niki to Tallahassee on Tuesday to get our dossier state certified and then we are going to Miami on Thursday to get it authenticated by the Guatemala consulate! Which means our dossier will be done by FRIDAY!!!!!! Yes!!! Finally after 3 months of paperchasing! Hopefully our INS office will have our 171-H to us by early next week. Our agency seems to be pretty quick with family court and dna authorization so hopefully by January/February we will be in PGN (The last BIG stage in the process)

But on a side note I finally have pictures to post of the nursery...It's still in the early stages of painting and decorating but I am in love with Kirsten's crib (even though I can't leave it like that for long!)


*In Love w/ the Canopy*


*Close up of her Bedding and Stuffed Animals*


*Picture does no justice for these beautiful paintings*


*Yes I have a HUGE shopping problem!!!*

The last 2 weeks have seemed like forever, I can't imagine what the rest of this wait is going to be like!

Finalized home study is here!!!! Our agency is reviewing it and tomorrow it is on it's way to Immigration in Tampa! Thankfully things are moving right along now, and hopefully they will stay that way!

I can't believe tomorrow will be one week we have had our referral of Kirsten. Our agency informed us that the director is going there at the beginning of November and they will allow us to send 1 gallon size ziplock of stuff to her. So today was spent hunting through the closet of clothes she already has and picking out the 0-3 mts. and 3-6 mts. stuff, washing and packing them. I originally had 11 outfits stuffed into a gallon size ziplock (don't ask me how but I did) but I have now settled on sending 8. We are also sending disposable camera's for her foster mom to take pictures of her with, which I am kind of excited about because then we will have some picture for her scrapbook of the months she spent in Guatemala.

So we have decided that we are going to go for a visit trip sometime in January. Tom and Debbie are coming with us, which makes me feel 100% more comfortable because I don't know how much I would have liked being 1000's of miles away with a baby for the first time. And of course I am already thinking about stuff to bring....more baby clothes and cameras, video camera, etc...I am going to have her foster mom give us back the disposable cameras I'm sending now while we are there that way we can start her scrapbook (help keep me busy in the final few months)

Oh and BTW finalized homestudy should be here tomorrow!!! YIPPIE!

-D

What a day! All the paperwork is done! For now:-( LOL We sent in all the confirmation paperwork for Kirsten and of course can't send that in without a check *figures* and now lets hope for a smooth next couple of months!

So I've decided I'm buying stock in the post office...I feel like I live there lately with all this dossier paperwork and it's not over yet. I'm going to need a vacation after this dossier is finished! One more month and it should be over!

Maybe I can con Tom into hanging up the pictures we got for her room and then I can post some pictures! Hope she grows up to like purple (I HATE it!) because the nursery is pink and purple! I'm not worried about the pink, all little girls like pink :-)

-D

We got pictures of our little cutie!


*She is all cheeks!*


*I don't think someone was very happy LOL*


*Yawning??? Got me! :-) Tom's favorite picture! LOL*

Baby K has arrived!

Last night after the sad loss of our previous referral (Thank gosh it was only after a few hours!) we were blessed with our little princess! She was born 9/10/06 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She weighted 6 pounds, and was 18.9 inches long. She was born with an eye infection :-( but the doctor gave her medicine and said other then that she is perfectly healthy! Now is the hard part....sitting by for the next 5-7 months for her to come home! Tom and I are ecstatic about our new baby girl; we can't wait until she's home and are able to introduce her to all our family and friends.