Kirsten's birth certificate has arrived and we are doing her passport today at 3pm :-) I can finally say it feels like it's coming to an end!!!!!! We are hoping to be submitted to the embassy on Tuesday morning which would put us home either the 21st or the beginning of the week of the 24th. I am planning on emailing the embassy and begging for them to move our appointment to the 19th (my birthday!) so that we can go home on the 21st as long as they have all our dna stuff already done. Please say a huge prayer for us that they will move it and allow us to be home just that few days sooner, as what a difference it will make for everyone. WE ARE READY TO GO HOME! LOL

xoxo
-Diana

OK I only have a few new pictures to share but there funny ones. Kirsten pushes around this box from a router we bought down here and the other day heard her pushing it around behind me and I turned around and this is what she was doing:

Such an noisy kid LOL

and she is also does this thing with her phone...everytime I tell her dada is calling pick up your phone she goes and finds her phone and trys to talk to dada.



She is such a funny kid!

-Diana

PEOPLE THE PROTOCOL HAS BEEN COMPLETED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is offically registered under Guatemalan law as our child!....now lets get some paperwork stating that :-) They said the birth certificate is being applied for on Monday! Please say a prayer that they get on the ball and we get submitted to the embassy next Thursday which should place us home sometime the week of September 17th!

Take care!
-Diana

OK so some family members have been asking me what is left before we can travel home....Here is the steps in order below and an estimated timeframe for each:

1) Attorney signs final protcol for the birthmom (we have a POA) and the protocol is registered. (Should take 2-3 days)
2) Registered protocol is taken to Malacatan and a new birth certificate is received (1-2 days)
3) Mommy, Kirsten and a rep from our agency go to get her new passport (1 day)
4) File is translated into english (1-3 days)
5) We are submitted to the US Embassy for our appointment date and get 2nd DNA authorization (1 day)
6) Embassy medical done and 2nd dna results taken (1day)
7) 2nd dna results get sent to Labcorp, results determind, and mailed back to US Embassy in Guatemala (10-14 days)
8) US Embassy issues visa "pink" appointment date which is usually 4-7 days out
9) Go to visa appointment and next day pick up visa at 3:30pm
10) GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems like a lot but it should only take about 4 weeks.

-Diana

WE ARE OUT OF PGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kirsten is offically ours! We should be back home in Florida within 4 weeks we hope :-)

-Diana