January 16, 2010

Wow, I can not believe it has been more than a year and a half since I posted on this blog. Obviously, children changes things just a little bit. :-) Maya and I are doing great. She is the greatest daughter in the world! She is so sweet and loving and is such a joy to spend time with. I hope to be adding some pictures soon and some updated pictures. Needless to say she has changed a ton in this last year but if it is possible she just continues to get more beautiful, smart, and funny as each days goes by.

June 8, 2008

I'm going to GUATEMALA! I received my appointment information this past Wednesday (Maya's 13 month birthday) that I am to be in Guatemala for my Embassy appointment this Wednesday. I am so excited and can not wait to see her again. I leave tomorrow and we will be home Friday. Please keep us in your prayers and pray that everything goes smoothly from the flights, to the appointments, to our bonding, to the foster families emotions of Maya leaving, and everything else. What an exciting, overwhelming, sad, joyous occasion. 

I love you Maya! Mommy will see you in 2 days.

May 9, 2008

I haven't written lately so I thought I should give a brief update. Things continue to progress in Guatemala. I actually got to see the new birth certificate where I am listed as Maya's mother. It was so exciting to actually see it! This week they have applied for her Passport and should have it anytime now. As soon as we get it, then they will start the process for the DNA testing. So the way things look now, I hope to be picking her up early in June. However, in the mean time there is an issue with Immigration that we are working on and it needs to be resolved before I can bring her home. So please pray the issue is resolved soon. Immigration has all the paperwork they need from me so all I can do now is wait and pray.
I got new pictures of Maya this week. She continues to look very happy. She is now 23 pounds and is 29.9 inches long. She is also standing. I don't know if she is walking or not but she is standing. Her foster mother cut her hair sometime between 10 and 11 months and it is still short and she looks more like a little girl than a baby. I can't wait to see her again.
Maya, I love you so much and can't believe I am getting ready to miss Mother's Day with you here. I think of you 24 hours a day and can not wait to spend that time with you instead of just thinking about you. Mommy will see you soon.

April 11, 2008

I'm OUT! I'm OUT! I'm OUT! I can not believe that we are finally out of PGN and approved. I was getting worried that I would get another kickout but I got the call this morning that we are OUT! I am just so excited. It is so hard to believe that I am really OUT! This "eight week" process took 6 months and felt like 2 years but it finally happened.
So what's next you ask? Well now we wait on the adoption decree, then we get a new birth certificate, then there is the 2nd DNA test, and then the Embassy appt. is set. This all takes an average of 6-8 weeks so hopefully Maya will be home sometime between May 23rd and June 6th. Of course I have not wanted to do anything with her room until we were out of PGN so now I gotta get busy. Thankfully I have several friends that have volunteered to help me.
Please continue to pray for us as we go through these final stages to bring her home.
Maya, honey, the time is almost here to bring you home. I miss you so much but I am so thankful to know that you are so very well taken care of. Your foster family loves you so much and have done such a wonderful thing by caring for you the first year of your life. I am ever grateful to them. Mommy loves you and will see soon.

March 22, 2008

I received a beautiful pictures of Maya from her 10 month old doctor visit but I am unable to post them due to some computer trouble. But I can tell you she is now 22 pounds and 29 1/2 inches long. She is getting so big. We are still in PGN and like always we hope to here something soon. Please keep us in your prayers.
I love you Maya and can not wait to hold you in my arms again. ~Mommy

February 21, 2008

I am back in PGN!!! It is ironic that I pray so long to get back in PGN only to turn around and pray to get out quickly! Yes, now I am praying to get approved and out as quickly as possible. The average time is 8 weeks but of course I ma praying it is faster than that. 

I love you Maya!

February 20, 2008

Not a lot new (or should I say good) to post but I had a minute so I thought I would update everyone on what I do know. As I posted earlier, I was "kickout" of PGN on February 5th and before I could be resubmitted, I had to be registered with the new Central Authority. I don't know the exact date but I was registered with the "newest" Central Authority on February 8th or 9th. I say "newest" Central Authority because I was registered as of February 28th and then the Central Authority moved and EVERYONE had to re-register by February 12th or they could not continue in the adoption process. So I am registered but apparently PGN wants a copy of a particular document that is located more than 16 hours away from Guatemala City in a place that has no copy machine (very rural area). The crazy thing is they already have the info they need so I don't know what this is about. My attorney has a meeting scheduled to talk to the director of PGN today to see if they can get something done about me being resubmitted to PGN. It is so hard to have NO control over any this. I trust my attorney so all I can do at this point is PRAY and beleive me, I do that a lot! I don't know if I will hear anything today or if it will be tomorrow but please pray this meeting goes well and I can get back in PGN so I can eventually get OUT of PGN. Everyone is so great about praying for me and sending me words of encouragement. Thank you all for that, it really does help.