Suggestions

Our pick up trip is approaching fast, who ever thought I'd be using the word FAST and this process together, none-the-less, we'll be leaving soon to get our daughter. My bio daughter will have a sister and that warms my heart so very much. Having a twin sister myself, and knowing how dear she is to me, I can't wait for my daughter to have a sister and hopefully a new best friend.. Therefore, I wanted to get both my girls a gift that will represent their union as sisters. I wanted to buy them something they could enjoy now and as adults. I was thinking jewelry. Can anyone give me some suggestions.

Sample has arrived

After a bit of delay due to Holy week(Easter) in Guatemala, Faiths DNA sample has made it to the lab. I was told it could take 7-10 days at labcorp, then off to USE. We are one step closer to bringing Faith home. I've been busy making plans for our pick up trip. The hubby will not be traveling for pick up. He is going to remain home and watch over the boys. My sister, my daughter and now my Mom will be traveling with me. I'M SO EXCITED. It's a girls trip.

On another note, we spent Easter weekend camping with my sister, her family and some of their friends at the Kern river. Rex's 2nd birthday was on Easter this year so we had a small celebration during our trip. Faith also turned 10 months on Easter as well. Shes growing so fast. Easter day was spent driving home from our trip. It was an uneventful day, but very nice. What day celebrating the LORD isn't nice.

Hoping to be PINK real soon.

Did somebody say ORANGE

That's right folks, we are ORANGE. I spoke with our agency this morning and they told us that we received 2nd DNA authorization on 3/13. Which is a very nice surprise since I didn't even know we had a birth certificate yet. Once the DNA sample reaches the lab, our agency will notify us. The results are then sent to the US embassy in Guatemala. The embassy will then issue us a pink slip(email) that gives us our embassy appointment. Which hopefully will be around mid-April. Then we bring her home. We are so, so, so close to having our family complete. Thank you so much for everyones prayers. I can't wait to share my completed family with everyone.

No News

The worst part of this process is waiting. Waiting for PA, waiting for Family court, waiting to enter PGN, waiting to exit PGN, so on and so forth. We are currently waiting for our daughter new birth certificate. Our agency said 2-2 1/2 weeks and we are now fastly approaching 2 weeks and nothing yet. It's painful to wait when I see others who have exited PGN at the same time as us and already have 2nd DNA authorization. So to ease the pain, I've been shopping. Gymboree, Baby Gap, Old Navy, Nordstroms and a little Babies R Us. It's so great to see little girl clothes hanging in the closet. My oldest daughter is seven so it's been awhile for baby girl clothes. I 'm hoping the Birth Cetrificate comes soon or I might be buying stock in any of these companies. Everytime the phone rings I'm hoping it's our agency, no such luck yet.



I also wanted to give a shout out to all those who have made it one more step further in this process, CONGRATULATIONS.

And to all those who feel like they are going backwards, my prayers and thoughts are with you. Stay strong, the lord will deliver.

It's Offical

She's ours. I sopke with our agency last week and Faiths birthmother has signed off on the adoption the fourth and final time, making her officially ours. She is now a Riggio.

The next steps in bringing her home are:

1. Birth certificate
2. Passport
3. 2nd DNA test
4. Pick up trip (visa appt.), sometime around the end of April

Our family is almost complete.

For fun

How many five year olds could you take on in a fight. I could take on 14. See link below.

http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/fight5

What's for lunch?

Nothing like some Chocolate pudding on my Peanut Butter and Jelly.