The Beginning

January 13
Where we are!
Welcome to our blog. This is very new to me but I have learned so much from other family's who are adopting by reading their blogs. It is such a great way for people to learn about the process and know where we are in the process on a semi-daily basis.

So where are we??? We are in the final stages of the adoption process for Guatemala. It is called PGN. It is also known as the "black hole", where once you enter you really don't know how long or when you will get out. We entered 12-22-06. It was our early Christmas present! Our timeline as gone very smoothly so far, we are very fortunate. Families can be in PGN for 4-6 weeks or 4 to 6 months! There is no rhyme or reason most of the time. There are things called "kickouts" of which if your paperwork is incorrect it can be sent back to your attorney for corrections. Our attorney has taken time to review our case thoroughly before we entered so we are hoping that it will be an "uneventful" trip through "the black hole"

The pictures above are from our last visit trip in November. Maria is almost 4 years old. In fact, her birthday is Monday, 15th!! She is amazing and Rachael (who is almost 5 at the end of the month) have hit it off as sisters. Rachael has called her "Sissy" before they even met and the nick name has stuck!

I will be posting more pictures as I learn the "blog" thing!! Thanks to Alisha for getting me to this easy blog site!!! More later!! Janet