getty antsy

well, 19 more days till I get told hold Rachel again & i'm getiing ANTSY!!! to say the least... It will be 2 months since i've seen her last, it seem like 2 years.. My hope is that we return to PGN by the first wk of February & we breeze through PGN... waiting at least another 8 weeks to get out is like torture.. I cant wait to get to Guatemala to be with Rachel & spend the weeken with kristi & angela...

central authority news

well, I spoke with Carol yesterday & she told me that maria was going to register my case with the Central Authority.. after we are registered, maria has to return 8 dayds later to get some kind of certificate. once she has the certificate we can be reenterd back into PGN. We are hoping to be back in PGN by the first week of February..

next week Rachel will be sporting new jade earings that grandma bought her from the Jade factory in Antigua...

visiting again...

I am so excited that we will be visitng Rachel again in just a few short weeks... We are going from Feb 13-16.. Its me & my mom this time, Sam has work to do in the house that needs to be done before Rachel arrives.. The nice thing is that Kristi & angela along with Elli & julia will be there too. We will be having a birthday party for miss Elli. It will be an all girls weekend. I will be spending valentine's day with my love Rachel....

A BIG FAT KO

ok, so after work i took a little nap b/c my allergies are killing me (its january for god s sake) anyway, i was having a bad dream when I was awaken by the phone ringing, &amd; I saw it was Carol on th ID.. I knew it wasnt good....needless to say we got KO'D for no PA(pre approval from the us embassy to take rachel into he US) &and cant go back in until we register with the half non existent CA.. I knew it was coming so i'm ok.. I just hope we can get back in soon... I only needed one more day!!! remember my PA came the day after we were submitted into PGN..The good news is that PGN is looking at the files, &and I'm hoping that was my only KO, ∧ lets hope its not this big ordeal to register with the CA.. carol said that the people at the CA assured that all of our babies are coming home.... lets hope they arent stringing us along....

Rachel's New clothes

I was at the store this weekend & I bought a few things for Rachel... babies r us & childrens place were having really good sales.. I did want to buy a valentines day outfit & I found a really cute one...

promising news

This is the email we rec'd from Carol yesterday... This is certainly wonderful news, please pray it all pans out... We sholud know more next week...

Ive booked my 2nd visit trip for Feb 13-16.. I cant wait to hold rachel again, I miss her so much & I hope & pray shes home soon...

from carol....

the good news is that everyone at the new office states that it is their intention that all cases in process, those with POA registered on or before December 31st will be grandfathered in under the old system and it is their intention to complete all of those adoptions. So, please keep practicing your breathing. : ) Carol }

new pictures

I received new pictures of rachel today, she will be 4 months on January 10th she gained 2 1/2 pounds, shes 11 pounds 12 oz.. the way this poor baby is dressed you would think they are having a deep freeze in Guatemala.. I left so many nice things & this is what they put on her... thats ok though, getting pics today was great, especially with all the nonsense going on over there it was great to see her....

bad news out of guatemala

well, lets see... on friday january 4th we rec'd word that things are basically a mess in Guatemala & who know if & when Rachel will ever come home... heres the deal, if you are kicked out of PGN, (which i will be, we were submitted on 12/21/2007 & our pre approval arrived on 12/22/2007 you just cant submit that form, you have to wait to be kicked out before you can add to the file) you have to regidter with the Central Authority before you can get back into PGN, the kicker in all of this you ask............ the Central Authority doesnt exist yet!!!! yep you read corrrectly.

this means that there are going to be delays of how long noone knows.. at this point i'll consider myself lucky if Rachel is home by her first birthday!!!

needless to say I cant even begin to explain how we are feeling & this is why i dont want any gifts or decorate a room...

We are hoping for news, any news to come this week.. i wish i new high political people that could pull strings for me to get rachel home.'

please keep us all that are adopting in your prayers

thnx
alex & sam