getting ready to see Rachel

hello everyone,
well, 4 more days till we get to meet Rachel. needless to say we are thrilled!!! I will try & post at night all the pictures from the day.. We are staying at the Westin in Guatemala City. Well, I called Verizon Wireless & they told mr that it would be $2.50 a minute to call the states, so neeless to say We wont be calling home, although its much cheaper for you guys to call me. I called Guatemala & was on the phone for about 5 minutes & it was only about 4 dollars. We would love to hear from you guys, I think they are on central time, not positive though. If you dont have a long distance carrier like me you would dial 1016868 then 011 502 2333 3000.
We welcome all the phione calls..

talk to you all soon

Some of Rachel's new clothes

here are some of the things we sent to Guatemala.... Rachel has LOTS!!!! of new clothes

Great News from Guatemala

I received word today from carol thats there is Great News coming out of Guatemala..
the date of jan 1st 2008 to end adoptions is likely going to be pushed back to april 30th.. thats great news for all of us in the process of adopting... The congress will be voting on this bill next week... lets hope it passes

talk soon
alex & sam

New Pictures

hello all,
I just received new pictures of Rachel from her doctor visit, she getting so big.
27 days & counting till we see her!!
the new pics are at the back of the slideshow, you can click the arrow if you dont want to see the whole thing all over again

ale & sam

Make a slide show, scrapbook or ecard

It's a match!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got an email from carol on nov 5th to let us know that there was a positive DNA match with rachel & her birthmother... Now we can move on to getting our pre approval from the US embassy in Guatemala, after that we move to our last step called PGN where all of our paperwork is scrutinized, most people get kicked out for one stupid reason or another.

Me, Sam & my mom will be going to visit Rachel on dec 4th we will be there for 5 days!!
We can wait to hold her in our arms & we will certainly have TONS!!!! of pictures when we get home

alex

Great News

On October 26th in the afternoon Carol called with GREAT NEWS!!!. We were approved to have the DNA test done on the baby & her birth mother, just to make sure that Rachel is actually hers.. While this is being done the birth mother has an interview with the family court system just to make sure that she wants to give up her baby for adoption.. this is just routine procedure..

Once we get a positive DNA match, sam & I will be going to visit Rachel in Guatemala for a few days.. The foster family will drop Rachel off to us for the length of our trip.. We cant wait to see her in person!!!!!