We Have a Crawler!

We called the foster mother this evening and it’s such an incredible joy to talk with her.  It truly gives us such a strong feeling of peace.  We know that he’s crawling and starting to call his foster daddy pappa which we love so very much.  His foster mother says that he’s very smart and that’s music to our ears!

Of course, we are sad to miss the early months of his life but we feel like we’ve gained so much – hopefully a long term relationship to Nathanael’s home country and we’ve met some truly remarkable people in the process.

Going with the Flow

We received a new birth certificate on 4/22 and a new passport today.

This means we are moving very quickly to a pick up date.

We have no crib, no car seat, no high chair, no diapers, no baby food, NOTHING. 

I predict week of 5/19.

Done Deal

We have final sign-off!

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Happy 8 (Month) Birthday

Nathanael is 8 months today.  It’s so crazy to think that he’ll likely be here in early summer. 

We’ve yet to hear if the birth mother has signed off for the last time.  I’m not really nervous about it – it may be done or she hasn’t signed it yet. 

I started calling day cares yesterday.  Gulp.  I had no idea how the waiting lists would be.  A local church is opening up an infant program and it’s likely they will have an opening in August.  It seemed pretty nice - I didn’t get all weirded out or get a strange vibe.  It’s nice beause it’s part of a k-8 so there is a big gym and library etc.  It is weird to have all those kids in one room though.  The vibe we get from Nathanael is that he likes action – he loves hanging out in the baby room etc.  I don’t have child care guilt but who knows, it will probaby still be very hard.

Good bye PGN Widget

So, i’ve been hesitant to take the PGN widget off the sidebar because I still can’t believe we are out of PGN.  I def feel like a weight is off our shoulders.  I’ve been really obsessing overing PGN entry and exit dates and now, I no longer need to.  How crazy is that!

So, what’s next?
OUT of PGN
Birthmother final signoff
Adoption Decree Issued
Receive Birth Certificate
Get approval for 2nd DNA (orange)
DNA taken and sent to the lab
DNA results received by the embassy
Get PINK slip email (appointment for Visa)Embassy appointment
Visa Pickup next day
Done and home!

Our agency anticipates that we will travel in 5 – 8 weeks!  I had hoped to hear today that the birth mother did the final sign off but our lawyer did not send any updates.  We have heard that he is busy with the JCICS that are in Guat to help with procedures for any future adoptions.  So, we hope to hear early next week the final sign off is completed.

Pretty soon we will no longer be in process.  I still can’t believe it.