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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
What Color Should Your Blog Be??
Monday, January 30, 2006
The Check is in the Mail.....
Well actually.. It should have been delivered today by 3:00................... I have had a busy few days.. Lots of paperwork. Thursday afternoon I signed my POA letter & had it notarized. Friday morning I was off the the Secretary of the Commonwealth office to have the POA & my homestudy verified.. then off to the post office.. had to send those two documents to NY to the Guatemalan Consulate for authentication (along with a postage paid, pre-addressed express mail envelope for the consulate to then forward the documents to the adoption agency in Oklahoma) Saturday morning I was up bright & early.. off to the bank to get a cashiers check for a big hunk of cash.. then off to have more paperwork notarized, including 3 copies of the "adoption agreement" or contract. Then it was off to the post office again to express mail this packet of paperwork to Oklahoma.. They should have that now & they should have the documents that had to go to NY by the end of the week. It has only been a few days since I got the email.. But already it feels like forever ago.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Today Was a VERY Good Day!!!!!
Today I got the email that I have been waiting 13 weeks for!! A beautiful baby girl has been referred to me! Her name is Linda Azucena R. L. (soon to be Molly Elizabeth Harrold).
She was born on January 13, 2006 at 2:25AM in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. She was delivered by a midwife.. Her birthmother is 29 years old & was born in Honduras. On January 24th she had a physical exam and at that time she weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces, was 50 centimeters tall with a head circumference of 35.5 centimeters. She tested negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis. She was found to be in good health.
Adoptions in Guatemala take anywhere from 4-7 months to complete.. So I do not know when I will be able to bring here home.. I just hope is is closer to the 4 months.
Let the "real" waiting begin!
She was born on January 13, 2006 at 2:25AM in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. She was delivered by a midwife.. Her birthmother is 29 years old & was born in Honduras. On January 24th she had a physical exam and at that time she weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces, was 50 centimeters tall with a head circumference of 35.5 centimeters. She tested negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis. She was found to be in good health.
Adoptions in Guatemala take anywhere from 4-7 months to complete.. So I do not know when I will be able to bring here home.. I just hope is is closer to the 4 months.
Let the "real" waiting begin!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Moving Up
Last friday I emailed the agency to see if I had moved up on the list. I wasn't going to ask.. But my friend is away on vacation this week.. & she just had to know where I was on the list before she left.. She wasn't going to take no for an answer.. So I did it. Anyway.. The whole point of this post is that when I asked on Friday(1/20) I was in the #2 spot!!!!! YEAH.. getting closer!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Wendy's Blog
Let's see if she actually writes in it... she doesn't even return emails!!!
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Song Lyrics
an exerpt from "The Waiting" Written & Recorded by Tom Petty
the waiting is the hardest part
every day you get one more yard
you take it on faith,
you take it to the heart
the waiting is the hardest part
oh don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
The song itself has nothing to do with my situation.. But it has always been a favorite of mine.... And right now, for me.. THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART!
the waiting is the hardest part
every day you get one more yard
you take it on faith,
you take it to the heart
the waiting is the hardest part
oh don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
The song itself has nothing to do with my situation.. But it has always been a favorite of mine.... And right now, for me.. THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART!
WAITING
12 long weeks....
That is how long I have been waiting for the referral of a healthy baby girl from Guatemala. 12 weeks.. Really not a very long time in reality, but it sure feels long at this moment. The waiting is easier than it was last month.. Mostly because the original information I got was that my approximate wait time would be 3-6 weeks from the time the adoption agency received my completed paperwork. (They got it on 10/28) So naturally I was hoping to have a referral by Thanksgiving... Or my birthday at the very latest. This of course had me slowly going insane due the the CONSTANT (like every 5 minutes) checking of my email. Then the week after Christmas I get an email from the adoption agency.. update: the wait time for referrals of infant girls is 3-4 months..UGH! Of course my first & most important question at that point was.. 3-4 months from today (it may have been 12/28.. not sure the exact date..but that is the week) OR 3-4 months from the date they received my paperwork????? As usual.. I got an immediate response from the agency to my question ..PHEW.. 3-4 months from the date they got the paperwork.. So at least I was already 1/2 there. I even went as far as to ask where I was on the list of people waiting for girls.. I was #4. I haven't asked again, so I do not know if I have moved up on the list.. It's probably better that way. I am just hoping I only have the expected 1-5 more weeks of waiting...and that I can keep myself from checking my email every 5 minutes next month.. it can be quite a distraction at work and makes long days even longer. Now consider this a fair warning.. the waiting does not end here.. this is just the beginning of the waiting.. Once I actually accept a referral I have to wait & wait, & wait some more while my case goes through the family court in Guatemala & other legal stuff that not only do I have absolutely NO control over.. But I will also be assigning power of attorney to some lawyer in Guatemala City to act on my behalf.. A complete stranger whom in the end I will be eternally grateful to.
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That is how long I have been waiting for the referral of a healthy baby girl from Guatemala. 12 weeks.. Really not a very long time in reality, but it sure feels long at this moment. The waiting is easier than it was last month.. Mostly because the original information I got was that my approximate wait time would be 3-6 weeks from the time the adoption agency received my completed paperwork. (They got it on 10/28) So naturally I was hoping to have a referral by Thanksgiving... Or my birthday at the very latest. This of course had me slowly going insane due the the CONSTANT (like every 5 minutes) checking of my email. Then the week after Christmas I get an email from the adoption agency.. update: the wait time for referrals of infant girls is 3-4 months..UGH! Of course my first & most important question at that point was.. 3-4 months from today (it may have been 12/28.. not sure the exact date..but that is the week) OR 3-4 months from the date they received my paperwork????? As usual.. I got an immediate response from the agency to my question ..PHEW.. 3-4 months from the date they got the paperwork.. So at least I was already 1/2 there. I even went as far as to ask where I was on the list of people waiting for girls.. I was #4. I haven't asked again, so I do not know if I have moved up on the list.. It's probably better that way. I am just hoping I only have the expected 1-5 more weeks of waiting...and that I can keep myself from checking my email every 5 minutes next month.. it can be quite a distraction at work and makes long days even longer. Now consider this a fair warning.. the waiting does not end here.. this is just the beginning of the waiting.. Once I actually accept a referral I have to wait & wait, & wait some more while my case goes through the family court in Guatemala & other legal stuff that not only do I have absolutely NO control over.. But I will also be assigning power of attorney to some lawyer in Guatemala City to act on my behalf.. A complete stranger whom in the end I will be eternally grateful to.
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