March 2006 - Posts
Well, Rob was right again :) We just found out today that we have been in PGN since 3/23/06 – for those of you who may not know, Rob has been just 100% sure we were already in PGN, where as I (Julie) was being more hesitant in saying we were there
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I am pleased to announce that we have completed another step in our adoption process to bring our Erika home!!! This morning, I received an e-mail from the Department of Homeland Security, letting us know that we have received Pre-Approval! This is a
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I've been quiet for the last day or so... Yesterday afternoon was awful as we had to give Erika back (not fun) and then I've been sick and in bed all day today (not the way you want to spend time 1000's of miles from home, but i suppose it
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Well, I am not the one with the pictures, but I thought I'd take a few minutes to blog about some of the happenings here during our visit. We are staying at the Marriott here in Guatemala, which is affectionately known as the "adoption"
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So, today is my last day with my new parents. For the most part, it's been fun with them... except when I've been sick. I slept alot last night (sorry for those of you who wanted to see me awake on the webcam) and woke up around 11pm and drank
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Using a really simple tool that Kevin found this afternoon, we threw together a few picture galleries for those interested... I will clean up the template and make it look nicer later :). http://gillenfamily.net/robandjulie/erika/erika_day01aweb/index.html
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Well, we almost got a smile... and we'll take what we've gotten :) Erika is doing fairly well, but you can tell she's definitely in a strange place with people she's not used to. We think she's beginning to warm up to us... getting
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Harkening from the Guatemalan field production office (see picture on the left) we have assembled a little video of us with our daughter. Rather than providing an embedded player I figured I'd just include the link for those interested. Also... I
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So, even dad got the opportunity to spend some time with Erika... I'm not sure if she's sleeping because she's already bored with me :) or if it was just nap time, but either way it was great... how bad can life be?
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Well, today really couldn't have been any better... I'm sitting in the Marriott in Guatemala City, connected to the wide world via wireless internet (thank you mini linksys) and had the wonderful privilege of holding my daughter for the first
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Well, we are sitting here in Guatemala and only a few hours from being able to hold our daughter for the first time... I'm unsure that I can adequately capture the emotions we are feeling right now. My sister-in-law Debbie wrote a poem a week or so
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