March 2008 - Posts
Today we got up early, grabbed a quick bite, and Julie, Matt and I met our case worker at 7:45 for a quick run over to the US Embassy (only about 4 or 5 blocks from the hotel). Once through security, we sat in line while our case worker stood in line
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Yesterday and today have been slow, lazy days... hanging out by the pool, enjoying breakfast and dinner buffets, adapting to nap schedules, etc. Matt has been doing great, and is not showing any real signs of grieving. Erika is doing ok right now, but
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Now that the day is winding down, I've got a minute or two to post a few pictures and update the blog. Big thanks go out to Papa for documenting the day. Erika and Matt have a long way to go, but things started to get a bit better at the end of the day
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After 11 months of waiting and a total of 15 months of paperwork and "process" our family is complete again. We received a call this morning just before 8 indicating that we should expect to meet with the social worker and foster mom around
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Yesterday was a good but long day. We started up at 4:30 EST and, of course Erika was *so* excited about being on an airplane that she didn't sleep at all the first flight... she really was fun to watch. We met up with Nana and Papa in the Charlotte airport
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I thought I'd send a quick post letting you all know what our schedule looks like for the next few days.... Thursday: We leave our house around 5:45 AM EST. We'll fly to Charlotte where we'll meet Nana and Papa (my parents). We'll then fly to Guatemala
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Well, evidently someone missed a notification step and we must have passed our last DNA test because tonight we received an email confirmation that we have an appointment at the US Embassy on Monday 3/31. This means that 3/28 (week from Friday) should
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I know... we didn't think we'd get another set of pictures so close to picking him up... but we did. He sure is getting big... Click to view the slide show
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Yes - we received the Orange slip today - this authorizes the 2nd DNA test to be done. Once this is done (hopefully within a week), and the results are in, then the Embassy will issue the Pink slip - this is when we will be able to schedule travel.
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