Monday, March 20, 2006
I am off to Guatemala! I leave Thursday and will get our little girl Friday morning. Our paperwork was submitted to the US Embassy this morning and we should have an appointment date soon, but I decided not to wait (which I know comes as a great shock and surprise to all that know me). Nate will join me as soon as we know when our appointment is.
This last stage has zipped along and we are quite pleased. We got her birth certificate and adoption decree on Friday. Her birth certificate has her birth name and our names as her parents. So it's official, she is stuck with us for good.
Once we get down there we go to the embassy with her and our escort (a woman from the attorney's office), we get interviewed and sworn in as her parents. We return the next business day to pick up her visa and then we head home the next day.
Unfortunately we go through customs in Texas, so her first moment in the country will be in our least favorite state, but we won't leave the airport so she won't get to freaked out about her new homeland.
I'll write more from Guatemala, but now I am off to pack
This last stage has zipped along and we are quite pleased. We got her birth certificate and adoption decree on Friday. Her birth certificate has her birth name and our names as her parents. So it's official, she is stuck with us for good.
Once we get down there we go to the embassy with her and our escort (a woman from the attorney's office), we get interviewed and sworn in as her parents. We return the next business day to pick up her visa and then we head home the next day.
Unfortunately we go through customs in Texas, so her first moment in the country will be in our least favorite state, but we won't leave the airport so she won't get to freaked out about her new homeland.
I'll write more from Guatemala, but now I am off to pack
