Sunday Thoughts

Whew! Big week Batman. Christopher and I have been absorbing the news that we're cleared to go get Noe in just a few weeks at the same time as we've been settling into the novel schedule of Christopher's new job at Cakebread. In a way, I think this first transition will make the slide into Life With Noea bit smoother. But I could be way wrong on that one ;-).

After speaking with KJ again this week, we've got a bit more info, so I thought I'd update here.

1) Noe is OFFICIALLY our daughter! The birth-mother's last sign-off has already happened, so Noe is legally our child.

2) Our lawyer submitted for a new birth certificate last week, which should take roughly two weeks to receive.

3) After we get the new birth certificate, the next step is to apply for a "pink slip," with the Embassy, which is the super-official "you're done" piece of paperwork. It will have the date of our appointment at the embassy on it. KJ says it's taking about four days from the time of getting the birth certificate to the time of receiving the pink slip. And then appointments can be 5-7 days after receiving the pink slip.

4) All of that means that our appointment will most likely fall somewhere during the week of June 11th, with a slight possibility of it falling during the week on either side.

5) Yes, we'll get the call with the date and will be traveling just a few days later. (!)

As you can imagine, we are so, so excited to be here, so, so close to bringing Noe home! We're working through the last of our to-do lists (baby-proof, install child gate, etc.) and are just ready, ready, ready.

We'll keep you posted when we hear anything more!

We're Out of PGN!

Hallelujah! The long awaited "call from Kelly Jo" came today -- and it was GREAT news! We're out of PGN and are on the last leg to bringing Noe home!

I got KJ's message at 5:03 today and could hear in her voice that she had good news, but I was worried I'd missed her at the office and would have to wait all night to hear anything "official." Bless her heart though, she waited by the phone and twiddled her thumbs until I called back, and I'm still waiting for Chris to walk through the door (he finished up his second day at Cakebread today) to tell him!

So if I am interpreting the notes that I scribbled correctly, it looks like we should be going to Guatemala to pick Noe up in anywhere between 3-6 weeks. Oh my gosh! To have the worry of "what if we get kicked out of PGN?" gone is just amazing . . . oh -- Christopher's home, got to go!

WOOO HOOOOO!!!!