* We are so close :

* We are 12 days from visiting and meeting our girls!
* We are 51 days into waiting for Pre-Approval!
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For a good read please take the time to click on the new links I added in the upper right margin. The first one is really good and gives you a great perspective on adoption and the spiritual significance of our role in the process. The second one perfectly articulates the thoughts which have been swirling around in my head since before we started this journey. I was so grateful to see it put into words so smoothly. Both entrees are inspiring, encouraging and just plain great!



Get ready girls we are on our way!

Started Packing.

Here is a picture of most of the treasures I will be taking down to share with the girls. I have thoughtfully chosen all of it in an extremely obsessive compulsive way! As in; driving far and wide to find the perfect silken fairy wings so everyone would match but have different colors. Most things are very Waldorf inspired.... did you expect something else? lol. If you click on the pic you can see the things close up. One of the little books is about a Mama chicken taking care of her peeps...so cute. Some of my books are still being shipped... but I think this is just about everything. I realize they probably won't have the foggiest idea about tea parties...but no time like the present!
Day 47...They (The US Embassy) haven't even returned our email inquiry.
I am now trying to come up with the perfect questions to ask the FosterMom when I meet her...any ideas?
On a super cute note...."A" refers to the girls as Metsee and JemmaJemma as in "Oh momma, a picture of Metsee and JemmaJemma in Guatamama."

42 Days....

Move over Noah... we have been in this ark for over 40days... so we are releasing a bird (oh dare I say which "bird", lol)... We are sending that Embassy an email (Thanks Kristi...you adoption maven you)... so hopefully we will hear something...Anything...

Travel Plans!

So we are getting closer and closer to meeting the girls.... and I have to do something with all this energy...and as some of you know who *know* me; my first thought of the day is normally one of my best. I have been wanting to come up with something to give the girls , that would be made by me. At first I thought of bracelets and necklaces... scrapbooks and other trinkets.... THEN.....:
The other morning I woke up with the thought to make the girls some cute little felted fairy dolls. And boy did I ever! I sat down and pounded out fairy after fairy... it was if they made themselves. Within the evening I had made 5 and by the next day more arrived. I have ideas for about 6more. So my little flock of felted flower fairies are going to Guatemala.... I hope they don't expect for the Americans to bring Barbies!
Ironically we will be staying at the place that has the webcam featured on the bottom of this page...of course it only sporadically works... if it was reliable I would have you all tune in to me jumping in the parking lot and waving.
******Oh and we are on day 40 of our wait..... UGH!!!!******** (how many fairies do you think I will have felted by the time I get in to PGN?)

Just a bit of Teeny......

It is amazing what decent nutrition and ridding ones teeny self of acute brochitis can do for 2year old girls growth! Don't get me wrong ...she is still pocket size...and she did only put on one pound which brings her to a hefty 19 lbs....HOWEVER she utilized most of her energy to grow taller. In December she was 29inches....now in June she measures 31inchs tall! Most kitchen counters are 36inchs tall... so you can image how little she still is....but nonetheless; Good for her! Her medical report said she is very healthy ...no brochitis and everything checked out well within normal. So I guess that little girl earned the holes in her shoes!
I don't have the medical report on Tiny at this moment...hopefully soon. She is looking good in all the pics. There is a light to her eyes that hasn't been there in the previous pictures. That is encouraging.
Does ANYONE have connections in the US Government to get this moving a bit faster? We are now at 35days waiting for PA.. and as I have said before ...this used to only take them 30days to complete... but now it is ridiculously long and NOTHING can happen until we have Pre-Approval from the US Embassy in Guatemala....nothing...it's like sitting alongside the road with a flat tire waiting for your ride to show up.
Seriously?! THIRTY-FIVE days of waiting....Let's go already!

MY GIRLS!!!!

Okay so seriously... they are adorable.. but someone needs to tell the fostermom that she is no Vidal Sasoon, "Put the scissors down and step away from my girls!... I am sure your momma told you that you were good with hair...she lied to you...Stop cutting their hair." Could they be any cuter? I see they are wearing clothing that I sent. They have on the shoes and the socks and the shirts and the pants....those are things I held...those are things I put in a package and now they are wearing them. They will brush their teeth with organic toothpaste...hahaha....all because I put it in the package...they will brush their teeth with Barbie toothbrushes because we picked them out just for them. Wild, just wild!
I have many more pictures but I will post them soon along with the other updates that I expect to gather. I know that their medicals are being located...because I didn't ask...I demanded in preparation for our trip.
We have waited 28days for our lovely government to issue Pre-Approval. I won't mention how crazy it can make you to know that only a month or so ago it only took them 30days to accomplish this and now they like to make you grovel for PA. We can't go into PGN until we have PA. I know it is confusing...if you are one for details click on the link to the right and you can find a nice chart that will spell out the process.
Pray for Pre-Approval. We want these girls home!

Since the Begining!

I have had a lot of requests for more pictures! Well I thought it would be fun to make a timeline of the girls since our first picture. The first two are from December of 06... then the next is February of 07..... then the last one may have been from April. Soon we expect new pictures. I love picture day. I can't wait to put pictures up that I took myself!!!!!!!!!
For the record today is day 14 of waiting for PA.... after we receive that from our government; we can go into PGN.
Enjoy!