Waiting for Anthony

How do I begin to articulate everything that needs to be said in this final post? Since we are no longer "waiting for Anthony", it...

We have received our official "Pink" notification. Anthony is coming home! Our appointment is February 25th at 7:15 am. We can ...

We just got an email from the Lab where the 2nd DNA test results were coming from. They are in route back to Guatemala! woohooo! Due to a...

Bloggers play this game called "Tagged". It is when someone who has a blog "tags" another blogger (person with a blog or...

Yay! Just recieved some new pictures of Anthony at his doctors appointment on the 18th of January. As you can see, he is even more beautiful...

Very belated but here are a few pictures from my trip last month. Lisa and Steve forwarded them to me via email and I wanted to share. Gosh!...

Woohoooo! It is official. We now have a new birth certicate registered in the Guatemala City Civil Registrar saying that "we" ar...

We have received our Final Adoption Decree. This is the legal document that reflects the fourth and final signature from the birth mother. ...

Today my grandmother turns 82! Happy Birthday Memere!

I have just laughed so stinking hard I nearly fell off my chair!!!! I posted on Guatadopt.com (the adoption board that has been my Godsend ...

You heard me right, we are OUT of PGN !!!!!!! After a few days of ups and downs (long story for another time) we received THE call from ou...

It would take up this entire blogspace to articulate all the precious moments that I had with Anthony during my visit to Guatemala. To actu...

We tend to seek comfort in the people that are sharing the same experience as us. The ability to relate to another person who "gets it...

To purchase a "Cookbook of Love" please email me directly with your name and address delicia1801@msn.com (I will send you an ema...

Happy Thanksgiving! Update: I called PGN this week and we are still with the 2nd reviewer. A typical 5 -6 week stay with this reviewer. We a...

The Cookbooks are done! They came out beautiful (if I do say so myself)! We are getting wonderful feedback on them and we are so thankful f...

These pictures were taken on Anthony's October doctor's visit.

Woohoo! We have been resubmitted back into PGN on October 23rd. We are so excited and relieved. Now, everyone pray really hard because we ca...

We received and email from our agency last night - it appears that the knock out from PGN is taking longer than expected to resolve. The rea...

This week has been an incredibly hard week for us. Although our focus has never waivered, our endurance has definately been weakened. In ad...

We heard from our agency last night. Appears as though the reason that our case was issued a "previo" (knock out) was because PGN...

I called PGN today (a very tedious task) and was told that we have a knock out (previo) dated September 25th. UGH!!! Our file has not yet ...

I am going to try my best to communicate just what exactly is happening right now regarding adoption in Guatemala. This is a very detailed,...

I want to begin this post with something really exciting. Put your ear a little closer to the monitor. . . a little closer . . . I want to ...

Well, Pre -approval was issued on August 16 th and finally picked up by the lawyer on August 30 th . The US Embassy was closed for a week ...

We were waiting to get pre-approval from the US Embassy in Guatemala and today it came! It took 64 days but we finally got it! This means ...

FINALLY! New pictures! (medical update is in the mail) Oh my goodness - he is getting so big. I had been praying that at least one of the...

Many have said that when the day comes and you finally bring your little one home - the details and pain of waiting melt away like a bad dre...

I figured that it was time that I got off the "pity potty" for myself and swing back into action. A great deal of this renewed ene...