14 June 2007

I am a Guatemama!


We learned this afternoon that the Guatemala Attorney General's office has signed off on our adoption and so Maya is officially ours! 13 longs weeks of waiting in this final process. Very tough time emotionally, wondering if it would ever happen. We are so thankful and overjoyed. Of course, we'll be celebrating tonight at Chipotle for dinner and we'll have to follow-up with dinner at Ernesto's this weekend! The next step is for our attorney to get a new birth certificate listing us as parents and then we'll resquest an appointment with the US Embassy to obtain her travel visa. We hope to be in Guatemala, meeting Maya, in 4 to 6 weeks from now. I don't have any new pics of Maya to share, but I wanted to put one up anyway!

2 comments:

Lilysmom said...

Congradulations! That is wonderful news. Maya is so beautiful and you will be holding her soon!

Anonymous said...

Debbie and Russ - this is the best news ever!! We're all so happy for you - she will be with you soon.
Love, Sue