Cutest little piggys made. Check out those sandals. Worn once, but oh so cute.

SHe slept 12 hours!!! YEHAWWW

Well we all went to sleep at 7:00 last night. I got her to sleep, popped me a benedryl and nitey nite. She woke up at 2:00am and I thought oh no she is going to be up the rest of the night. SHe had a little cough, so I gave her some robotussin (sp?). I seen she was going out, so I popped another Benedryl. Wahoo today is a much better day. She still won't let me out of her sight with out screaming. I actually can't even put her down at all. Needless to say, my pipes are sore. Mike said I am going to have veins popping out by the time I get home. But she is alot better today. With the advice from some new friends, Mike is out walking with her right now. Trying to get her to realize he isn't that bad. She still has a problem with him. But hopefully it will get better soon.

This is how she like to sleep, all cuddled up. Her Fm started sleepiing with her, because she knew she was going to miss her. So now I guess for a little while we will be co-sleeping, until we can break her. Keiko is going to be ticked off!!! If anyone that reads this had Amber's # I would love to hear how he is doing. Boy is he going to have a rude awakening.

Again She is so beautiful. She looks just like Grandma's favorite candy CARAMELS. Wait till you see her. YUM YUM

Well today is a bit better. Still not good though. She won't let me out of her site. She won't look at Mike without screaming. It is like this. SHe doesn't like me, and she doesn't like Mike even more. He is kind of bummed. The only thing I can say to make him feel better is she doesn't like me either. I did figure out that she won't use any of the bottles that I brought. I finally used the one from FM and she drank the whole thing. Actually I am in the play room right now and she is proving me wrong. She is sitting here playing all by her self. Being good playing. I wish Mike was down here right now. She will get better every day I know she will. She just misses her FM. I keep telling Mike she will love him. She only slept 4 hours last night and I got her to take a 1 hour nap after I figured out the bottle thing. So maybe if her belly is full she will be happier. I am on about 6 hours of sleep myself since we left Tues. yeh two hours of sleep at the hotel (xanex did NOT WORK) then last night my nose was so plugged I did not sleep much either. Just like being a new mom I know. Hopefully She'll eat more today. She is eating her toes RIGHT NOW.. SHe is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! I can't wait for you all to see her live. I will try to get some pictures on tomorrow.

We're Here

Just a quick post to let you all know that we are here. The foster mother was two hours late. Something happened yada yada yada. So our little peanut got here about a hour before bed. The transfer was horrendous. Foster mom had a rough time. Foster Grandma was bawling, I was crying so hard for them, ran out of kleenexs, it was gross. I am sicker than shit. ( sorry mom). It has been rough, but we will make it. Lots of details to tell you all about but I need to try to get her to sleep. She screamed unconsolably for 2 hours. We are now in this baby room that has all kinds of toys. We through her in the bouncy seat and she is seemingly calm at the moment. It deffinately isn't what it was last time, but hopefully tomorrow will be a new day. She is Beautiful!! And I have faith that she will love us someday. (hopefully tomorrow) haven't seen one smile yet. She is so tired.

Please don't worry. I planned that this COULD happen, and it did. 5 months would have been perfect. But we''ll take what we can get. We are going back to the room now,so check tomorrow for possibally some pictures .

HOLY SHAMOLY!!! THIS IS IT

WOW! I can't believe it is finally here. We are going to pick up our baby girl. It's such a weird feeling. I am really going to be a mom. THIS WEEK!!!!! It took me all day to pack, distribute weight, distribute my clothes, Mikes clothes, and Avea's clothes in each suitcase. THen I go to zip it and the zipper breaks. So I go to moms get another one of her huge suitcases. Then I start getting rid of stuff, because the weight is too much. UUUUUGGGGHHHH Well I finally have it done. A little too close for comfort 47 lbs in one and 45lbs in the other, AND I still have to get my last minute hair and face stuff in one of them. Well anyways, I hink I am ready. I still either have to book a hotel for tomorrow night, or I have to call brother Chris to stay at his house. DECISIONS, I HATE MAKING DECISIONS!!!

Well, I think this will be my last post until I get her. WAHOOO she is almost HOME.

Oh I forgot to tell you all. Leaving on the plane at 6:00am Wed Sept 17th. Flying to HOUSTON TEXAS and then on to Guatemala. We will be coming back the same way on the 24th. We will arrive in Detroit at 8:00pm if all goes well with the flights.

Please pray that our little peanut will love us, that she won't be scared, and that she will not miss her Foster Mom too much. My heart breaks for her, that she will be thrown at some strangers not knowing whats happening. Also please pray for her Foster mom. Her heart is definately going to be crushed, she loves Avea so much.

See ya'll on the BLOG!! I will try to post while we are there.

WE ARE PINK!!!!!!

Pink is the appointment with the Embassy. THE FINAL STEP!!!! We will be all done with everything on Sept 22 and 23. WE are thinking at the moment going down on the 17 or the 18th and staying until the 24th. Instead of waiting for the appointment then staying longer. I think we are going early and leaving right after the appointment.

Holy COW!!! this is it. We have been waiting for this since May 1 0/07. It still doesn't seem real, or like it is really happening. I think it won't feel real until we are on that airplane on our way home with our girl.

I think we could maybe get one more set of pictures this week. We'll see.

DNA is DONE!!

DNA is done and back in Guatemala. Yes we are now waiting for PINK!!! THINK PINK!!! This could happen soon. This is where we get the appointment to go pick up our daughter Avea!!! The embassy will be sending me a email telling me the date.

COMING SOON!! PINK Watch your emails everyone!!

My Best Guess

Okay this is what I think could may or may not happen. You just never know with this process.

Well anyways DNA was taken on Tuesday in Guatemala. It was received here in the U.S on Thursday. The lab was working on it on Friday. I contacted the lab (intellegenetics) via email and they sent me one back. It said that they were working on it and most likely it will be done next Thursday or Friday. Then they send it back to Guatemala to the Embassy. A day or two after that which I am guessing would be around the 8th. Then the embassy issues the big ole' PINK SLIP. ( that has the date on it when our appointement will be) The date is usually a week later. So I am figuring we will have our DAUGHTER between the 15-19th.

DNA

Well, on 8/25 my charge card showed a pending amount charged. Found out that 8/26, they actually took the sample. Now it gets sent here to the USA to be tested and compared to her first DNA that was taken at the beginning of the process. Once that gets done the results get sent back to Guatemala to the embassy, they issue something called a pink slip. This is email'd to me with a date of when we have to go. Those are the last steps. As of right now I have ALL of our paper work down. YEEEHAAAW Wow we are getting soooo close.

I have been going crazy trying to get things all done before she gets here. (It aint gonna happen) I want to be able to devote every second to her while I am off. WE have to work on bonding, not staining the porch! So I am trying to get 100 jobs done, or at least I will try.

She is almost packed

Well I decided I should get Avea packed. I have a full suit case for her. THere's alot to take. Also gifts for the foster family. I tried thinking of some good things to take them. I decided to take the Foster Family a DVD player. I thought then I could send them dvd's of Avea as she grows up. I made them a photo album with all the pictures that the agency had taken every month and I also sent some of us all with her. I got the FM And foster Grandmother, both heart lockets that I am going to put the cutie pies pictures in. I bought two little toys for the Foster brothers. Well anyways we are getting ready!!! To go get the little peanut!!

We Have the PASS PORT!!

We're plugging away now. Found out we received the Pass Port on 8/14. The next step is DNA. I am checking my credit card daily to see when it gets charged. Once we get a charge for the DNA it won't be long.

Updates

July 31st Formula NAN 2
Food Everything (just like her mother)
Wake time 8 a.m.
Nap time 11 a.m.
Bed time 8 p.m.
Wake during the night ----- (that would be sleeping all night long)
Current health status: Excellent

Height 68 cm (26.77 in)
Weight 16 lbs
Head Circ. 41.5 cm
Pants 6-9 m
Shirt 6-9 m
Shoes #17 (does anyone know what size that would be here)
Sit with assist
Holds head without support
Leg support
Holds own bottle
Pushes up on arms when on stomach
Vocalization (I am sure she's saying, "I want my mama"
Good Eye contact
Tracks objects
Holds toys
Transfers objects from one hand to another
Rolls from back to front
Rolls from front to back

The owner of the agency was down there taking pictures this time. She said Avea just woke up from a nap. THat's why she looks so sleepy. ( I figured it was because she wanted her daddy on his Birthday)

Feliz Cumpleanos PADRE`

Happy Birthday DADDY!!!


Just got an email from the agency. Wow the attachment was the birth certificate. It says my name by madre and Mikes name by Padre. Wow what a feeling. It worked out good since today was Homey's Birthday. I would have never thought,that a piece of paper would make me so happy. Wow I am a MOM!! That is weird but an awesome weird.

I got most of the final paper work done today. It is coming to an end. I can't wait!!!!

These are probably the last pictures

My precious baby!! with the wonderful MULLET!! I love it!

I did not think it was going to be curly. But I might think about it again seeing this picture.

This is probably the last time I will see this beautiful face, until I see it in person. How could I be so lucky. My heart turned to mush when I seen this picture. I think I could be in trouble. With those eyes, she'll have me eating out of the palm of her hand.

Mike says, "I wish she was looking at me". ME TOO!!!

Check out those eye lashes!!