Sunday, March 30, 2008

Your Gammie is coming, your Gammie is coming!

Hi everyone...yes that's right, Ursula's mommy and Gammie are coming down for another visit! I'm really hoping that this is the last visit before our pick up trip! We are leaving April 10th-14th and we are going down with a friend we met on our 1st trip from Ohio. She is going down to visit her little girl who is exactly 3 weeks younger than Ursula. I'm really excited to see everyone, especially my baby girl, and I think her Gammie is pretty excited too! She will finally get to meet the grandchild she has been wanting for so long!
We did find out on Friday that we are with the 2nd reviewer in PGN (which is our last BIG step of the process). I'll fill you in on the whole process later, but in a nutshell, PGN is the last step that involves 3 reviewers who look over our case and make sure everything is complete and ready for the stamp of approval. This is a process that normally takes an average of 8 weeks to complete, however, we have been in and out since the beginning of December. Ugh! Oh, and I forgot to mention that at any time, a reviewer can "kick you out" or give you what is called a "previo". These can occur for any reason: a missed signature, paper not filled in correctly, he's having a bad day, whatever. After you get "kicked out", the attorney must correct the problem and resubmit the paperwork to start all over again. We have been kicked out twice and the last resubmit for us was Feb 29th. So for all of you mathematicians out there, that means we've been back in for about 4 1/2 weeks. Guatemala shut down for almost a week for the Easter holiday, it's very big down there. So, like I said before, we made it to the 2nd reviewer, which means someone has looked at our file and approved it! It's progress!
So, we are trying to be optimistic that the 3rd time's a charm for us and we will get "out" soon. Once we get the final signature and our case comes out of PGN, Ursula is officially our daughter! We will then have approximately 4-8 weeks from then before we can go get her, the attorney has to get her new birth certificate (with our last name!), her passport and 2nd DNA test authorized, and then we'll get a notification of our visa appointment at the Embassy. So, I will definitely post before we leave if I hear anything.

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