Wednesday, February 20, 2008

WE ARE ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, for all of you that don't know what this means, this is basically our authorization to have our 2nd DNA done and the FINAL step before we get out appointment to pick up our baby girl!!!!!! We are hoping to get an appointment the week of March 10th or 17th. Either way, she is coming home!

We are almost done with this journey and there is a sweet pot of gold waiting for us at the end. I feel like I am 37 weeks pregnant and the doctor just said "you can go into labor at anytime." That is how close we are to getting Julia!

Praying for everyone and their little ones,

xoxoxoxo

Angela

Thursday, February 14, 2008

We got it!!!

Hi all-

We got out Birth certificate and passport today!! Julia is finally a Richardson!! We are thrilled and waiting for DNA authorization so we can get a pink slip to pick up our daughter. As it looks right now, I think our embassy appointment will be sometime the week of March 17 or 24. Now I need to create her nursery this weekend, thank god it is a 3 day weekend.

love to all,

Angela

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Jaimee tagged me!!

Ok so Jaimee (an adoption friend) tagged me so we can all learn new things about eachother. I think it is kinda fun so here goes, BTW her blog is http://www.martinezadoption.blogspot.com/ just so you know who tagged me :)

I'm supposed to write 7 interesting things about me so we will see how interesting I am LOL:

1. We got Out of PGN yesterday, for those of you who don't know!! Julia is coming home in 4-6 weeks. We have not even started her nursery!!!

2. I have been with my husband since I was 17 and I still like him :)

3. Before I was a full time mommy, I was the publicist for the soap opera "General Hospital," so all you Sonny fans - yes he is that cute!!

4. I HATE leftovers, they make me sick! I mean I NEVER leave a table with anything.

5. I don't like throwing things away, makes me panick. My husband throws out everything when I am away so I don't have a heartattack.

6. My daughter was born 10 weeks early and only weighed 3 pounds. Talk about scarey but she never even needed oxygen and was out of the NICU in 4 weeks. She is still fiesty to this day!!! We call her our "spirted child."

7. This journey has changed me in so many ways, I will always fight for the plight of Guatemalan children and all orphaned children for that matter. Without my adoption friends this would have been a very difficult process. Can you even imagine there were parents that adopted in the past that didn't have email, internet, blogs, chat groups, etc.???? It makes me scared to think about it LOL!!!!

Wishing the best in the coming year, and to the MAGNIFICENT 7 (you know who you are) my wish for you is that the CA gets their butts in gear and you are fast tracked through PGN!!! I will not stop praying until all of your babies are home!

xoxoxoxo

Angela