Wednesday, January 30, 2008

What now you ask???

Now that we are out of PGN Kolby has our last name, YIPPEE he's a Warner!!! Kolby's Birthmom has signed off on the final paperwork.
1. A new birth certificate is ordered from his birth town showing us as his parents. That can take anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks to get back to our attorney.
2. A passport is ordered for his travel home
3. Our file is given to the US embassy in Guatemala City. They order the second DNA test done. Kolbys fostermom will bring him in. They test his DNA with the original DNA taken. This process can take a week and a half to two weeks. Once they have the results back they will send us our embassy appointment. Known as "Pink" ( I believe it once was a physical pink paper you recieved now its a email) But "Pink" is the magic word that all of us adopting from Guatemala can't wait to hear.
4. Our "Pink" will have our embassy date and time appointment. It generally is given 2-3 weeks in advance of your appointment. Once we have our appointment we can make our travel reservations.
As you can see there are a LOT of time variables, we could travel in as little as 4 weeks or out 8 weeks. The average has been running about 6 weeks.
We will keep everyone updated as we get word of each step. We are THRILLED to be on the homeward stretch. Luke loves looking at Kolby's pictures and says "Kolby Home" thats right baby we are bringing Kolby home.

2 comments:

Ellie said...

OH Stacey, Dewey and Luke~!

I am so happy for all of you... Trust me when I say, these next few weeks will seem like an eternity....

So, keep busy... And TRY to get some rest...

And Stacey~ Congrats on being a mommy of 2!!!


HAHAHA... I know has it sunk in yet?

HUGS

Ellie said...

OMG... I stand corrected... Cassidi...

Mom of 3!!!!

HUGS

And, no, I didn't sleep much last night!

But you should see the Thank you Card I made for Angelo's Foster mother!

HAHAHA

HUGS