I thought it was time to check in and post a little update. Actually it's not really an update since there is nothing new to report. We are just playing the waiting game for our US Embassy pre-approval as usual. It's getting harder and harder to wait with each day that passes. Our agency has been slow at keeping us updated lately and we still have not received a copy of our medical reports from Feb. That usually includes a new photo so I'm anxious to get my updates, and she is also due for March's appointment now so they are really behind. They would of course let us know if there were any problems with Isabella, but still it would be nice to have a copy of those reports and my PHOTOS. I'm just venting a little here so I'm sorry for that. I've asked our agency many times for the reports but they only staff one person to do the work load of about five to save them $$, and I think she is seriously behind on correspondences the last few weeks.
Monday will start week 3 in our wait for pre-approval from the U.S. Embassy so it should be coming any day. While in Guatemala an Embassy official told us pre-approval was taking about 14 days, but that is not guaranteed by any means. After we get pre-approval we can move into PGN which is the last stage of court. That usually takes anywhere from 2 -6 weeks if everything goes well, and we don't get the notorious "mean" case reviewer that usually kicks each case out about 3 times before she will approve it. PGN has about five case workers that handle "ALL" 3000+ cases for Guatemala adoptions and rumor has it that one of them is out sick. Then again...how much credit can we give to "rumors?"
After PGN, our attorney applies for the new birth certificate and our visa appointment time with the Embassy and then we're off to Guatemala to bring Ms. Isabella home. That still seems forever away, and it's so hard to think about her meeting milestones that we are missing out on. I bet she is able to roll over by now and she's probably eating cereal too. She will turn 4 months old this week on the 23rd. I hope she comes home soon so she can meet Great Grandpa McCool, and also so she can be with our family at the beach house this summer. I can't imagine going there without her.
Please keep praying!
Thank You,
Janine
Monday will start week 3 in our wait for pre-approval from the U.S. Embassy so it should be coming any day. While in Guatemala an Embassy official told us pre-approval was taking about 14 days, but that is not guaranteed by any means. After we get pre-approval we can move into PGN which is the last stage of court. That usually takes anywhere from 2 -6 weeks if everything goes well, and we don't get the notorious "mean" case reviewer that usually kicks each case out about 3 times before she will approve it. PGN has about five case workers that handle "ALL" 3000+ cases for Guatemala adoptions and rumor has it that one of them is out sick. Then again...how much credit can we give to "rumors?"
After PGN, our attorney applies for the new birth certificate and our visa appointment time with the Embassy and then we're off to Guatemala to bring Ms. Isabella home. That still seems forever away, and it's so hard to think about her meeting milestones that we are missing out on. I bet she is able to roll over by now and she's probably eating cereal too. She will turn 4 months old this week on the 23rd. I hope she comes home soon so she can meet Great Grandpa McCool, and also so she can be with our family at the beach house this summer. I can't imagine going there without her.
Please keep praying!
Thank You,
Janine
posted by Janine @ 1:49 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:12 AM,
Anonymous said…
I'm getting impatient too, and she's not even my daughter....you vent all you want! Can't wait to see more pictures, too :-)
Jackie.
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