Our Family Journey

We Are Officially Waiting For PINK!!

OK...Just like waiting for Orange, I know you guys are wondering what "waiting for pink" means. It means that Flora's DNA results have been received by the US Embassy in Guatemala City. They were sent via Fed EX from North Carolina yesterday and arrived at 3:41pm today. As I said previously, thank goodness for technology and tracking numbers.

Now that her postive test results have arrived, I know they are positive because the lab faxed me a copy of the results, the US Embassy will usually take between 1 and 3 business days to give us our appointment. The US Embassy will email me the date of our appointment as soon as they determine when it will be, but my attorney will have to go to the US Embassy to pick up the hard copy of the appointment date. The piece of paper that my attorney picks up that lists our appointment date is on pink paper, thus "waiting for pink".

The date of the appointment is usually a week from the date of notification, therefore if we were to get notified tomorrow that we have an appointment, it would probably be for next Friday, the 16th. If they notify us on Monday, it will probably be Monday the 19th and so on. I am guessing that our appointment will be on the 19th, 20th or 21st, but who knows, maybe we will get lucky tomorrow!! Secretly praying for that, but I'm OK with anything at this point!!

I just can't believe that we are almost to the point of making our travel plans. What an incredible journey this has been. It's impossible to describe the emotions that have developed over the past year. It's simply amazing to know that within a couple of weeks our life is going to completely change....AGAIN!!