Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Surprise!

Late yesterday afternoon, I checked my personal email address to see messages that had posted. To my surprise, I had a message from the director of our adoption agency. Short and sweet the message was: KRAMER: tomorrow (march-8) we put the final papers in the American Embassy.

What?!! That was my reaction. Something is happening early?!! If you remember, they told us papers would be submitted no earlier than next Monday.

I immediately called the agency to confirm the news. No answer at the office so I left a message and called our rep's cell phone (something I've never done up to this point). No answer. Left a message. Tried the agency again. No answer. So I gave up and planned to touch base today.

But I got a call. Our rep confirmed the news. The reps in Guatemala picked up the birth certificate on Friday, submitted Monday for a passport, got the passport Monday and had the documents translated to English on Tuesday. So we're going to the Embassy.

The Embassy will hold our file for 48 hours before releasing it with our appointment date. We should know late Friday when to travel. Our rep did say though that if the Embassy releases the file late on Friday we may not receive notification until Monday which will make for a long, nerve-wrecking weekend.

So that's were we are! Kevin and I still cannot believe our baby is coming home and have mentally shut down our excitement until the actual date comes through. We've waited so long for this, we just can't bring ourselves to think it's real yet. But by next week it will happen. For real this time! There's no going back. WE CAN'T WAIT!

8 comments:

Laura said...

YES!!!! What amazing news!! :)

Anonymous said...

Praise God!!! That's the most wonderful news I've heard in a long while Jennifer!! Halleluia!!!
Love and blessings to you both,
Diane Brezo

Anonymous said...

YEAH!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! WE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HER! WE HAVE ALL BEEN PRAYING SO HARD FOR GOOD NEWS!!!

LOVE & PRAYERS!

DIANE, TED, BRITTANY & JESSICA

Anonymous said...

Going to get the Snuggli out of JJ's closet right now!!!!! Let me know if there is anything else you need,
Jenn

Anonymous said...

Great news. Keep us updated. Do you need anything for the trip?

Aunt Leslie

Anonymous said...

Jen & Kevin,
Congrats! We praise God for this great news! Keep us posted.
the Teeples

Anonymous said...

Wow what great news. We are so happy for you. Jenny and Jeff Veness

Anonymous said...

Clap! Clap! Clap! The good news is starting to roll in! Hang in there you'll be on a plane soon and instantly become a Mommy & Dadddy!
Love The Bennici Family