Two weeks to go until the visit trip!
There's nothing new to report regarding my case status. Still waiting for PA and to hear more about FC....
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Surprise!
I received surprise visit pics on Sunday night. It was a surprise to me, too, because I didn't expect them for another week or two. 
Friday, March 23, 2007
More than I expected!
I truly thought I'd never need the BIG suitcase that I have. I thought the carry-on and maybe the small suitcase would be plenty. Then. Today I went to start packing Kevin's stuff. I cannot believe that his stuff alone has all but filled the big suitcase. Are you kidding me? To be fair, though, the bottle system and the bottle warmer take up quite a bit of space by itself. I haven't yet pulled out the space saver bags, either, but I was still surprised. It looks like I'll need both suitcases and the carry-on, not to mention the laptop. Oh! And I forgot that I need to fit the video camera in there. Wow....OK...getting a little overwhelmed now.
Indulge me, please...
It was getting pretty late last night when I started posting the monthly pics. As I said, he's crying in most of them. Just 2 1/2 weeks until I hold him! I'm just going to post a few more...
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Got my update!
I just received word that we entered FC on 3/09! That was pretty quick! I'm so happy I can remove my aforementioned boo boo face! Now, if I'd just get my monthly photos....OH! And PA would be great, too.
Please help if you can...
This has nothing to do with me, but there's potentially many adoptions being affected by what is written below. There is something you can do to help if you so wish. If you are ADOPTING FROM GUATEMALA and you are with an agency or facilitator that is not HAPS or For This Child, PLEASE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO YOUR AGENCY. If you are NOT ADOPTING but you have a blog, please POST THIS REQUEST ON YOUR BLOG.
Dear [agency-name],If your agency has a case in process that contains a Guatemala City cedula or birth-certificate that is missing the Civil Registry signature (usually the mayor’s signature), we have important information to share.
According to PGN, if your case has not yet received a previo for the missing signature, it will. The letter from the Civil Registry and/or the Mayor of Guatemala City is no longer sufficient to satisfy the previo. The four PGN assessors have made a joint decision that these unsigned documents MUST be signed. However, at this time there is NO ONE in Guatemala City with the authority to sign these documents!
We are Cheri xxxxxx and Erin xxxxxx, in the process of adopting Guatemalan babies through For This Child and HAPS, respectively. After many months working on this issue separately, our agencies are now collaborating to find a solution. They have discussed this with the PGN reviewers, Barrios, and the Mayor of GC directly. The conclusion is that the mayor does NOT have the authority to sign a document issued under another mayor’s tenure. Therefore, we must file an acta with a different branch of PGN that will require the Civil Registry of GC to 1) designate and authorize a person to sign these documents, and 2) order that person to do so.
The PGN reviewer on Erin’s case currently has 12 cases that have been kicked out for this reason. If all 8 reviewers have a similar number of cases, that means 80-100 cases are in this same predicament! We have been advised to find as many of these other cases as possible so that we can ALL file the acta together. We have strength in numbers.
If you have, or know of, a case that contains a Guatemala City cedula or birth-certificate that is missing the Civil Registry signature, please contact:
Karla Ordonez, with HAPS: cell 5555-3610, office 2332-9040Traci Orr, with For This Child: US #214-370-8436, traci@forthischild.org
Thank you for your time,Cheri and Erin
Dear [agency-name],If your agency has a case in process that contains a Guatemala City cedula or birth-certificate that is missing the Civil Registry signature (usually the mayor’s signature), we have important information to share.
According to PGN, if your case has not yet received a previo for the missing signature, it will. The letter from the Civil Registry and/or the Mayor of Guatemala City is no longer sufficient to satisfy the previo. The four PGN assessors have made a joint decision that these unsigned documents MUST be signed. However, at this time there is NO ONE in Guatemala City with the authority to sign these documents!
We are Cheri xxxxxx and Erin xxxxxx, in the process of adopting Guatemalan babies through For This Child and HAPS, respectively. After many months working on this issue separately, our agencies are now collaborating to find a solution. They have discussed this with the PGN reviewers, Barrios, and the Mayor of GC directly. The conclusion is that the mayor does NOT have the authority to sign a document issued under another mayor’s tenure. Therefore, we must file an acta with a different branch of PGN that will require the Civil Registry of GC to 1) designate and authorize a person to sign these documents, and 2) order that person to do so.
The PGN reviewer on Erin’s case currently has 12 cases that have been kicked out for this reason. If all 8 reviewers have a similar number of cases, that means 80-100 cases are in this same predicament! We have been advised to find as many of these other cases as possible so that we can ALL file the acta together. We have strength in numbers.
If you have, or know of, a case that contains a Guatemala City cedula or birth-certificate that is missing the Civil Registry signature, please contact:
Karla Ordonez, with HAPS: cell 5555-3610, office 2332-9040Traci Orr, with For This Child: US #214-370-8436, traci@forthischild.org
Thank you for your time,Cheri and Erin
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Drat!
No update from my agency. I guess we're not in FC yet (insert boo boo face here). I'm a bit bummed because I, for some reason, thought that I'd hear that we were. So, another 10 day wait for an update. Who knows? Maybe we entered today and, by the time I get my update, we'll be ready for the SWI...
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