Well, we are just about off cloud nine and really miss Maya!
It is difficult to follow the Guatemalan chaos, I know. So to sum up where we are:
We did receive Maya's DNA package which included a picture of her on her birthmother's lap. Many adoptive moms that I talk to are very emotional after looking at this picture because the birthmother is crying or smiling or upset. Maya's birthmother has a very disconnected stare on her and it really did not hit us much. She just looked as if it was not happening at all.
We were suprised at how Mayan Indian the mother looks as Maya does look a litlle hispanic to us. It is probably from her biological father which we will probably never know.
We will put the picture away for Maya for when she is older.
We do know that she is BEAUTIFUL!!! We look forward to seeing her again!
As for preapproval, we still await!
We were almost preapproved last Thursday, the 15th. However, we were not b/c there was a mix-up in the birthmother's date of birth. Yesterday that was corrected but the correction has to be translated before we get the official preapproval! We are told that it should be in the next 10 days. We hope that means today or tomorrow, but we are again, hopeful!
Once we get preapproval, we will be entered into PGN which is one of the final stages. Some people are in PGN 3 weeks, and some a year. So when people ask us when Maya will come home...we are honest when we say we don not know:(
All we know is that are hearts led us to her and we cannot wait for her to touch US soil!
Thanks for all the support!!!
XOXO
Kerry and George
Maya is so precious when she first wakes up. It was refreshing to us. We are used to our "terrible two" year old who does not wake up in quite the same manner:)
