Just one last step

The agency called today and our file is at the Embassy and the DNA test has been authorized. I presume that the DNA test will take place by the end of this week. Then it gets sent to NC, and once the Embassy gets the hard copy of the results, they set our appointment. And then we reserve our flights and head to Guatemala to pick Kat up and bring her home.

We should only have to be in Guatemala City 4-5 days. We will be sequestered in our hotel (the ggency (which errs heavily on the side of caution) has their own suite that is full of all things baby, as well as other adoptive families and their babies). We will only leave the hotel to go to our Embassy appointment (no strollers allowed-go figure), to go to the 'American-style' grocery store (for diapers and formula), and to go to the artisan market (to buy all things Mayan/Guatemalan). But that's okay, as from what I've read, we don't want to be wandering around on our own down there.

We will be met at the airport by agency representatives, and as I understand it, they have two vehicles.......we'll be in the first one...I wonder who/what is in the second vehicle? Yikes. And apparently the climate there right now for American adoptive parents by the general public isn't particularly warm, so I'm okay with staying in. Although the actual climate is warm and rainy, as it is the wet season. In the tropics. Another reason to be glad we're staying in the hotel.

I'll let you know once we hear about the DNA results. That's the next step.